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Falcons Down Huskies in Extra Innings, 4-3
April 16, 2005 | Baseball
April 16, 2005
DeKalb, Ill. - Bowling Green's Matt Hundley got Northern Illinois' Brian Toner to ground into a game-ending double play in the bottom of the 11th inning to preserve a 4-3 extra-inning victory for the Falcons on Saturday afternoon. The extra-inning win is the second of the season for BGSU.
Hundley (4-1) got the win in relief, allowing three hits and one run in 2.1 innings.
Senior Jimmy Lipari drove in the first run of the game on a bases-loaded single in the second inning, scoring Tyler Wasserman. However, Eric Lawson struck out and Josh Stewart grounded out to end the early scoring opportunity for the Falcons.
NIU capitalized, scoring a run in the bottom of the second inning off of BGSU starter Keith Laughlin to knot the game, 1-1. The Huskies took a short-lived 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning before BGSU tied the game with a run in the top of the fifth inning. The run scored when Lipari led off with a double, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Lawson and came home on a Stewart single.
The two teams exchanged runs in the 10th inning before BGSU plated the game-winning run in the 11th frame, thanks to a Lawson single that scored Kevin Longstreth from second base.
Laughlin pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits with eight strikeouts and four walks. Greg Becker pitched 2.1 innings of hitless and scoreless baseball before Hundley came in to close the game. Matt Goodwin (1-2) suffered the loss for NIU.
BGSU held a 11-9 advantage in hits while stranding 12 runners to NIU's 13.
BGSU improves to 22-9 overall and 7-4 in the Mid-American Conference. NIU drops to 8-22 overall and 0-8 in the MAC. BGSU goes for the series sweep on Sunday, April 17, at 2 p.m. (EST) in DeKalb.
Note provided by NIU Sports Information...
Of the 20 combined hits recorded in the game, 19 were singles. Only BGSU shortstop Jimmy Lipari was able to record an extra-base hit in the game. Lipari led off the fifth inning with a double and eventually scored the tying run on Josh Stewart's single to right.
