On Friday, the Purdue Northwest baseball team kicked off their season in Owensboro, KY, securing a significant 9-3 victory against Kentucky Wesleyan College. Junior
Cole Olson (Stanton, Mich./Central Montcalm) played a pivotal role offensively, contributing with two hits and four RBIs.
The Basics
•   Records: Purdue Northwest (1-0), Kentucky Wesleyan (0-8)
•   Location: Owensboro, KY (Panther Park)
•   Attendance: 200
•   Vs. Kentucky Wesleyan College
The Breakdown:
•   Junior
Cole Olson (Stanton, Mich./Central Montcalm) led the Pride with two hits and four RBIs.
•   Junior Ethan would also contribute three hits and an RBI.
•   Junior
Jake Nightingale (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) started on the mound for Purdue Northwest throwing seven innings and only allowing two hits while striking out four.
•   C. Gudalis led KWC with one hit and an RBI.
•   B. Bush started and pitched four innings for the Cardinals and struck out six batters.
•   The Pride would strike first in the second inning, scoring two runs off a
Drake Ballard (Louisville, Ky./Martha Laynes Collins) fielders' choice and an error by the Panthers.
•   Kentucky Wesleyan would answer right back in the as they would also put up two runs of a homer and ground out.
•   The Pride would add two more runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-2 lead off a
Cole Olson (Stanton, Mich./Central Montcalm) two RBI single.
•   In the eighth inning the Pride would start to pull away as they tacked on two more runs.
•   KWC would try to mount a comeback in the eighth putting up another run to make it 6-3 but the Pride's offense would explode for 3 more runs in the ninth putting the game out of reach and securing a 9-3 victory.
Up Next
The Pride will be back in action Saturday, February 24th for games two and three of their four game series against Kentucky Wesleyan. Game one of the doubleheader is set for 12:00 PM and game two is set for 3:00 PM.
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