2
Northland NC 10-23-1, 4-11 UMAC
9
Winner Martin Luther MLC 6-26, 4-11 UMAC
Northland NC
10-23-1, 4-11 UMAC
2
Final
9
Martin Luther MLC
6-26, 4-11 UMAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northland NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 4
Martin Luther MLC 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 X 9 7 1

W: Andrew Mantz (2-5) L: Ferry, Carson (1-3)

14
Winner Northland NC 11-23-1, 5-11 UMAC
4
Martin Luther MLC 6-27, 4-12 UMAC
Winner
Northland NC
11-23-1, 5-11 UMAC
14
Final
4
Martin Luther MLC
6-27, 4-12 UMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northland NC 0 5 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 14 16 1
Martin Luther MLC 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 12 2

W: Reuter, Riley (3-4) L: Matt Baehman (1-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Jacks Conclude 2019 Season With Split vs. Martin Luther

New Ulm, MN-

The Northland College Baseball team traveled to New Ulm, MN today for their final games of the 2019 season vs. Martin Luther College. The Jacks would earn the split, falling in game one, 9-2 and earned the victory in game two, winning 14-4. 

Game 1

In game one, Carson Ferry would get the start on the mound for the Jacks. Martin Luther would jump out to the early lead in the third inning, scoring 4 runs and would add 4 more in the fourth to take the early 8-0 lead. The two teams would remain scoreless until the top of the 8th inning as Jake Schramm would hit a sac fly to center, scoring Joseph Veit. Austin Stuckart would also score on the play on an error as the Jacks would cut the lead to 8-2. The Knights would however add a run in the bottom of the 8th and went on to take game one, 9-2. 

Austin Stuckart would lead the Jacks with two hits in game one. 

Jonathan Knusta and Kyle Wallace would both come in to pitch 5.1 innings of relief.

Game 2

In game two, Riley Reuter would get the start on the mound for the Jacks. Martin Luther would open the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the first inning before a 5 run explosion for the Jacks in the top of the second as Earl Kraft would walk with the bases loaded to make it 2-1. Rian Arreazola would later smash a single through the left side, scoring Kyle Pouncy to make it 2-2. Later in the inning, the hot hitting Jake Schramm would hit a 2 rbi single, scoring Kraft and Garrett Warren that would make it 4-2 for the Jacks. Shawn O'Connell later singled to left field, scoring Arreazola to make it 5-2. The Knights would add a run in the bottom frame of the inning before an Alex Carey rbi single, scoring Pouncy would make it 6-3. Stuckart would hit a sac fly to score Carey, making it 7-3 for the Jacks. The Jacks would continue their hot hitting in the 6th inning as Adrian Bethel would hit an rbi single, scoring Schramm to make it 9-3. The Jacks would have a balance attack at the plate, scoring runs in the 7th and 8th innings and Adrian Bethel would cap off the scoring with a solo home run in the top of the 9th inning as the Jacks would close out the 2019 season with a win, winning 14-4.

Bethel would lead all LumberJack hitters in game two, going 4-5 at the plate. 

Reuter would pitch strong for the Jacks, going 7.1 innings, allowing 10 hits and striking out 5 batters. Knusta would once again come in to pitch 1.2 innings in relief.

The Jacks finished the 2019 season with a 11-23-1 overall record, finishing in a tie for 6th place in the UMAC, just missing out on the final playoff spot in the UMAC tournament next week.  

The Jacks will resume play in the Spring of 2020. 

Northland College is an NCAA Division III institution located in Ashland, WI. The LumberJacks and LumberJills sponsor 14 varsity sports and compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.