TIFFIN, Ohio - It took just a shade under four hours for the Tiffin University baseball team (10-26, 9-10 GLIAC) to pull out a 16-8 victory over Northwood (12-20, 4-14 GLIAC), Thursday afternoon at Heminger Field.
Northwood took an early 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the third. In that half, Tiffin used two walks, a hit and an error to score three runs to tie it up.
The Timberwolves tacked on two in the fourth to lead 5-3. In the bottom of the fifth, junior Cody Spires doubled to left field and moved to third on a fly out. Freshman Kyle Lento drew a walk. Spires and Lento would score on freshman Isaac Perry's double to left field.
In the sixth inning, freshman Kyle Durham singled and moved to second on a ground out. Sophomore Garrett Vernau was issued a walk. Junior Nick Calandra singled to score Durham while an error moved Vernau to third and Calandra to second.
Spires singled to clear the bases and moved to second on the throw home. Sophomore Cole McCurry ripped a double to plate Spires to make it 9-5. Northwood would not go gentle into the night scoring three in the seventh.
In the bottom of the seventh, Durham singled, moved to second on a passed ball and third on a wild pitch. An error on a ball hit by Calandra would score Durham. TU scored six in the bottom of the eighth to seal the game.
For Tiffin, Calandra had three hits, scored two runs and drove in five runs, Spires had three hits and drove in three runs and McCurry had three hits. Freshman Patrick Bellinger (1-3) gave up six hits, three runs, two earned, walked one and struck out two in three innings. Junior Garrett Scott walked three and struck out four in three innings for his first save.
For Northwood, Dustin Lee, Cody Rogers and Justin Zyvon had two hits each. Jordan Schwellenbach (2-3) gave up six hits, five runs, four earned, walked one and struck out one in 1.7 innings.
Tiffin remains home, Friday, April 18, taking on Northwood. The doubleheader is scheduled to start at noon. Live stats are available at http://dragonweb.tiffin.edu/livestats/xlive.htm
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