HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University baseball team and Wright State split a doubleheader on Friday. The Norse won the first game, 12-11, before falling in the second game, 12-5. NKU is now 6-17 on the year and 3-5 in the Horizon League. Wright State is 14-10 overall and 5-3 in the league.
   
AT THE PLATE

• Jake Richmond went 2-for-4 with two homers, three runs scored and five RBIs.
• Andrew Bacon was 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBIs.
• Will Haueter went 2-for-4 at the plate with a homer, two runs scored and an RBI.
• Griffin Doersching was 1-for-5 with a homer, a run scored and three RBIs.

 
ON THE MOUND

• Cameron Ross got the start on the mound and earned the win. He allowed eight hits and three runs over six innings, while striking out four batters.
• Gunnar Barnard, Andrew Sabrosky, Nick Beard, and Joe Martin all pitched out of the bullpen. Martin earned a save for pitching the ninth inning.

 
KEY MOMENTS

• The Norse took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Dominic Mercurio's single allowed Jake Richmond to score.
• NKU added five runs in the second inning to go ahead 6-0. Bacon had an RBI single in the inning, and Richmond and Haueter each hit home runs.
• Wright State got a run back on Brandon Giltrow's solo home run in the fourth inning.
• The Norse responded with five more runs in the bottom half of the fourth. Bacon, Richmond and Doersching each connected on a long ball in the inning to give the Norse an 11-1 lead.
• The Raiders got two runs back in the sixth inning to make the score 11-3.
• In the seventh inning, Wright State added six runs thanks in part to Gabe Snyder's grand slam. The Norse led 11-9 at that point.
• Richmond's fielder's choice in the bottom of the seventh pushed the NKU lead to 12-9.
• Adrian Marquez clubbed an RBI double in the eighth inning to make the score 12-10.
• Peyton Burdick made things interesting in the ninth inning for WSU courtesy of a solo home run, but the Norse held on for the 12-11 victory.

 
NORSE NOTES

• The Norse combined for five home runs in the game.
• Wright State had 14 hits in the contest, and NKU had 11.
• NKU committed one error, and Wright State had none.
• The Raiders left 12 runners on base, and NKU stranded eight.

   
AT THE PLATE

• Jake Richmond was 3-for-4 with a run scored.
• Griffin Doersching went 1-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored.
• Chad Roberts was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
• Will Haueter went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

 
ON THE MOUND

• Sam Williams got the start on the mound for NKU, and Jordan Menfee, Kyle Service and Patrick Kelley all pitched out of the bullpen. Kelley didn't allow a hit in the ninth inning.

 
KEY MOMENTS

• Wright State jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
• Doersching thumped a three-run homer in the bottom of the second to tie the game at 3-3.
• The Raiders scored four runs in the third inning to take a 7-3 advantage. Peyton Burdick hit a double, and three runs scored on the play.
• In the fourth inning, WSU's Alex Alders hit a RBI triple and Chase Slone hit an RBI single to put the Raiders ahead 9-3.
• The Norse responded in the fifth inning with two runs. Roberts hit a sacrifice fly to allow Andrew Bacon to score, and Haueter hit a RBI groundout so that Richmond could cross the plate.
• Wright State added three runs in the eighth inning to take the 12-5 victory. Seth Gray's double scored two runs, and Slone hit a RBI single in the inning.

 
NORSE NOTES

• Wright State had 16 hits in the contest, and NKU had nine.
• The Norse committed three errors in the game, and WSU had none.
• Wright State stranded 11 runners, and NKU left four runners on base.

 
 
UP NEXT

• NKU will close out the series against Wright State on Saturday at 1 p.m.