The 5-seeded Purdue Northwest baseball team upset the 2-seeded Davenport Panthers to begin the GLIAC Tournament on Thursday afternoon with a 9-1 victory.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (15-33), Davenport (26-24)
- Location: Lansing, Mich. - Jackson Field
- Attendance: 150
The Breakdown
- Junior Jonathan Sabotnik () led the Pride at the plate with two hits and four RBIs including one homerun and one triple.
- Sophomore Jayden Smith () and Junior Tyler Nelson ()Â added two hits and one RBI each.
- Graduate Ray Hilbrich (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) and Junior Ethan Imlach (Mokena, Ill./Mount Carmel) both contributed two hits each.
- Junior Luke Montgomery (Orland Park, Ill./St. Laurence High School) chipped in one hit and two RBIs.
- Freshman Conor Pangburn () started on the mound for the Pride pitching the first four innings and recording three strikeouts.
- Junior Sam Shively (Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka) came in the game and pitched the final five innings to earn the win with three strikeouts while giving up only one run.
- Six Davenport players each had one hit during the contest.
- Fischer started and pitched the first 6.1 innings for the Panthers and tallied four strikeouts.
- The Pride scored the first run of the game in the third inning of a Montgomery RBI to take a 1-0 lead.
- Davenport tied the game 1-1 in the sixth inning off a wild pitch.
- Purdue Northwest scored two runs in the seventh to retake the lead 3-1.
- The Pride added two more runs in the eighth to extend their lead to 5-1.
- Purdue Northwest tallied four runs in the ninth inning to make it 9-1 in favor of the Pride and to the victory.
Up Next
- The Pride next play tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. central time in Lansing, Mich. at Jackson Field against a to be determined team.
