FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Northern Kentucky baseball program saw its late game comeback fall just short on the road Friday evening against the Mastodons of Purdue Fort Wayne.
THE FACTS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 5, Purdue Fort Wayne – 6
LOCATION: Mastodon Field – Fort Wayne, IN
RECORDS: Northern Kentucky, 11-9 (3-1 Horizon) – Purdue Fort Wayne, 5-17 (2-3 Horizon)
NORSE TOP PERFORMERS
- Liam McFadden-Ackman: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 run, 1 double
- Brennan Rowe: 1-for-1, 1 RBI, 1 double
- Jayden Wakeham: 2-for-2
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Clay Brock: 6.0 IP, 6 strikeouts, 2 walks, 6 hits
- Kyle Klingenbeck: 2.0 IP, 1 strikeout, 0 hits, 0 runs
NORSE NOTES
- With a walk today Colton Kucera has now extended his reached base streak to 16-straight games.
- Manny Vorhees with a single against the 'Dons this afternoon, increased his current hitting streak out to six games.
- Noah Fisher and Ben Gerl took home weekly awards after picking up three wins over conference opponent Milwaukee, as was announced by the league Tuesday afternoon. Fisher was named the conference's Player of the Week and Gerl earned himself Pitcher of the Week honors after both posted stellar performances this past weekend as the Norse swept Milwaukee.
INTO THE TWITTER-VERSE
NEXT UP
Northern Kentucky Baseball is back at it tomorrow in Fort Wayne, Ind. as the Norse and Mastodons will meet in game number two. NKU and the 'Dons will square off from Mastodon Field on Saturday, March 25 at 2 PM ET as well.
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