On Sunday, the Purdue Northwest baseball team took on Roosevelt University in a dominant offensive display, securing a 17-4 victory at home in Hammond, Indiana.
The Basics:

• Records: Purdue Northwest (4-3), Roosevelt (5-9)
• Location: Hammond, Indiana (Labors' Local 41)
• Non-conference game.

The Breakdown

• AJ Reid (Highland, Ind./Highland) led the Pride with a home run, a triple, and four RBIs.
• Dan Puplava (Portage, Ind./Portage) contributed with a triple, two hits, and two RBIs.
• Joey Guiliano (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) was a force at the plate, collecting five hits, including a double and a triple, while driving in two runs.
• Kam Earley (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) added two hits, three runs, and a double to the offensive explosion.
• Ethan Knopf (Crown Point, Ind./Lake Central) started on the mound for Purdue Northwest, pitching three innings with three strikeouts to earn the win.
• Jorge Zavala (Chicago, Ill./Holy Trinity) and Mitchell Stanton (South Chicago Heights, Ill./Marian Catholic) combined for four innings in relief, allowing just two earned runs while striking out five batters.
• Roosevelt's Gavin Millard led the Laakers with two hits and two RBIs.
• W. Hall took the loss for Roosevelt, pitching 1.1 innings and allowing seven runs, six earned.
• The game opened with an explosive first inning for Purdue Northwest. AJ Reid (Highland, Ind./Highland) tripled to left field, bringing in Kam Earley (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) for the first run of the game. An error allowed Reid to score, followed by Dan Puplava's (Portage, Ind./Portage) triple, which drove in Bret Matthys (Cedar Lake, Ind./Hanover Central). Puplava later scored on a passed ball, giving the Pride an early 4-0 lead.
• Roosevelt responded in the second inning with a two-run single from Gavin Millard, cutting the deficit to 4-2. However, Purdue Northwest extended its lead in the bottom half, with Matthys singling in a run, Puplava reaching on a fielder's choice for another RBI, and Jax Kalemba (Chicago, Ill./Andrean) delivering a two-run single to make it 8-2.
• The third inning saw more fireworks as AJ Reid (Highland, Ind./Highland) launched a two-run home run, pushing the Pride's lead to 10-2. Roosevelt added a run in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk, but Ethan Imlach (Mokena, Ill./Mount Carmel) answered back in the bottom half with an RBI groundout.
• Purdue Northwest exploded again in the fifth, scoring five runs, including an RBI single by Cole Olson (Stanton, Mich./Central Montcalm), a two-run double from Guiliano, and another RBI double from Kalemba. Reid capped off the frame with a sacrifice fly, bringing the score to 16-3.
• A wild pitch in the sixth inning allowed Purdue Northwest to tally their final run. Roosevelt managed to push across one more in the seventh with an RBI double from H. Kowlaski, but it wasn't enough as Purdue Northwest closed out the 17-4 win.

Up Next
The Pride will continue their homestand with a matchup against Trinity Christian on March 12th, looking to build on their strong offensive performance.