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5
North Park NPU 0-2
11
Winner Birmingham-Southern BSC 6-1
North Park NPU
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Final
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Birmingham-Southern BSC
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Park NPU 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 9 2
Birmingham-Southern BSC 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 X 11 13 2

W: H. Mauldin (1-0) L: Banks, Tyler (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Contact: Tyler Woolbright, Sports Information Director, tawoolbright@northpark.edu

Early lead not enough for NPU baseball on Saturday

Lingk, Mortisugu tally first hits while Bartlett shows well in first career appearance

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The North Park University baseball team fell to the Birmingham-Southern College Panthers, 11-5, on Saturday afternoon.

The Vikings wasted no time in their first trip to the plate as junior center fielder Jared Cantu drove the first pitch he saw for a single and moved into scoring position on a single by sophomore left fielder Logan Peters. Next, senior shortstop Jake Reinhardt laid down a perfect bunt, forcing a bad throw from the BSC third baseman, as Cantu crossed the plate for the first run. 

With runners at second and third, freshman first baseman Zach Lingk picked up his first career hit in a big way, smacking a two-run double to center to bring home Reinhardt and Peters.

The Panthers responded by loading the bases and skipping a two-run single into right field in their half of the inning, closing the gap to 3-2 in favor of NPU.

However, Birmingham-Southern tacked on three more runs in the second inning and one more in the fourth to capture a 6-3 lead. 

North Park certainly put the nation's fourth-ranked team on their heels in the next inning. Reinhardt led off the fifth inning with a double, senior third baseman Justin Woolbright drew a walk, and Lingk moved both runners up on a sacrifice bunt. Next, senior left fielder Brandon Davis chopped an RBI groundout to plate Reinhardt and Woolbright scored on a balk. 

After five innings: BSC 6, NPU 5

Unfortunately, the Panthers tallied five runs in the next three innings to top the Vikings, 11-5.

FINAL: BSC 11, NPU 5


Quick Hits:

  • In his first career appearance for the Vikings, left-hander Bobby Bartlett struck out six batters in 3.2 innings of work
  • Cantu was perfect at the plate, going 4-for-4 with a walk
  • Reinhardt also had a multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-3 with two runs and a double
  • Lingk drove his first career hit - a two-run double in the first inning
  • Sophomore outfielder Ryan Moritsugu marked a pinch-hit double to left field in the eighth inning


What's Next?

North Park (0-2) concludes its three-game series with the Panthers tomorrow, February 23, back at Striplin Field. First pitch is set for 11:30 a.m.


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