The Northwestern baseball team took on Waldorf College on Tuesday night and won both games, 16-11 and 8-4.
Coach Brian Wede picked up his 100th win in the first game. Freshman Stu Goslinga pitched 5.2 innings to earn his first win, allowing 11 hits, ten runs and seven earned runs, walking three and striking out three. Senior Brad Payne then earned the save.
Payne went 4-for-5 on offense with two solo homeruns and five RBI. Sophomore Ty Bouchard also had two homeruns and went 3-for-3 in the game. Sophomore Matt Negaard was 1-for-1 with an RBI and scored four runs. Senior Matt Gray went 1-for-3, scoring once and batting in three runs. Sophomore Levi Miller scored three runs and had one RBI, going 2-for-3.
Freshman Noah Bohlmann pitched 3.2 innings in the second game, giving up five hits and four runs, walking one and striking out two. He was relieved by Jesus Santoyo, who earned this third win out of three games this season, giving up two hits. Santoyo pitched 1.1 innings before sophomore Eddie Pantzlaff took over and pitched two innings to earn his first career save. He gave up one hit and struck out two.
Freshman Taylor Morris went 2-for-3 with two homeruns, four RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore Mike Shields went 1-for-1, hitting a home run, scoring twice and driving in four runs, while Negaard went 2-for-3 in the game.