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Aaron Harper
Scott Walstrom, NIU
0
Northern Illinois NIU 12-37, 11-22 MAC
10
Winner Toledo TOLEDO 30-21, 21-14 MAC
Northern Illinois NIU
12-37, 11-22 MAC
0
Final
10
Toledo TOLEDO
30-21, 21-14 MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northern Illinois NIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Toledo TOLEDO 2 3 0 1 1 1 2 10 15 0

W: BRANDON (7-4) L: Meyer, Tommy (1-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Huskies Blanked By Rockets Saturday

Toledo Holds NIU To Two Hits In 10-0 Win In Seven Innings

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Northern Illinois University baseball team was held to two hits by the Toledo Rockets on Saturday in a 10-0 loss in seven innings at Scott Park.
 
Toledo (30-21, 21-14 MAC) got on the board first when John Servello hit a two-out, solo home run over the left field fence off of NIU starting pitcher Tommy Meyer (Wauwatosa, Wis./Wauwatosa East).  Garret Pike then hit a single to left field and stole both second and third base. Mason Sykes drove in Pike with a double to make the score 2-0.

NIU (12-37, 11-22 MAC) got its first hit of the game in the top of the second inning on a two-out single by Aaron Harper (Hemet, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto College). The Rockets scored three runs in the bottom half of the frame to go up 5-0. The Huskies had a chance to get on the board in the top of the third. First Baseman Paxton Kennedy (Mendota, Ill./Illinois Valley CC) led off with a double. After a flyout, Carlos Aranda (Santo Domingo, D.R./Ellsworth CC) drew a walk. Matt Barnes (Bloomington, Ill./Heartland CC) beat out a fielder's choice to avoid a double play and give NIU runners at the corners with two outs. Barnes stole second, but Toledo pitcher Connor Brandon struck out Eric Erato (Sussex, Wis./Sussex Hamilton) to end the inning.
 
The Rockets scored a single run in both the fourth and fifth innings to take a 7-0 lead. The Huskies best scoring chance came in the top of the sixth inning. Erato started the threat with a one-out walk. Scott Combs (Northville, Mich./Michigan State) then reached base after getting hit by a pitch from Brandon. After a strikeout for the second out, Harper drew a walk to load the bases. Brandon got out of the inning by striking out Mason Kelley (Mt. Washington, Ky./Schoolcraft College). Toledo scored a run in the sixth and two in the bottom of the seventh to wrap up a 10-0 win.

"We ran into a good arm in Brandon today," said head coach Mike Kunigonis. "He did a good job keeping our hitters off balance. Their hitters made us pay for our mistakes to jump out to an early lead."
 
Harper reached base in all three plate appearances, going 1-for-1 with two walks. The Huskies drew five walks as a team and left nine runners on base.  
 
NIU and Toledo wrap up their four-game series on Sunday, May 15 with first pitch being moved up to 11 a.m. CT.
 
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