The NKU baseball team split Saturday's season-opening doubleheader at Montevallo.
Game 1 box score |
Game 2 box score
MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Northern Kentucky University baseball team was on both ends of a pair of blowouts against Montevallo to open the 2011 season. The No. 15 Norse took the opener, 15-7, but dropped the nightcap, 13-2.
Eight of the nine NKU starters claimed multiple hits in the season opener, led by sophomore
Bradley Vanderglas, who went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and five RBIs.
Max Colaner drove in four runs on a 2-for-5 performance.
After a fairly routine start that saw the teams enter the sixth inning tied at 3-3, the Norse exploded for five runs in the sixth, three more in the seventh and four in the eighth to blow the game open.
Jim Ryan (1-0) got the win in a 1 1/3 inning relief appearance.
Brent Wethington also had a solid showing, pitching 2 2/3 innings of one-hit relief with three strikeouts.
In the nightcap, a six-run third inning from the homestanding Falcons made the difference in the game, as Montevallo's Kyle Butler (1-0) picked up his first win of the season, scattering four hits over eight innings and striking out 10 Norse batters.
Justin Schultheiss (0-1) took the loss for NKU, giving up seven runs on five hits in his two innings of work.
NKU and Montevallo will play the rubber game of the series on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern.
