Baseball Falls to Florida Southern 12-5

OVERVIEW – FLORIDA SOUTHERN

SCORES: Florida Southern Mocs 13, Northwood Timberwolves 2

RECORDS: Northwood 3-11, Florida Southern 10-12

LOCATION: Lakeland, Florida

RECAP: Northwood baseball wraps up spring trip with 12-5 loss at Florida Southern Saturday (March 7).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood got off to a strong start in the first inning, starting with an RBI single from Brendan Hammer.
• Josh Getz followed with an RBI single to make the score 2-0 after a half inning.
• Florida Southern responded with four runs in the bottom of the first to go up 4-2 after one.
• Hammer cut the lead to 4-3 with an RBI single in the top of the second.
• FSC scored single runs in the bottom of the second, third and fifth to go up 7-3.
• Anthony Magnanello got one back for Northwood in the sixth on an RBI single in the sixth.
• The Mocs responded once again with two in the sixth and three in the seventh to push the FSC advantage up to 12-4.
• Northwood rounded out the scoring in the top of the eighth on a bases loaded walk by Caden Duryea to make the final 12-5.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 5/10/1, Florida Southern: 12/12/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 12, Florida Southern: 15
• Winning Pitcher – Tanner Rollyson (1-0): 4 2/3 IP, 3 H, R, 3 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Lucas McKinney (1-1): 2 1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R (5 ER) 3 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Hammer: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBIs
• Manganello: 1-2, R, RBI, 3 BB
• Duryea: 1-3, 2B, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Getz: 2-5, RBI
• Connor McCartan: 2-5, 2 R
• Connor Foley: 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 K

UP NEXT

• Northwood will open G-MAC play with a series at Kentucky Wesleyan, starting Saturday (March 14).