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Nate McLain
Mike Lawrence
6
Winner Rutgers RU 11-9
5
Northwestern NU 11-10
Winner
Rutgers RU
11-9
6
Final
5
Northwestern NU
11-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Rutgers RU 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 8 1
Northwestern NU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 10 1

W: Fitzpatrick, Brian (2-1) L: Smith, Reed (1-2) S: McLain, Nate (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Claims Series Win at Northwestern

Sinibaldi pitches five scoreless innings in first collegiate start

EVANSTON, Ill. – After Northwestern (11-10) tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, Jordan Sweeney hit a solo homer in the top of the 10th and Nate McLain shut the door in the bottom half to help Rutgers baseball (11-9) claim the rubber game, 6-5, Sunday at Miller Park. The Scarlet Knights won their seventh road game of the season and took the series by winning the last two over the Wildcats.
 
"We played a great game until the ninth inning," head coach Steve Owens said. ""To answer right back and change the momentum again was important. The guys stuck to a good offensive approach today and short of two innings, we played really well this weekend. Anytime you can go on the road against a team ahead of you in the standings and pick up two wins is great. I'm excited for our team and look forward to a good trip home."
 
Sweeney's seventh homer of the season was the difference, with Ryan Lasko previously hitting two long balls. Richie Schiekofer added two hits to finish with nine in the series.
 
On the mound, Justin Sinibaldi worked five shutout innings with five strikeouts in his first collegiate start. The left-hander stranded six runners on base. Parker Scott held the lead with 2.2 scoreless in relief. McLain left an inherited runner for the save, his first as a Scarlet Knight.
 
"Justin was awesome," Owens said. "He had total command three pitches with good velocity. Didn't look like that was his first start. He really stepped up for his team. That kid has a really bright future in our program and is going to be a force going forward." SCORING
  • T2 | Lasko drilled a solo homer to left to put the Scarlet Knights on top.
  • T4 | Chris Brito worked a one-out walk on a full count and scored with two down on Lasko's second homer, a blast to right on the first pitch.
  • T6 | Cameron Love singled with one out, advanced on a passed ball and scored on an RBI single by Schiekofer to make it 4-0.
  • T8 | Brito led off with a doubled, advanced on a deep fly ball hit by Lasko and scored on a sacrifice fly from Evan Sleight.
  • B8 | Michael Trautwein hit a solo homer to right field to put the Wildcats on the board.
  • B9 | With one out, Northwestern connected for three consecutive singles before Shawn Goosenberg hit a two-run homer to tie the game at five.
  • T10 | Sweeney led off with a solo homer to left.
 
UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights are back at Bainton Field next weekend to host Iowa in a four-game series. The first game is set for 2 p.m. on Friday.
 
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