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Winner Northwestern NWC 8-15
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Briar Cliff (IA) BCU 12-9
Winner
Northwestern NWC
8-15
4
Final
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Briar Cliff (IA) BCU
12-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northwestern NWC 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 8 0
Briar Cliff (IA) BCU 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 1

W: Shelton, Brett (2-3) L: B. Sitzmann (2-2) S: Reynolds, Ryan (3)

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Winner Northwestern NWC 0-0
6
Briar Cliff (IA) BCU 0-0
Winner
Northwestern NWC
0-0
8
Final
6
Briar Cliff (IA) BCU
0-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwestern NWC 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 8 12 0
Briar Cliff (IA) BCU 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 3

W: Roberts, Brady (2-3) L: A. Kremer (0-1) S: Reynolds, Ryan (4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | NWC Athletic Communications

Northwestern Sweeps Briar Cliff to Open Series

Kip Cullinan hits third home run of the season, goes 4-for-5 in Game 2

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Northwestern College baseball team (9-15, 3-4 GPAC) picked up a pair of two run wins against Briar Cliff (12-10, 0-6 GPAC) at Bishop Mueller Field on the campus of Briar Cliff University Saturday afternoon to open up a four-game set.
 
GAME 1: Northwestern 4, Briar Cliff 2
 
Pitching Decisions
Win: Brett Shelton (2-3)
Loss: Brett Sitzmann (1-2)
Save: Ryan Reynolds (3)  
How It Happened
Northwestern used stout pitching and timely hitting to pick up their second Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) win of the season in Sioux City. The Raiders would notch a run per inning between the second and fifth innings, which proved enough to secure the victory.
 
Briar Cliff put the first run on the board in the first inning as a pair of doubles made it 1-0 Chargers after one. It didn't take the Red Raiders long to respond, as they would pull even in the second without recording a hit in the frame. A Mo Watson (Jr., Ankeny, Iowa) walk and a pair of wild pitches would set him up to score on a Sam Stanford (Jr. Los Angeles, Calif.) RBI ground out.  
 
In the following inning (3rd), Kip Cullinan (Sr., Urbandale, Iowa) would drive in the go-ahead run with a single to right field to take the 2-1 lead, and Northwestern would not surrender the lead the rest of the way. In the fourth inning, Colby Shelton (So., Urbandale, Iowa) would make it 3-1 NWC with an RBI single to right field of his own, which would prove to be the game-winning run.
 
The Chargers would pull within one run in the bottom half of the fourth (3-2), scoring on a passed ball. However, Mason Porepp (Jr., Pleasant Hill, Iowa) would himself single to right field in the fifth to make it 4-2. Ryan Reynolds (Sr., Yorkville, Ill.) would come in to close the door on BCU in the seventh for the victory.
 
Game Notes
  • NWC tallied eight hits in the win, as seven different Raiders notched a hit.
  • Kip Cullinan provided the lone multi-hit day in Game 1, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.
  • Sam Stanford notched his fourth double of the season, going 1-for-2 with a run scored, an RBI, and a walk.
  • Ethan Buckner tallied his first stolen base of the campaign (1-for-3 on the season).
  • The Raiders played errorless baseball for the seventh time this season.
  • Brett Shelton (2-3) made his sixth start of the season, picking up his second win of the season, throwing 5.2 innings.
  • He allowed just four Charger hits and two runs (one earned), while punching out six and walking just one.
  • Shane Geurink finished the sixth inning, retiring the one hitter he faced.
  • Ryan Reynolds came in to shut the door in the seventh, recording his third save of the season. He punched out one Charger hitter and walked one.
 
GAME 2: Northwestern 8, Briar Cliff 6
 
Pitching Decisions
Win: Brady Roberts (2-3)
Loss: Alex Kremer (0-1)
Save: Ryan Reynolds (4)  
How It Happened
A pair of three-run innings proved to propel the Red Raiders to the doubleheader sweep of Briar Cliff Saturday afternoon. Kip Cullinan was on fire in Game 2, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, and 3 RBI in the 8-6 Northwestern victory.
 
Northwestern was the first to plate runs in the second game of the doubleheader, taking a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Ethan Buckner (Jr., Aurora, Colo.) put the ball in play and a Charger error would plate a pair of Raider runs. Later, Buckner would come home to score on a set play on the bases.
 
It would not take Briar Cliff long to catch up. With the bases loaded with just one out, Walter Hunt would clear the bases with a grand slam to give BCU the 4-3 lead after two full innings.
 
The two teams would remain scoreless until the sixth inning, as the starters began to settle in. In the sixth, it was Cullinan's turn to go deep, scoring Evan Olesen (Sr., Estherville, Iowa) and NWC retook the lead at 5-4. Later in the frame, Watson would single to center field, driving in Porepp, making it 6-4 Northwestern.
 
The following frame, Cullinan would do more damage with an RBI double to right field, once again scoring Olesen, as the Raiders. A sacrifice fly from Jacob Kindhart (Sr., Shawnee, Kan.) would drive in the final insurance run for NWC, making it 8-4 in the ninth.
 
The Chargers would look to fight back in their final at-bat of the game, down four entering the bottom of the ninth. A Cam Riemer long ball would cut the Raider lead in half (8-6) with two away in the frame. Once again, Reynolds would be called upon to get the final out of the game, entering the with the tying run on first base. He would record the out needed with a strike out, as NWC swept the doubleheader.
 
Game Notes
  • NWC recorded 12 hits as a team, the third time the Raiders have hit the 12-hit mark in a game.
  • Seven RBIs for NWC in Game 2, Kip Cullinan (3) and Ethan Buckner (2) both having multi-RBI game.
  • Cullinan swung a hot bat: two doubles, a home run, and 3 RBI (4-for-5 with a run scored).
  • It's his seventh multi-hit game of the season and his first four-hit game.
  • NWC hit their 13th home run of the season, as Cullinan moves into a tie for the team lead with Noa Vogel (3).
  • Evan Olesen also records his seventh multi-hit game and his first four-hit game of the season (4-for-6 with two runs scored).
  • For Cullinan, it marks his sixth multi-RBI game and second 3 RBI day; while Buckner records his first multi-RBI game of the season.
  • For the eighth time this season, and in back-to-back games, the Red Raiders played errorless baseball.
  • Brady Roberts (2-3) picks up his second win of the season in his sixth start, tossing 5.2 innings.
  • He allowed just three hits, four runs (all earned); while walking five and punching out four.
  • Brad Tornow and Shane Geurink both tossed 2/3 of an inning in relief, neither allowing a hit.
  • Brady Nicolet pitched 1.2 innings, surrendering four hits and two runs (both earned on the HR).
  • Ryan Reynolds picks up his fourth save of the season, picking up a save in both games today.
 
SCOOTER'S PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Game 1: Brett Shelton
Game 2: Kip Cullinan
Up Next: The Raiders will return to Sioux City on Monday to complete the four-game series with the Chargers with another doubleheader. First pitch of Game 3 and the day is slated for 1:00 p.m.
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