HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky baseball program went on another spirited comeback attempt, but this time the effort fell just short as the Norse dropped a 12-9 slugfest against Wright State at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex on Saturday.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL: Northern Kentucky – 9, Wright State – 12 (9 innings)
LOCATION: Bill Aker Baseball Complex – Highland Heights, Kentucky
RECORDS: NKU 22-12 (11-3 HL), WSU 19-15 (9-5 HL)
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The top of the order had another huge game as Cleary Simpson (2-for-5, two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored) Treyvin Moss (3-for-5, one RBI, two runs and a walk) and Liam McFadden-Ackman (3-for-5, one homer, two RBI, two runs scored and a base on balls) combined to go 8-for-15 (.533) with seven RBI and six runs.
- Friday's hero, Tyler Shaneyfelt, added a 1-for-5 effort with two RBI and a stolen base.
- Brennan Rowe (two runs scored) and Mitch Wood (one run) also came around to score for the Norse.
- The two squads combined for 21 runs off 25 hits in another exciting contest between Horizon League powers.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- It was another back-and-forth affair as the Norse got on the board right away in the bottom of the opening frame with a solo shot by McFadden-Ackman to make it a 1-0 game.
- Wright State answered with two runs in the top of the third, but Northern Kentucky responded right back with two runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning as NKU held on to a 3-2 lead.
- The Raiders tied the game in the top of the fourth and then took a slight 4-3 lead with another run in the top of the fifth.
- A Shaneyfel RBI single up the middle knotted things up at 4-4 in the bottom of the fifth.
- The Norse took the lead again, this time at 5-4, as McFadden-Ackman struck again with a RBI double that plated Moss in the bottom of the sixth.
- That is when Wright State made its move with a seven-run top of the seventh to start to pull away at 11-5.
- There was no quit in NKU as the Norse got another run in the bottom of the eighth to make it 11-6.
- The Raiders then added another run of insurance in the top of the ninth.
- NKU went on another spirited comeback attempt with three runs in the bottom half of the inning, courtesy of a three-run bomb by Simpson to cut the WSU edge to 12-9.
- Wright State was able to close out the inning and escape with the 12-9 win.
 
NEXT UP
The Norse and Raiders will conclude the important Horizon League series with one last game on Sunday, April 14 at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex. First pitch is set for noon ET and admission to the conference clash is free of charge.
 
 
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