HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky baseball program is on a run for the record books and the Norse stuck to their winning ways with an 18-13 comeback victory over Ohio at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex on Tuesday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 18, Ohio – 13 (9 innings)
LOCATION: Bill Aker Baseball Complex – Highland Heights, Kentucky
RECORDS: NKU 12-8 (3-0 HL), Ohio 7-11 (3-3 MAC)
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Cleary Simpson led the way with another huge game as he went 1-for-5 with a home run, four RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
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Treyvin Moss was right behind him with a 3-for-5 performance of his own that included three RBI, two runs scored and a base on balls. Moss is currently tied for second in the Horizon in hits (31), third in runs scored (24), and fourth in batting average (.392).
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Liam McFadden-Ackman completed the triple-threat at the top of the lineup with a 2-for-4 outing that features a homer, two RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
- Simpson and McFadden-Ackman are tied for the conference lead in runs scored (25).
- McFadden-Ackman also leads the conference in home runs (10), RBI (36), slugging percentage (.886) and on-base plus slugging percentage (1.386) to go with being tied for third in the conference in on-base percentage and tied for fourth in batting average (.392).
- The top three hitters in the lineup from NKU combined to go 6-of-14 (.428) with two home runs, nine RBI, six runs scored and three walks.
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Ryan Kilpatrick went off for a 3-of-4 game of his own to go with two RBI, three runs scored and a base on balls.
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Zack Minton added a solo blast to complete the 1-for-2 day with the solo shot.
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Mitch Wood (one RBI) and
Tyler Shaneyfelt (one RBI) helped round out the NKU attack.
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Jake Altman was the fourth Norse of the afternoon to post a multi-hit game as he went 2-for-4 at the dish with two runs scored and a walk.
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Andrew Mulhern picked up the win on the mound as he threw two scoreless innings of relief. He also just a single base hit to go with a strikeout.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Norse jumped out to an 8-1 lead after the first inning of play, highlighted by a three-run shot by Simpson in the bottom of the first to give NKU the early advantage.
- Ohio tried to answer with four runs in the top of the second to make it an 8-5 game.
- Northern Kentucky responded right back off a Kilpatrick RBI up the middle in the bottom half of the inning to push it to 9-5 NKU.
- The Bobcats got another run in the top of the third, but the Norse answered right back in the bottom of the fourth to make it 10-6.
- Ohio made its move with a three-run top of the sixth and a three-run top of the seventh to retake a 12-10 edge.
- Once again, Northern Kentucky was up to the challenge with four more runs in both the bottom of the seventh and eighth to jump back ahead 18-12.
- Ohio got one more run in the top of the ninth, but by then the damage as already done and NKU kept to its winning ways with the 18-13 victory.
NEXT UP
The Norse will remain in Highland Heights for an important Horizon League showdown with Milwaukee in a weekend series that runs Friday, March 22 through Sunday, March 24. The three-game slate will get underway with a first pitch of 2 PM ET on Friday and the
clash can be seen in front of a national audience on ESPN+.
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