Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader At Ohio Dominican

OVERVIEW – OHIO DOMINICAN

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 6, Ohio Dominican Panthers 4/Northwood 11, Ohio Dominican 4

RECORDS: Northwood (26-19, 19-9 G-MAC), Ohio Dominican (24-20, 15-13 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Panther Valley Stadium – Columbus, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood baseball earns a pair of wins to take a series at Ohio Dominican Sunday (April 28), with NU taking game one 6-4 and game two 11-4.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Ben Narr put up the first run of the game with an RBI double in the top of the second to put the Timberwolves on top 1-0.
• Ohio Dominican took the lead in the bottom of the third with two runs.
• Northwood responded right away in the top of the fourth, starting with an RBI single by Joey Johnston.
• Matt Magno put NU on top 4-2 later in the fourth with a two-run single.
• The Panthers got one back in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 4-3.
• Northwood plated a pair in the fifth on a Ben Clark single and another Narr double.
• ODU rounded out the scoring in the bottom of the sixth with a run to make the final 6-4.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 6/11/1, Ohio Dominican 4/7/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 8, Ohio Dominican 3
• Winning Pitcher – Matt DeFay (3-1): 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Chase Hunt (1-2): 3 2/3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 K
• Save – Jake Jekielek (7): 3 IP, 2 H, R, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Narr: 2-3 2 2B, 2 RBIs
• Magno: 3-4, 2 RBIs
• Beale: 2-4

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got going right away in the first inning on a Blake Salamon two-run single for an early lead.
• Ohio Dominican responded with two runs of their own to make it a tie game heading to the second.
• NU put up two more runs in the second thanks to Clark. His first career homer, a two-run shot, put Northwood on top 4-2.
• The Timberwolves extended their lead in the third, starting with an RBI single by Alex Cole.
• Narr continued his strong afternoon with an RBI single. Cole also came home on the play on a throwing error to make the score 7-2.
• The Timberwolves broke the game open in the fourth with four more runs. Drew Charters got the scoring going with an RBI single.
• Cole and Clark followed with RBI singles of their own to get Northwood to 10 runs for the game.
• Clark then came home on a throwing error to put the Timberwolves on top 11-1 in the fourth.
• Ohio Dominican scored two runs in the seventh to get within seven. Those two runs proved to be the final of the contest, giving Northwood a win to take the final three games of the four-game series.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 11/14/1, Ohio Dominican 4/8/3
• Runners left on base: Northwood 8, Ohio Dominican 6
• Winning Pitcher – Grant LaMarche (1-4):  4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R
• Losing Pitcher – Chance Woods (0-3): 3 IP, 9 H, 7 R (6 ER), BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Clark: 2-5, HR, 3 RBIs, 3 BB, SB
• Cole: 3-5, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBIs, SB
• Johnston: 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
• Salamon: 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBIs, 2 BB
• Charters: 2-5, 2 R, RBI
• Narr: 2-5, RBI
• Jeff Metzger/Jake Carroll: IP, 0 R each

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host Malone for a four-game series to conclude the regular season starting Thursday (May 2) with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.