The Pride baseball team picked up a big win over 17
th ranked Wayne State University this Thursday, 10-8. This win snapped Wayne States' 9 game win streak.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (6-17, 2-7), Davenport University (21-4, 9-1)
- Location: Hammond, Indiana
- Attendance: 100
Game 1Â - L, 1-5Â (7 innings)
The Breakdown
- Junior Tyler Nelson () led the Pride with two hits and three RBIs.
- Junior Luke Montgomery (Orland Park, Ill./St. Laurence High School), Junior Brad Miller (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest), and Graduate Ray Hilbrich (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) also contributed two hits each.
- Junior William Roberts (Valparaiso, Ind./Washington Township) started on the mound for Purdue Northwest but was pulled in the first inning.
- Tanderys led Wayne State with two hits and three RBIs.
- Stively pitched four innings for the Warriors and struck out four batters.
- Wayne State would have a great first inning as they put up four runs.
- The Pride would answer back in the first putting up two as they took advantage of a Wayne State error.
- In the fourth inning Wayne State would pour on the runs adding four to take an 8-2 lead.
- The Pride offense however would not be silence and they began to mount a comeback. The Pride by the end of the fifth would bring the game within one. 8-7.
- The Pride would then add two in the sixth to take the lead.
- In the eighth inning the Pride would add an insurance run and freshman Sam Carlisle (Portage, Mich./Portage North) would slam the door on the mound to secure the 10-8 victory.
Up Next
- The Pride next take on #17 Wayne State University in a GLIAC doubleheader matchup on Friday, April 6 at Dowling Park. Game 1 is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. CT.
