Baseball Drops Tight 5-4 Contest To SVSU At Dow Diamond

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORES: Saginaw Valley State Cardinals 5, Northwood Timberwolves 4
RECORDS: Northwood 27-14, Saginaw Valley 24-17
LOCATION: Dow Diamond – Midland, Mich.
RECAP: Northwood drops a hard-fought 5-4 contest to Saginaw Valley at Dow Diamond Tuesday night (April 22).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood got off to a good start in the top of the first inning, plating the opening run on a wild pitch.
• Alex Jarboe made it 2-0 in the opening inning with an RBI single.
• Saginaw Valley got one back in the bottom of the first to make the score 2-1 after one.
• Caden Duryea connected on solo home run to right to push the lead to 3-1.
• SVSU took the lead in the fifth on a three-run double to go up 4-3.
• Northwood responded right away in the sixth on a Ben Narr RBI single to tie the score.
• The final run of the night came in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out RBI single for the Cardinals.
• NU had chances to tie the score in the final innings but were unable to score, giving SVSU the win.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/7/1, Saginaw Valley 5/10/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Saginaw Valley: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Jordan Lewis (2-0): IP, BB, K
• Losing Pitcher – Connor Foley (3-2): IP, 2 H, R
• Save – Jake Shelagowski (8): IP, H, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 2-4, HR, R, RBI, BB
• Beale: 2-5, R
• Meyer: 1-2, R, 2 BB
• Blake Stockford: 4 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 4 K
• Lucas McKinney: IP< K

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Ashland for a key G-MAC series starting Friday (April 25). First pitch of game one is set for 4 p.m.