The PNW baseball team earned a road victory at midwest region foe University of Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon, 4-2.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (5-1), University of Indianapolis (2-6)
- Location: Greyhound Park (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Attendance: 55
The Breakdown:
- Senior Luke Montgomery (Orland Park, Ill./St. Laurence High School) led the Pride with three hits including a double and scoring a run.
- Sophomore Drake Ballard (Louisville, Ky./Martha Laynes Collins) notched two hits.
- Junior Brett Mattys chipped in one hit and one RBI.
- Junior Jake Nightingale (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) started on the mound for Purdue Northwest and pitched the first 7.1 innings. He earned the win while recording seven strikeouts.
- Sophomore Ethan Getting (Portage,Mich./Portage North) came in for the Pride finished the final 2.1 innings and tallied his first save of the season with three strikeouts.
- C. Vaughn led UIndy with two hits and one RBI.
- D. Cardenas started and pitched the first five innings for the Greyhounds and struck out four batters.
- UIndy scored the first two runs and only runs in the third inning to take a 2-0 lead.
- The Pride tallied their first run in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to 2-1.
- Purdue Northwest rallied in the eighth inning and scored three runs to take a 4-2 advantage.
- Getting came in for the save opportunity and helped the Pride earn the win and save in the end.
Up Next
- The Pride next head down south for their Florida spring baseball trip. They open their trip with a doubleheader at Florida Tech on Sunday, March 10 with Game 1 at 12:00 PM CT and Game 2 slated for 3:00 PM CT in Melbourne, Fla.
