HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky baseball team continues to be one of the hottest squads in the nation as the Norse collected a 9-3 Horizon League victory over Milwaukee to open the weekend series on Friday afternoon.
The winning streak, now up to nine games, is the longest posted by the Norse since NKU won 16 consecutive games during the 2012 campaign. The nine consecutive wins in the longest winning streak posted in NKU's NCAA Division I era.
On the national level, Northern Kentucky is currently riding the sixth-longest active winning streak in NCAA DI baseball.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Northern Kentucky – 9, Milwaukee – 3 (9 innings)
LOCATION: Bill Aker Baseball Complex – Highland Heights, Kentucky
RECORDS: NKU 13-8 (4-0 HL), MIL 2-16 (1-3 HL)
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Logen Devenport,
Tyler Shaneyfelt and
Brennan Rowe combined for the majority of the NKU offensive attack. Devenport went 1-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, a run scored and a base on balls. Shaneyfelt added a 2-for-3 performance with two RBI, a run scored and two walks. Rowe rounded things out with a 1-for-4 outing that featured a home run, two RBI, a run scored and a walk.
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Jake Paulick added a 1-for-4 showing with a RBI and a run scored.
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Cleary Simpson (1-for-3, two runs, two walks) and
Liam McFadden-Ackman (three bases on balls, three runs scored) also came around to score for Northern Kentucky.
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Nick McClanahan picked up his first win of the season as he went 2.1 innings of relief. He didn't allow a single hit or a run as he punched out four Milwaukee batters.
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Tanner Gillis continued his strong run of late on the mound. The Buffalo, New York native recorded a quality start as he went 6.2 innings with five strikeouts and just five hits allowed. He only made one mistake on the afternoon, Milwaukee's three-run home run. It was his second quality start of the year.
- Six Norse student-athletes posted at least a hit in the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Northern Kentucky got on the board first in the bottom of the third as Rowe sent a solo shot over the left-center field wall to make it a 1-0 game.
- Milwaukee answered right back with a three-run blast of its own in the top of the fourth to jump ahead by a 3-1 margin.
- The Norse tied the game in the bottom half of the fifth as Paulick was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Devenport reached on a fielder's choice that plated McFadden-Ackman to knot things up at 3-3.
- It was all Northern Kentucky from that point on with one run in the bottom of the seventh and five runs in the eighth to seal the 9-3 victory.
NEXT UP
The Norse and Panthers will meet once again for the second game of the series on Saturday, March 23. First pitch has been moved to 2 PM ET and admission to the conference clash is free of charge.
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