BSBL vs WS
Lucas Bass
8
Wayne St. (Mich.) WSU 10-14, 0-1 GLIAC
9
Winner Purdue Northwest PNW 9-9, 1-4 GLIAC
Wayne St. (Mich.) WSU
10-14, 0-1 GLIAC
8
Final
9
Purdue Northwest PNW
9-9, 1-4 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Wayne St. (Mich.) WSU 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 8 11 2
Purdue Northwest PNW 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 7 2

W: Knopf, Ethan (2-1) L: Ethan Getting (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pride Baseball Secures First Conference Victory with Walk-Off Thriller Against Wayne State

On Friday, the Purdue Northwest baseball team faced off against Wayne State (Mich.) in an intense extra-inning battle. The Pride emerged victorious with a 9-8 walk-off win.

The Basics:
  • Records: Purdue Northwest (9-9, 1-4 GLIAC), Wayne State (10-14, 0-1 GLIAC)
  • Location: Hammond, Indiana (Labors' Local 41 Field)
  • GLIAC conference game.
The Breakdown
  • Conor Pangburn (St. John, Ind./Lake Central) started for PNW, pitching five innings, striking out six, and allowing three earned runs.
  • Owen Walkowiak (Crown Point, Ind./Andrean) followed with two innings of relief, surrendering three runs and fanning four batters.
  • Ethan Knopf (Crown Point, Ind./Lake Central) (2-1) closed the game with three innings, giving up one run and striking out one to earn the win.
  • Wayne State's Ethan Getting (Portage,Mich./Portage North) (1-1) took the loss, allowing two runs in 1.1 innings pitched.
  • Kam Earley (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) got the Pride on the board early in the first with an RBI double in the first inning, scoring Joey Guiliano (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) from third.
  • Dan Puplava (Portage, Ind./Portage) followed with an RBI single, extending the lead. Ethan Imlach (Mokena, Ill./Mount Carmel) grounded into a double play, but it still allowed a run to score, giving PNW a 3-0 advantage.
  • In the second inning, AJ Reid (Highland, Ind./Highland) reached on a throwing error, allowing another run to score. Bret Matthys (Cedar Lake, Ind./Hanover Central) then crushed a three-run homer, putting PNW ahead 7-0.
  • Wayne State answered in the third with a solo home run by Mason McGuire, cutting into the lead.
  • The Warriors continued their push in the fifth inning, scoring three runs off an RBI single from Bennett Hitzelberger and another from Owen Tuccinardi, making it a 7-4 game.
  • Wayne State tied it in the seventh, as Jacoby Dale and Bennett Hitzelberger hit back-to-back home runs, leveling the score at 7-7.
  • In the 10th inning, Wayne State took an 8-7 lead on a sacrifice fly from Gabe Zeldes.
  • The Pride responded in the bottom of the 10th, as Ethan Imlach (Mokena, Ill./Mount Carmel) delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly, driving in two runs to secure the 9-8 win.
Up Next:
 The Pride will continue their series against Wayne State with a doubleheader on March 29, beginning at 12:00 PM CT.
 
 
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