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2021 Kirkeby action vs CNC
0
Midland (Neb.) MID 8-15, 19-25
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Winner Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA 10-13, 17-22
Midland (Neb.) MID
8-15, 19-25
0
Final
2
Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA
10-13, 17-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Midland (Neb.) MID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 2

W: Kirkeby, Dylan (1) L: Boyd, Steven (1)

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Winner Midland (Neb.) MID 9-15, 20-25
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Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA 10-14, 17-23
Winner
Midland (Neb.) MID
9-15, 20-25
11
Final
2
Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA
10-14, 17-23
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Midland (Neb.) MID 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 11 15 1
Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 5

W: Reynolds, Chase (1) L: Olesen, Evan (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | "The" SID Office

Kirkeby Delivers Masterpiece in Game One Win

Dylan Kirkeby pitched a complete-game shutout in leading the Northwestern College baseball team to a 2-0 win against Midland in game one of a conference doubleheader played today in Orange City. The Raiders lost game two 11-2 and split with Midland for the second consecutive day. 

Northwestern heads into the final week of the regular season with a 10-14 conference record, 17-23 overall. 

Game One: 2-0 win
  • Kirkeby (4-1) earned his fourth win of the season with his first career shutout, limiting Midland to three singles
    • he retired the first six hitters, struck out one in the 82-pitch effort
  • scoreless after three innings, Northwestern pushed both runs across in the bottom of the fourth
    • Colton Harold singled and advanced to second after an error by the Midland centerfielder
    • following a walk to Sam Stanford, Sutton Derr hit a two-out, two-run double, scoring both Harold and Stanford
  • Steven Boyd (3-6) took the loss for Midland, giving up seven hits, two runs and struck out four
  • Derr and Gavin Lorenzen had two hits for Northwestern
Game Two: 11-2 loss
  • Northwestern fell behind 6-0 after three innings as Midland scored two runs in each of the first three innings
    • the Warriors hit three solo home runs over the first two innings, one each by Dakota Thornton, Sam Braun and Chase Reynolds
  • The Raiders scored a run in the fourth and fifth innings, making the score 6-2 
    • Harold led off the fourth with a single, advanced to second on a passed ball, went to third after a single by Kip Cullinan and scored on a groundout by Eli Rash
    • Noa Vogel led off the fifth with a double, the lone extra-base hit for the Raiders; Vogel scored on a couple of wild pitches
  • Midland scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to put the game away, taking advantage of four Northwestern errors
  • Evan Olesen (1-3) picked up the loss, giving up seven hits and four runs in 1.1 innings
  • Seven different Raiders had one hit each
  • Chase Reynolds (2-0) pitched the final five innings to earn the win in relief, giving up three hits and one run
  • Nichols paced the Warriors 15-hit game with three hits; Thornton, Connor Petersen and Reynolds all had two hits
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