Baseball Defeats Minnesota-Crookston 3-1

OVERVIEW – MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON

SCORES: Northwood 3, Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagles 1

RECORDS: Northwood 2-6, Minnesota-Crookston 6-6

LOCATION: Auburndale, Florida

RECAP: Northwood baseball opens its Florida trip with a 3-1 win over Minnesota-Crookston Saturday afternoon (February 28).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood started the game fast in the first inning, getting on the board with a Ben DeVries sacrifice fly.
• Brennan Hallman followed with an RBI single to make the score 2-0 after a half inning.
• Minnesota-Crookston responded with a run in the bottom of the first.
• The score remained 2-1 until the fourth when Evan Kavalick extended the NU lead with an RBI groundout.
• Pitching dominated the remainder of the game, as neither team scored over the final 5.5 innings of the game to make the final 3-1.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 3/12/4, Minnesota-Crookston: 1/5/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Minnesota-Crookston: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Tyler Sager (1-2): 7 IP, 5 H, R (0 ER), 2 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Isaac Wensloff (2-1): 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 3 K
• Save – Connor Kelly (2): 2 IP, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• DeVries: 2-3, 2B, RBI
• Mason Brunworth: 2-4, R
• Connor McCartan: 2-4
• Kavalick: 2B, RB
• Hallman: 1-3, RBI

UP NEXT

• Northwood takes on Roosevelt in Davenport, Florida Sunday (March 1). Game time is set for 1:15 p.m.