HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University baseball team split a doubleheader with Oakland on Friday afternoon. The Golden Grizzlies won the first game 13-4, before the Norse picked up a 9-6 win in the second game. Oakland is 9-21 on the year and 6-7 in the Horizon League. NKU has a 9-22 overall record and is 5-9 in league play.
Game 1: Oakland 13, NKU 4
AT THE PLATE
ON THE MOUND
KEY MOMENTS
- Oakland took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second.
- Bacon responded with a solo home run over the left field wall to tie the game at 1-1.
- The Golden Grizzlies' Ryan Fitzgerald hit a solo home run in the top of the fifth to give Oakland a 2-1 lead.
- In the top of the sixth inning, Oakland's Ben Hart hit a solo home run to put Oakland ahead 3-1.
- Oakland added three runs in the top of the seventh inning to extend its lead to 6-1.
- The Golden Grizzlies crossed the plate six times in the eighth inning to make the score 12-1.
- Haueter hit a double in the eighth inning for NKU, which allowed Chad Roberts to cross the plate.
- Oakland scored its last run in the top of the ninth to go ahead 13-2.
NORSE NOTES
- Oakland had 18 hits, and NKU had eight.
- The Golden Grizzlies stranded 11 runners, and the Norse left seven on base.
- NKU committed two errors in the field.
Game 2: NKU 9, Oakland 6
AT THE PLATE
ON THE MOUND
- Sam Williams got the start on the mound, and he pitched five innings.
- Joe Martin earned the win out of the bullpen. He went the final four innings, allowing just one run on four hits.
KEY MOMENTS
- The Norse scored three runs in the bottom of the first to take a 3-0 lead. With the bases loaded, Roberts hit a single that scored two runs. Later in the inning, Griffin Doersching hit a sacrifice fly to allow Haueter to cross the plate.
- Oakland got a run back in the top of the second to make the score 3-1. Mike McGee hit an RBI single in the inning for the Golden Grizzlies.
- The Golden Grizzlies scored another run in the top of the third. Ryan Fitzgerald scored on a wild pitch to get Oakland within one run at 3-2.
- Oakland scored twice in the top of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead. Tyler Trovinger and Ben Hart each hit RBI singles in the inning.
- The Golden Grizzlies added two runs in the sixth to go ahead 6-3.
- Bacon hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth to give the Norse a 7-6 lead.
- Doersching smashed a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to help give NKU the 9-6 victory.
NORSE NOTES
- Oakland had 12 hits in the contest, and NKU had nine.
- The Norse committed an error in the field, and Oakland had none.
- The Golden Grizzlies stranded eight runners, and NKU left six on base.
UP NEXT
- NKU will close out the series against Oakland on Saturday at 1 p.m.