FRANKLIN, Wis. – The Northern Kentucky baseball program fell to the Panthers of Milwaukee in yet another walk-off fashion for the second consecutive game from Franklin Field on Saturday afternoon.
THE FACTS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 4, Milwaukee – 5
LOCATION: Franklin Field – Franklin, WI
RECORDS: Northern Kentucky Norse, 22-15 (11-6 Horizon) – Milwaukee Panthers, 19-16 (9-7 Horizon )
NORSE TOP PERFORMERS
- Colton Kucera: 3-for-5, 2 R
- Liam McFadden-Ackman: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 R
- Jayden Wakeham: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
- Manny Vorhees: 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
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Ben Gerl: 7.0 IP, 7 K, 5 H, 6 ER, 5 BB
HOW IT HAPPENED
- NKU broke the scoring open in the top of the first inning, putting up a three-spot on the Panthers after McFadden-Ackman drove in a pair of runs on a single to left field.
- Vorhees helped the cause with a RBI single of his own in the top of the second, extending Northern Kentucky's lead out to 4-0. The Panthers answered right back by scoring four runs in the bottom of the second innings unfortunately to tie things up.
- The Norse got back in the driver's seat with a RBI single from Wakeham in the top of the fifth inning to tie up the score at 5-5, which led to a balk and Cleary Simpson crossing the plate for third base. MKE tied up the game once again in the bottom half of this inning with a solo home run.
- These squads went into the ninth inning locked up at seven, the Panthers took game number two with yet another walk-off with a double to right field to knock in the winning run.
INTO THE TWITTER-VERSE
NEXT UP
Northern Kentucky Baseball is back at Franklin Field tomorrow, Sunday, April 23, as this Horizon League series wraps up from Franklin, Wisconsin. NKU and Milwaukee will meet yet again at Franklin Field with first pitch set for 1:00 PM (ET).
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