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Scott Walstrom, NIU
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Northern Illinois NIU 10-41
11
Winner Eastern Michigan EMU 25-26
Northern Illinois NIU
10-41
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Final
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Eastern Michigan EMU
25-26
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northern Illinois NIU 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 3
Eastern Michigan EMU 0 3 0 7 0 0 1 0 X 11 13 0

W: HOUSE,Thomas (3-3) L: Ruh, Mason (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Huskies Fall At Eastern Michigan 11-2

YPSILANTI, Mich. - The Northern Illinois University baseball team opened its final Mid-American Conference series of the year Thursday afternoon with an 11-2 loss at Oestrike Stadium to the Eastern Michigan Eagles.

Eastern Michigan (25-26, 10-18 MAC) got on the board first with a three-run home run off the bat of right fielder Kyle Schroedle in the bottom of the second inning. NIU had a chance to get back in the game in the top of the third. With two outs in the inning, Eric Erato (Sussex, Wis./Sussex Hamilton) drew a walk off of Eagles starting pitcher Thomas House. Shortstop Andre Demetral (Rochester, Mich./Florence Darling Tech) followed with a single up the middle to give NIU runners at second and third. House got out of the inning by getting Aaron Harper (Hemet, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto CC) to ground into a fielder's choice.

NIU (10-41, 5-22 MAC) put a run on the board in the top of the fourth. The first three batters in the inning - Colin Summerhill (Chicago, Ill./Troy), Malik Peters (Calumet City, Ill./Mount Carmel) and Tyler Thierry (Bloomington, Ill./Heartland CC) - all drew walks. House battled back with a foul out and strikeout. With two outs, Jake Nelson (Altoona, Wis./Madison College) drew the fourth base on balls of the inning to bring in Summerhill and make the score 3-1.

The Eagles broke the game open with seven runs in the bottom of the fourth. A three-run home run by centerfielder Logan Hugo capped the inning, putting Eastern Michigan up 10-1. The Huskies put another run on the board in the fifth. Harper hit a one-out double to left field, and scored when Summerhill hit a double of his own to make the score 10-2. House held the Huskies in check from there, allowing just two hits and two walks over the next three innings. The Eagles tacked on a run in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 11-2.

NIU had five hits in the game and drew 10 walks. Erato, Demetral, Harper, Summerhill and Peters each had a hit from the first five spots in the Huskies lineup. Mason Ruh (Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran HS) started the game on the mound for NIU, allowing nine earned runs on 10 hits in five innings. Reliever Caleb Pittman (Suffolk, Va./Bryant & Stratton College) allowed one run on three hits over three innings.

The Huskies and Eagles play the middle game of this weekend's series on Friday, May 19 at 2 p.m. CT.

—NIU—
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