Baseball Drops 8-5 Contest To Davenport In GLIAC Tournament Elimination Game

OVERVIEW – DAVENPORT (GLIAC TOURNAMENT)

SCORES: #1 Davenport Panthers 8, #3 Northwood Timberwolves 5

RECORDS: Northwood (30-21-1), Davenport (32-21)

LOCATION: Dowling Park – Hammond, Ind.

RECAP: Northwood Baseball mounts a comeback but falls short in an 8-5 loss to Davenport in a GLIAC Tournament elimination game Saturday (May 14).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got a leadoff single from Jacob Rybicki to start the game but did not register another hit until the top of the sixth inning.
• Davenport got going in the second, scoring three runs for the early lead.
• The Panthers added three in the fourth and two more in the fifth to open up an 8-0 lead.
• Northwood got one back in the top of the sixth on an RBI groundout by Khale Showers to plate Rybicki to get the Timberwolves on the board.
• NU added on in the top of the seventh thanks to a long home run by Blake Solomon to left center to make the score 8-3.
• The Timberwolves continued to chip away at the Davenport advantage in the eighth, starting with a Rhett Evans RBI double to left center.
• Myles Beale followed with an RBI groundout to get the Timberwolves within three at 8-5.
• The Panthers nearly added a run in the bottom of the eighth, but a great throw from Beale on a flyout nabbed the DU runner at the plate to keep the score 8-5 heading to the final inning.
• NU was unable to get anything going in the ninth, giving the Panthers the victory.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 5/6/2, Davenport 8/13/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 4, Davenport 7
• Winning Pitcher – James Kohl (2-1): 8 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Derek Clark (6-3): 5 IP, 9 H, 8 R  (7 ER), 3 BB, 2 K
• Save – Carson Fischer (2): IP, 0 H, 0 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Salamon: 1-4, HR, 2 RBIs
• Evans: 1-3, 2B, RBI
• Rybicki: 1-3, R, BB, SB
• Smith: 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 K

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will now wait for the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field, which will take place Sunday night (May 15) at 10 p.m. on NCAA.com