TJ Alas
Chloe Smith
13
Winner Northern Kentucky NKU 17-27, 10-10 Horizon
10
Wright State WSU 29-15, 15-5 Horizon
Winner
Northern Kentucky NKU
17-27, 10-10 Horizon
13
Final
10
Wright State WSU
29-15, 15-5 Horizon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northern Kentucky NKU 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 3 1 13 13 0
Wright State WSU 2 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 10 13 2

W: Ross, Cameron (4-2) L: MEYER, Mark (0-1)

3
Northern Kentucky NKU 17-28, 10-11 Horizon
13
Winner Wright State WSU 30-15, 16-5 Horizon
Northern Kentucky NKU
17-28, 10-11 Horizon
3
Final
13
Wright State WSU
30-15, 16-5 Horizon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northern Kentucky NKU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 1
Wright State WSU 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 X 13 10 0

W: WEISS, Ryan (6-0) L: Kelley, Pat (3-3)

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

Alas leads baseball to game one win at Wright State

FAIRBORN, Ohio – Redshirt senior outfielder TJ Alas clubbed a trio of three-run home runs on Friday en route to posting nine RBI across a pair of games at Wright State. Alas led the Norse to a 13-10 comeback victory in game one before the Norse dropped game two, 13-3, at WSU's Nischwitz Stadium.
 
With the doubleheader split, NKU moves to 17-28 overall and 10-11 in the Horizon League. Wright State sits at 30-15 overall and 16-5 in conference play.
 
GAME ONE | Northern Kentucky 13, Wright State 10

Two of Alas' three-run homers came in game one. The Raiders took an early lead before the teams waged a back-and-forth battle between the sixth and eight innings.

At the Plate
  • Alas had two three-run home runs in back-to-back at-bats as the outfielder posted six RBI in game one.
  • Jake Richmond, Trey Ganns and Brad Bohlen had two RBI a piece as the trio each batted 2-for-4.
  • Richmond scored three runs while both of Ganns' RBI came on a two-run home run.
  • Will Haueter and Mike Moffatt had two hits in game one with both of Moffatt's being doubles.
  • The Norse and Raiders were tied with 13 hits apiece.
On the Mound
  • Cameron Ross (4-2) got the win for NKU after tossing the final 3.0 innings, giving up two runs on two hits. He walked three and fanned four.
  • Starter Jean-Francois Dionne threw 5.1 innings followed by Joe Martin who picked up the final two outs in the sixth and faced the minimum.
Key Moments
  • NKU trailed 3-0 through three innings. WSU managed a pair of early home runs in the first and a run-scoring triple in the third.
  • Conor Ledger scored on an error following a Richmond single, then Haueter pushed Richmond across the plate on an RBI double to cut the WSU lead to 3-2 in the fifth.
  • The Raiders added a run in their half of the fifth before NKU exploded for its seven-run sixth inning. NKU had six hits in the frame highlighted by a three-run homer from Alas and a two-run shot from Ganns to lead 9-4.
  • Wright State countered with a four-run sixth in which it clubbed five hits and cut the NKU advantage to 9-8.
  • A two-run single in the seventh briefly restored WSU's lead before Alas blasted his second three-run home run for a 12-10 Norse lead in the eighth. NKU closed out the win with an RBI single from Brad Bohlen in the top of the ninth.
GAME TWO | Wright State 13, Northern Kentucky 3

The Raiders took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning of game two and never trailed en route to their victory in the nightcap.

At the Plate
  • Alas knocked his third three-run home run late in game two to lead NKU at the plate.
  • Roberts also added a 2-for-4 showing.
On the Mound
  • Pat Kelley (3-3) absorbed the loss after throwing the first 2.0 innings in which he allowed five hits and four runs, three earned.
  • Charlie Jerger contributed 2.0 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit with two strikeouts and no walks.
  • Joe Martin picked up one out in the fifth before Seth Rosenberg took over and threw 2.2 scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and four strikeouts.
  • Brendan Alas made his second collegiate appearance on the mound and allowed two hits and four runs in the eighth.
Key Moments
  • Wright State's 13 runs were split among four different innings. The Raiders led 4-0 through two innings, then posted a five-run fifth to put the game out of reach of the Norse.
  • WSU scored its five runs off two hits and a Norse error in the fifth inning for their 9-0 lead.
  • The Raiders added four runs on an RBI single and three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth.
  • Alas drove in each of NKU's three runs in the top of the ninth.
Norse Notes
  • TJ Alas has a home run in five of the last six contests and has four multi-homer games this season. He is currently riding a 36-game on-base streak. In the last five games, Alas has two doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI. He now leads the Horizon League with a .791 slugging percentage in conference games and is tied for the League lead in total homers with 14.
  • Moffatt has also seen success in the last five games, batting .421 (8-for-19) with three doubles.
Up Next
 
  • NKU hits the road to travel to Milwaukee for a Sunday doubleheader set to begin at 1 p.m. ET.
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