Box Score

The Malone University baseball team suffered an 11-5 defeat on Saturday afternoon in the final game of its Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference weekend series with Northwood (MI) University.

The Timberwolves (8-9 overall, 3-3 GLIAC) took command early on, scoring five runs in the top of the first inning.  Following a leadoff double, the next three batters drew walks to plate the first run of the game.  Northwood then added a pair of RBI hits and a sacrifice fly to complete the early scoring.

Malone (9-13 overall, 2-7 GLIAC) pulled to within 5-3 in the third.  Catcher Hayden Mobley got the Pioneers on the scoreboard with a two-out RBI single.  Third baseman Bob Suitca then stepped to the plate and smacked a double into right center to bring home two more.

Northwood answered back in the top of the fourth, chasing home three runs to increase its lead to 8-3.  The Timberwolves then tacked on a solo run in the eighth and two more runs in the ninth.

The Pioneers cut into the 11-3 deficit in the bottom of the ninth, bringing one run home on a RBI single by centerfielder Daulton Ritter and a second run with a bases-loaded walk by Mobley.  Malone was unable to pull any closer, though, as a flyout to center with the bases loaded brought the contest to a close.

Jordan Fedor started the game on the mound for the Pioneers and was charged with the loss (0-2) after giving up the first four runs.  Joe Costello, Jack McDonald, Brad Beachy and Paul Durbak all worked at least an inning of relief.

Mobley and Suitca each drove in two runs apiece to pace the Malone offense.  Centerfielder Jake Oard led the way for the Timberwolves from the lead-off spot, going 4-for-6 with two runs scored and three RBI's.

Malone will be back in action on Tuesday and Wednesday when the squad travels to Detroit, Michigan for a three-game series against Wayne State University.  The Warriors and Pioneers will square off in a 2:00 p.m. doubleheader on Tuesday followed by a single, nine-inning game at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.