Northwestern University Athletics
Baseball Drops 12-inning Heartbreaker at Purdue
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 23, 1999
Freshman right-hander Gabe Ribas (Brunswick, Maine/Brunswick) struck out eight in a 8.1 inning effort, but Northwestern could not hold his lead, losing its second extra-inning game of the season. The Wildcats had led 6-2 entering the eighth inning before giving up three in the ninth. Junior J.P. Williamson (Oak Park, Ill./River Forest) had three hits, including a home run, in a losing effort for NU.
LINE SCORE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Northwestern (17-18, 6-7) 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 3
Purdue (17-21, 5-8) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 11 2
DP - PU 1; LOB - NU 9, PU 8
E - (NU) Hietpas, Robinson, Bos (PU) Cole, Luce
2B - (NU) Franzese (PU) Frei, Ellinger, Bettencourt
HR - (NU) Williamson (PU) Sickler
SB - (NU) Kurella (PU) Cole, Ellinger
SF - (PU) Walker
Pitchers
NU IP H R ER BB SO
Ribas 8.1 7 4 4 0 8
Bos (L, 1-2) 2.2 3 3 3 4 4
Schara 0 1 0 0 0 0
Purdue IP H R ER BB SO
Gassner 9 9 6 5 2 8
Kaebisch 3 1 0 0 1 2
(W, 3-1)
COMING UP: Saturday, April 24 - NU (J.J. Standring/5-2, 5.39 and Phil Rosengren/1-4, 5.21) at Purdue (Austin Bilke/2-4, 5.18 and Russ Morgan/2-3, 5.69), noon CDT
