NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Northern Kentucky University baseball
team fell to the Northwestern University Wildcats, 4-3 Saturday afternoon.
Northwestern (3-1) punched first in the top of the 3rd
inning with a three run home-run by Zach Morton. The Wildcats added one more run
with a RBI single by Luke Dauch, which gave Northwestern the lead 4-0.
NKU (1-5) answered back in the bottom of the 3rd
with two outs; Brad Clement hit a single with Ryan Hinz following up with a
single of his own. Josh Myers put the Norse on the score board with a three-run
blast over the left field fence which cut the lead to 4-3.
After the 3rd inning the Norse offense was
silenced. They were unable to cash in stranding a total of six base runners for
the remainder of the game.
Starting pitcher Matt Jefferson fell to 0-2 on the year
after a strong 8 1/3 innings pitched, striking out six while only walking two.
Cody Cooper (0-0) recorded the final two outs of the 9th.
Northern Kentucky will finish up its three game series
Sunday against St. Louis at 2 p.m.
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