PNW Athletics
5
Winner Saginaw Valley SAGINAW 12-9
3
Purdue Northwest PURDUE N 6-11
Winner
Saginaw Valley SAGINAW
12-9
5
Final
3
Purdue Northwest PURDUE N
6-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saginaw Valley SAGINAW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 8 2
Purdue Northwest PURDUE N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 1

W: Jack Sequin (4-1) L: Cash, Ben (0-2) S: Evan Woodward (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Comes Up Short Against Saginaw Valley State, 5-3

The Pride baseball team took on Saginaw Valley State University this Sunday in a GLIAC conference matchup where the Pride would fall by a score of 5-3.

The Basics
  • Records: Purdue Northwest (6-11), Saginaw Valley State (12-9)
  • Location: Hammond, Indian
  • GLIAC conference game.
The Breakdown
  • Billy Chidsey (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) led the Pride offensively with a 2-for-4 performance, including a triple and a run scored. Zach Wright (Munster, Ind./Munster) added two hits and an RBI, while Brayden Barrett (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) drove in two runs with a key base hit in the fourth inning. Denham Kozy (Munster, Ind./Munster) also contributed a hit and added a stolen base as the Pride finished with six hits.
  • Ben Cash (Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn Community) got the start on the mound, allowing four runs on seven hits over 6.0 innings while striking out eight. Joey DalPonte (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport) followed with three innings of relief, allowing one run and striking out three.
  • Saginaw Valley struck first in the opening inning, using a walk and a pair of hits to plate two runs and take an early 2-0 lead.
  • The Pride answered in the fourth inning as Zach Wright (Munster, Ind./Munster) singled and Derek Kubek (Oswego, Ill./Oswego East) reached base to set up Brayden Barrett (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton), who delivered a two-RBI single to tie the game at 2-2.
  • Saginaw Valley regained the lead in the fifth inning, capitalizing on a double and a single along with a sacrifice fly to score two runs and go back in front 4-2.
  • Both pitching staffs settled in over the middle innings, with Cash working through traffic and DalPonte delivering scoreless frames to keep the Pride within striking distance.
  • Purdue Northwest cut into the deficit in the eighth inning when Billy Chidsey (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) tripled and later scored on an RBI single from Wright to make it 4-3.
  • Saginaw Valley added an insurance run in the ninth on a solo home run to extend the lead to 5-3.
  • The Pride threatened in the bottom of the ninth as Barrett was hit by a pitch and moved into scoring position but were unable to capitalize as Saginaw Valley closed out the game.
Up Next
The Pride will return to action on Tuesday, March 24, as they travel to face Parkside with first pitch set for 1:00 PM CT.
 
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