On Saturday, the Purdue Northwest baseball team faced off against Kentucky Wesleyan for game four of their four game series, where the Pride come up short falling 4-5.
The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (1-3), Kentucky Wesleyan (6-5)
• Location: Owensboro, Kentucky (Panther Park)
• Non-conference game

The Breakdown

• Ethan Knopf (Crown Point, Ind./Lake Central) would get the start for the Pride going five innings striking out four while giving up seven hits.
• Aj Reid led the Pride offensively with three hits, while Ethan Imlach (Mokena, Ill./Mount Carmel) contributed two.
• Kentucky Wesleyan would strike first putting up a run in the first, but Purdue Northwest came back with two runs in the second, as Braylon Holland (Hobart, Ind./Andrean) singled to right field to score Dan Puplava (Portage, Ind./Portage), and a fielder's choice from Drake Ballard (Louisville, Ky./Martha Laynes Collins) brought in Cole Olson (Stanton, Mich./Central Montcalm). The Pride extended their lead to 3-1 in the third inning when Olson grounded out, scoring AJ Reid (Highland, Ind./Highland).
• Kentucky Wesleyan responded in the third inning with three runs of their own, taking the lead 4-3. The Panthers capitalized on a single by B. Vinyard and another RBI by L. Hutson. Kentucky Wesleyan added one more in the fifth, making it 5-3 after E. Stockton's double brought in T. VanHooser.
• Purdue Northwest fought back in the seventh, as Ethan Imlach (Mokena, Ill./Mount Carmel) scored after a wild pitch, bringing the score to 4-5. Despite late efforts, Kentucky Wesleyan held onto the lead, and Z. Taylor secured the save with a strong finish.

Up Next:
The Pride will return to action on March 5th as they take on Thomas Moore at home. Game is set to start at 1:00 PM CT.