Baseball Splits At Lake Erie

OVERVIEW – LAKE ERIE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 24, Lake Erie Storm 5 | Lake Erie 5, Northwood 4

RECORDS: Northwood 15-22, 12-10 G-MAC | Lake Erie 9-28, 9-15 G-MAC

LOCATION: Andrews Osborne Academy – Willoughby, Ohio

RECAP: Baseball goes 1-1 at Lake Erie Saturday (April 18), taking game one 24-5 before falling 5-4 in game two.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDULED FOR NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got off to a fast start in the first inning thanks to two run doubles from both Caden Duryea and Evan Kavalick to earn a 4-0 lead.
• Duryea added a three-run home run in the top of the second to make the score 7-0.
• After Lake Erie got on the board in the bottom of the second, Northwood came right back in the third starting with a solo home run for Josh Getz.
• Evan Larson followed with a sacrifice fly that pushed the score to 9-1.
• Brendan Hammer got Northwood to 10 runs with an RBI double.
• Connor McCartan finished of a five-run inning with a two-run triple that made the score 12-1.
• Northwood broke the game open even more in the fourth, starting with Hammer getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
• Duryea followed with a bases loaded walk to push the lead to 13 runs.
• McCartan then brought three more home with a double that put Northwood on top 17-1.
• Kavalick then hit a two-run homer, which was followed by a Bobby Griffon RBI triple that got Northwood to 20 runs.
• Payton Guilbeaux capped the nine-run fourth inning with an RBI single that made the score 21-1.
• The Storm scored three runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to cut the lead to 21-5.
• Guilbeaux drove in two more runs with a triple in the top of the sixth.
• Emmett McLean's RBI fielder's choice in the seventh rounded out the scoring.
• With Northwood leading by more than 10 runs after seven innings, the game was ended early due to the run rule.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 24/19/1, Lake Erie: 5/9/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Lake Erie: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Max Salas (1-0): 4 IP, 3 H, R, 0 BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher – Zavior Esquivel (0-1): 1 2/3 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 3 BB, K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 2-3, HR, 2B, BB, 6 RBIs
• McCartan: 3-5, 3B, 2 2B, BB, 2 R
• Getz: 3-5, HR, 3 R, RBI
• Griffon: 2-4, 3 R, BB, RBI
• Guilbeaux: 3-4, 3B, BB, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Hammer: 1-2, 2B, BB, 4 R, 2 RBIs
• Larson: 2B, BB, 3 R, RBI
• Tyler Sager: 3 IP, 6 H, 4 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 4 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the top of the third on an RBI single from Hammer.
• After Lake Erie took the lead 2-1 in the bottom of the third, Kavalick connected on a solo home run to tie the game at 2-2.
• The Storm went back on top in the bottom of the fifth to go back on top 3-2.
• Northwood came back in the top of the sixth, starting with an RBI triple from Kavalick to tie the score.
• Getz then gave Northwood the lead with an RBI groundout that made the score 4-3.
• With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Lake Erie came through with a two-run single that gave the Storm a 5-4 lead.
• The Timberwolves got two runners on base in the final inning but were unable to score, giving the Storm the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/4/0, Lake Erie: 5/6/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Lake Erie: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Ethan Hendrickson (3-2): 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, R, BB
• Losing Pitcher – Connor Kelly (2-3): IP, 2 H, 2 R, BB, 3 K
• Save – Hunter Bays (4): 1/3 IP

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Kavalick: 2-3, 3B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Hammer: 1-3, BB, RBI
• Connor Foley: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 7 KK

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Lake Erie will finish their weekend series Sunday (April 19). First pitch is set for Noon.