Baseball Splits Pair Versus Saginaw Valley At Dow Diamond

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORES: Saginaw Valley State Cardinals 18, Northwood Timberwolves 6 | Northwood 6, Saginaw Valley 3

RECORDS: Northwood 18-23 | Saginaw Valley 21-20

LOCATION: Dow Diamond – Midland, Michigan

RECAP: Baseball splits a pair at Dow Diamond against Saginaw Valley Tuesday night (April 21), with SVSU winning game one 18-6 before NU won game two 6-3.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Saginaw Valley scored one in the first and two in the second for an early 3-0 lead.
• Northwood got going in the third inning, starting with a Brennan Hallman solo home run to centerfield.
• Caden Duryea and Connor McCartan each followed with RBI doubles to tie the score at 3-3.
• SVSU responded right away with five runs in the bottom of the third.
• The Cardinals added another run in the fifth to make the score 9-3.
• Josh Getz got one back for Northwood in the top of the sixth on an RBI single.
• Bobby Griffon followed with a sacrifice fly to get Northwood within four at 9-5.
• Saginaw Valley put the game away in the bottom of the sixth by bringing home nine runs.
• McCartan rounded out the scoring for Northwood with an RBI single in the top of the seventh to make the final 18-6.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 6/8/1, Saginaw Valley: 18/16/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Saginaw Valley: 9
• Winning Pitcher – Brady Young (2-0): 2 IP, H, BB, K
• Losing Pitcher – Jackson Crittendon (0-4): 2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• McCartan: 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBIs
• Hallman: HR, BB, R, RBI
• Duryea/Getz: H, RBI each

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Saginaw Valley led game two off with a solo home run for the early lead.
• The key stretch of the game for Northwood came in the third inning on three consecutive batters, starting with a Hammer RBI triple to tie the score 1-1.
• Duryea followed with an RBI double to give the Timberwolves a 2-1 lead.
• McCartan capped the run with a two-run homer that put the Timberwolves on top 4-1.
• SVSU brought home a pair of two-out runs to get within one in the fourth at 5-3.
• The score remained 4-3 until the bottom of the sixth when Ben DeVries drove home an insurance run for Northwood with an RBI single.
• Evan Larson brough home another run for Northwood with an RBI double to give the Timberwolves a 6-3 lead, which proved to be the final score.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 6/7/1, Saginaw Valley: 3/7/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Saginaw Valley: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Tyler Sager (4-4): IP
• Losing Pitcher – Henry Stempky (2-2): IP, 3 H, 4 R, BB
• Save – Connor Kelly (3): 2 IP, H, K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 3-4, R, RBI
• McCartan: HR, 2 RBIs
• Larson/Hammer/DeVries: H, R, RBI each
• Connor Foley: IP, H, K
• Max Salas: 2 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 3 K

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host Ashland Saturday (April 25).