HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky University Norse baseball took on Bellarmine on Tuesday afternoon, looking to get revenge on the Knights after dropping the road contest from a week prior. NKU again fell in a high-scoring affair, losing the game 15-12.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky - 12, Bellarmine - 15
LOCATION: Bill Aker Baseball Complex - Highland Heights, Ky.
RECORDS: Northern Kentucky: 13-14 (6-3 HL) | Bellarmine: 11-16 (4-5 ASUN)
GAME SUMMARY
– Both teams' offense started red-hot, as each team plated seven runs through two innings. A solo home run from Bellarmine in the third made it 8-7 Knights before they extended their lead in the fifth with a pair of runs. The Norse tied it up in the fifth with doubles from
Nolan Sparks and
Mark Nowak, before the Knights responded with four in the sixth, taking a lead they did not relinquish. NKU got a pair back in the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate, but it was too little, too late for the Norse as they fell 15-12.
BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN
– The Norse threw nine pitchers in the contest, as three (
MJ Castaneda,
Carson French, and
Maret Drye) threw 1.2 innings, marking the longest outings for the Norse. Drye closed out the game and fanned four batters while not allowing a run.
Shawn Parnell was saddled with the loss, falling to 0-2 on the season after giving up the Knights' lead-taking run in the sixth.
– Northern Kentucky's offense tallied nine hits in 33 at-bats while drawing 11 walks.
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Mark Nowak put up an absurd final line, finishing 3-4 from the plate with three doubles, five RBI, two runs scored, and two walks. Nowak stole four bases in the contest, which marked a new single-game high for the Norse since the squad joined Division I.
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Josh Williams finished 1-3 with a three-run homer and a walk.
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Jake Paulick batted 1-3 with a double, two walks, and a run scored.
UP NEXT
NKU heads up to Dayton on Thursday to open the weekend series with Wright State.
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