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Concordia (NE) CUNE 20-11, 6-3 GPAC
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Winner Northwestern NWC 13-16, 7-4 GPAC
Concordia (NE) CUNE
20-11, 6-3 GPAC
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Final
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Northwestern NWC
13-16, 7-4 GPAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Concordia (NE) CUNE 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 2
Northwestern NWC 1 2 1 0 1 0 X 5 9 1

W: Kirkeby, Dylan (3-1) L: K. Ingram (1-1) S: Reynolds, Ryan (7)

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Winner Concordia (NE) CUNE 21-11, 7-3 GPAC
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Northwestern NWC 13-17, 7-5 GPAC
Winner
Concordia (NE) CUNE
21-11, 7-3 GPAC
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Final
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Northwestern NWC
13-17, 7-5 GPAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Concordia (NE) CUNE 0 0 1 7 0 2 0 10 11 2
Northwestern NWC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1

W: C. Johnson (5-2) L: Dykstra, Drew (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | NWC Athletic Communications

Northwestern Earns Series Split With (RV) Concordia

Colby Shelton belts his first career home run in the Game 3 victory

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Northwestern College baseball team (13-17, 7-4 GPAC) once again split the doubleheader with the (RV) Concordia University (Neb.) Bulldogs (21-11, 7-3 GPAC) to earn the series split, taking Game 3 6-5 behind a dominant performance from Dylan Kirkeby. Colby Shelton hit his first-career home run in Game 3.
 
GAME 1: Northwestern 5, (RV) Concordia 2
 
Pitching Decisions
Win: Dylan Kirkeby (3-1)
Loss: Kellen Ingram (1-1)
Save: Ryan Reynolds (7)  
How It Happened
Northwestern picked up their second win of the series against the (RV) Concordia Bulldogs with a 5-2 win in Game 3 of the series, behind a dominant six inning performance from starter Dylan Kirkeby (Jr., Brandon, S.D.). The only Bulldog runs coming on a pair of solo home runs on the game.
 
Despite leaving the bases loaded in each of their first two at-bats, the Red Raiders jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead through three innings. Northwestern struck first for the first time in the series in the home half of the first inning. After a 2-2 double to left center field from Kip Cullinan (Sr., Urbandale, Iowa) and back-to-back walks to load the bases, Mason Porepp (Jr., Pleasant Hill, Iowa) delivered the first run of the day with an RBI single to left field.
 
In the top half of the second inning, with the tying run on second base, freshman catcher Isaac Short (Grimes, Iowa) would throw out Alec Blakestad trying to swipe third to keep NWC with the 1-0 lead. The following half inning, Cullinan would drive in Bryce Click (Fr., Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) on a fielder's choice. With the bases for the second-straight inning, it would be Noa Vogel (Sr., Castle Pines, Colo.) who would drive in another run with an RBI single through the left side, increasing the Raider lead up to 3-0.
 
In the third inning, the Red Raiders would plate another run thanks to a TJ Silliman (Fr., Omaha, Neb.) pinch hit RBI single down the left field line, scoring Drew Dykstra (So., Urbandale, Iowa) who began the inning with a walk.
 
Concordia would plate their first run in the top half of the fourth with a solo home run (4-1 NWC). With a pair of outs in the bottom half, Mo Watson (Jr., Ankeny, Iowa) would miss his third home run of the season by mere inches as his ball would bounce off the top of the wall in left center field.
 
The final Northwestern run would come in the fifth inning, as Colby Shelton (So., Urbandale, Iowa) would belt his first home run of his Red Raider career in a pinch hit plate appearance.
 
Concordia would plate the final run of the day with their second solo shot of the day. Ryan Reynolds (Sr., Yorkville, Ill.) would pick up his league-leading seventh save of the season, pitching the seventh inning and surrendering just one walk. He would work a game-ending double play as NWC won 5-2.
 
Game Notes
  • Colby Shelton hit his first home run of his Red Raider career in a pinch hit plate appearance.
  • The two teams combined for three home runs in the first game of the day.
  • Five Red Raiders notched RBIs: Kip Cullinan, Noa Vogel, Mason Porepp, TJ Silliman, and Colby Shelton.
  • Going 2-for-3, Vogel was the lone Raider to record multiple hits in the win, doing so for the fifth time this season.
  • Kip Cullinan went 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored – he now needs just one RBI for career RBI No. 100.
  • NWC scored at least one run in five of the six innings with at-bats today, including the first three frames.
  • NWC recorded their 12th and 13th double plays of the season in the victory.
  • Isaac Short threw out his fourth runner attempting a stolen base on him behind the plate.
  • Dylan Kirkeby (3-1) was lights out on the mound, throwing six innings of two run baseball along with eight strike outs.
  • He scattered seven hits and walked just one Bulldog.
  • Ryan Reynolds tallied his seventh save of the season, which leads the GPAC, in his 13th appearance of the season.
 
GAME 2: (RV) Concordia 10, Northwestern 1
 
Pitching Decisions
Win: Caden Johnson (5-2)
Loss: Drew Dykstra (2-3)
Save: None
 
How It Happened
The Bulldogs put the first tally on the board in the third inning, the first time in the series that neither team plated a run in the first inning. Utilizing a sacrifice fly, Concordia took the 1-0. Despite getting into some trouble later in the frame, Raider starter Drew Dykstra (So., Urbandale, Iowa) worked out of the bases loaded jam, preserving the 1-0 game.
 
Concordia plated their second run of the day to take a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning, prompting a Northwestern pitching change. The Bulldogs would end up putting up seven runs in the fourth inning, grabbing an 8-0 lead.
 
Northwestern put some pressure on the Bulldog starter in the home half of the fourth after a single and a walk, but would be unable to plate a run.
 
With two down in the sixth, the Red Raiders would tally back-to-back hits from Sam Stanford (Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.) and Noa Vogel (Sr., Castle Pines, Colo.) but would leave them stranded, heading to the seventh inning trailing 10-0. Northwestern would plate their lone run of the game with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, as Silliman would come in to score on a throwing error by the Bulldog shortstop.
 
Game Notes
  • Sam Stanford recorded his eighth multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-3 with two singles.
  • Stanford finishes the Concordia series on a 10-game hitting streak.
  • Evan Olesen and Noa Vogel were the only other two Raiders to record a hit in the series finale.
  • Drew Dykstra (2-3) pitched 3.1 innings, allowing four runs (all earned) on four hits. He struck out three and walked four.
  • Brad Tornow (seventh appearance) pitched 2.1 innings of relief, followed by 1.1 innings from Evan Olesen (third appearance).
SCOOTER'S PLAYER OF THE GAME
Game 1: Dylan Kirkeby
Up Next: Northwestern will immediately turnaround and welcome the Waldorf Warriors (12-16, 7-5 NSAA) to the Baseball Diamond in Orange City for a midweek clash tomorrow, April 4 with first pitch slated for 4:00 p.m.

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