Trey Ganns Campbell plug
Bennett Scarborough (Scarborough Photography)
6
Winner Northern Kentucky NKU 7-11
3
Miami MIAMI 4-14
Winner
Northern Kentucky NKU
7-11
6
Final
3
Miami MIAMI
4-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northern Kentucky NKU 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 6 9 4
Miami MIAMI 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0

W: Ross, Cameron (2-0) L: ALMQUIST (0-1) S: Jerger, Charlie (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Melissa Powell, NKU Athletic Communications

Ganns lifts NKU over Miami (Ohio) for Asalon’s 500th win at NKU

OXFORD, Ohio – With the game tied, 3-3, in the top of the ninth, junior Trey Ganns slapped a three-run double to hand the Northern Kentucky University baseball team a 6-3 victory at Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday afternoon. The win was 17th year head coach Todd Asalon's 500th victory at NKU.

The Norse improve to 7-11 overall while Miami dips to 4-14.

At the Plate
  • NKU out-hit the RedHawks, 9-3.
  • Ganns went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs scored and a double.
  • Mike Moffatt also had a multi-hit showing, batting 2-for-4 with an RBI.
  • Brad Bohlen and Chad Roberts added one RBI apiece.
On the Mound
  • Norse pitchers held Miami to just three hits on the afternoon.
  • NKU starter Pierce Knisley held Miami scoreless for his first three innings of work. He tossed 6.0 innings and gave up just three hits and two runs while fanning four and walking one.
  • Jordan Menfee relieved Knisley and tossed 1.1 innings, allowing one unearned run that scored on an error following a pair of walks.
  • Cameron Ross made his team-leading 12th appearance out of the bullpen and threw 0.2 innings before Charlie Jerger closed the game with a hitless ninth to earn his second save this season.
Key Moments
  • Both teams were held scoreless across the first three innings as Knisley worked around a pair of early Norse errors and allowed just one hit in that span.
  • A triple and a sacrifice fly from Miami in the bottom of the fourth put the RedHawks ahead, 2-0.
  • Roberts tripled to lead off the top of the fifth and was pushed across the plate on a Moffatt single up the middle.
  • NKU then tied it up at 2-2 in the next inning on an RBI single from Bohlen to score Ganns, who reached on a walk.
  • In the top of the eighth, Ganns scored his second run of the game on a sacrifice fly from Roberts for a brief 3-2 lead.
  • In their half of the inning, the RedHawks capitalized on an NKU error on a fielder's choice to knot the game at 3-3 heading to the ninth before Ganns clubbed his game-winning three-run double.
Norse Notes
  • Moffatt is batting .467 (7-for-15) with five runs scored, three RBI and a home run in the last four games.
  • The Norse are batting .328 with 20 doubles and eight home runs over the last 10 games. They have posted a 6-4 record in that span.
  • In his last six appearances, totaling 8.1 innings of work, Ross has not allowed an earned run and has held opponents to seven hits and has struck out six.
Up Next
  • The Norse take on Cincinnati in the final nonconference series of the 2017 slate. The Bearcats will host the first two games of the series on Friday and Saturday while the Norse will host the finale on Sunday at Bill Aker Baseball Complex.
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