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Buckner Throwing
6
Northland NORTHLAN 0-6
7
Winner Dominican (Ill.) DOMINICA 5-3
Northland NORTHLAN
0-6
6
Final
7
Dominican (Ill.) DOMINICA
5-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Northland NORTHLAN 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 1
Dominican (Ill.) DOMINICA 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 7 13 2

W: Cranmer, Koufax (1-0) L: Boyle (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Stars Storm Back from 6-0 Deficit to Win in Extra Innings

Winter Haven, Fla. – The Dominican University baseball team was back in action Thursday morning after two days of rest in Florida.
 
Results:
Northland:
Dominican:

How it Happened:
-Both schools were held scoreless in the first inning, but the Jacks of Northland College put up 6 runs in the top of the second inning on 4 hits and two Dominican errors.
-The Stars scratched a run across in the bottom half of the second inning with Senior Braiden Galvin hitting an RBI single over the second basemen's head, scoring Senior Ryan Schmidt.
-DU continued to find runs in the third inning with Senior Matthew Earley hitting an RBI double to left center field, scoring Junior Zach Helein. Dominican was looking for more in the bottom in third, with runners on second and third with less than two outs, but were unable to score. At the end of the three innings, Northland College held a 6-2 lead.
-The Stars threatened in the bottom of the 6th inning getting the bases loaded with one out, and were unable to score.
-Freshman Ethan Buckner came into the game for DU in the 2nd inning and has only given up two hits through 5 innings pitched, and has collected 5 strikeouts. Buckner kept the momentum on the DU side getting the Jacks to go three-up three-down in the 7th inning.
-Dominican used the momentum by Bucker with Schmidt hitting a three-run homerun to get the score within one. Senior Quinton Schwartz and Earley both scored on the home run.
-DU went into the bottom of the 9th inning facing a 6-5 deficit.
-Junior Tyler Johnson came into pinch-hit for the Stars and tied the game up at 6 with a solo homerun to left-centerfield.
-Freshman Koufax Cranmer shut down Northland College in the top of the 10th inning, having the Jacks go three-up, three-down.
-Earley came to the plate with runners on first and third with two outs and delivered a base hit to the shortstop to win it in extras for DU.


Shining Stars:
-Junior Zach Helein found his bat this morning, leading the Stars and going 3-5 with a walk, 2 runs scored, and 5 stolen bases.

-Senior Matthew Earley had his best game offensively in a DU uniform going 3-6 with 2 RBIs, a run scored, 2 doubles, and hitting the walk-off single.
-Senior Ryan Schmidt went 1-3 hitting a 3-run homerun and scoring 2 runs, with 2 walks.
-Junior Tyler Johnson came in clutch for Dominican hitting a pinch-hit solo homerun to tie the game up.
-Freshman Ethan Buckner came in relief for DU and was stellar on the bump. Buckner went 5.2 with 6 strikeouts and only allowed 2 hits.  

Leading the Way:
Hits: Earley and Helein (3) 
2B: Earley (2)
HR: Johnson, and Schmidt (1)
RBI: Schmidt (3)
SB: Helein (5)
HBP: Krecu (2)
IP: Buckner (5.2)
Ks: Buckner (6)
 
What's Next:
Dominican University Baseball improved to 5-3 on the season, and has three more games in Florida. The Stars will be back in action tomorrow afternoon with a doubleheader against the Lions of Mount St. Joseph starting at 12:45 p.m. ET.

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