Baseball Defeats Wayne State (Neb.) 9-4

OVERVIEW – WAYNE STATE (NEBRASKA)

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 9, Wayne State Wildcats 4

RECORDS: Northwood 5-8/Wayne State 7-6

LOCATION: Auburndale, Fla.

RECAP: Baseball picks up 9-4 victory over Wayne State (Nebraska) Monday afternoon (March 3).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The Wildcats went on top in the opening inning on a solo home run.
• Northwood responded in the bottom of the first thanks to a Khale Showers RBI single to score Cole Brooks to tie the game 1-1.
• Wayne State put together a three-run second inning to go back on top 4-1.
• The Timberwolves controlled the rest of the way, starting with a Trevor Polewka RBI single.
• Jacob Rybicki then had a two-run triple and scored on an error to put Northwood on top 5-4.
• Showers added to the lead thanks to a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth that made the score 6-4.
• Rybicki and Michael Karam added RBI singles in the fifth to push the NU advantage to 8-4.
• Showers added another RBI in the sixth on a run-scoring single that rounded out the scoring.
• The Northwood bullpen trio of Jack Gulvas, Jack Kensora and Zach Smith did the job to earn the win, tossing 6 1/3 shutout innings.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 9/13/1, Wayne State: 4/10/3
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Wayne State: 11
• Winning Pitcher – Gulvas (1-1): 3 IP, 3 H, BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Cade Herrmann (1-3): 4 1/3 IP, 9 H, 8 R (7 ER), 2 BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Showers: 3-4, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 R
• Rybicki: 2-4, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Karam: 2-3, RBI
• Brooks: 2-4, 2B, 2 R
• Smith: 2 2/3 IP, H, 4 K

UP NEXT

• Northwood will travel to Tampa Tuesday (March 10). Game time is set for 6 p.m.