Northwestern University Athletics
Baseball Falls to Auburn, 6-2
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
#5 Auburn 6, Northwestern 2
Sunday, Mar. 7, 1999
Montgomery, Alabama
Northwestern finished the 1999 Price Oil Blue Gray Classic with a 1-2 record after dropping its game this afternoon to No. 5 Auburn, 6-2. Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Kurella (Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin) hit his second home run in two games, knocking in NUs two fourth-inning runs. Senior pitcher Phil Rosengren (Barrington, Ill./Rye Country Day) pitched seven innings for the Wildcats, giving up three earned runs and striking out six.
NU will take a two-week end-of-semester break before travelling to Honolulu, Hawaii, to play in the Rainbow Easter Baseball Tournament beginning March 22.
LINE SCORE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#5 Auburn (18-2) 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 7 0
Northwestern (4-7) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
LOB - NU 2, AU 9
E - (NU) Kurella, Standring
2B - (NU) Hietpas (AU) Rich, Dunn
HR - (NU) Kurella (AU) Tyler
SB - (AU) Rich, Kersh, Wandall
SF - Gross
Pitchers
Auburn IP H R ER BB SO Gliemmo 9 4 2 2 0 13 (W, 6-1)COMING UP: Mon., March 22 NU vs. Hawaii Pacific, 3 p.m. CST Tue., March 23 NU vs. Hawaii, 10:30 p.m. CST Wed., March 24 NU vs. Hawaii-Hilo, 6:30 p.m. CST Thu., March 25 NU vs. Fresno State, 3 p.m. CSTNU IP H R ER BB SO Rosengren 7 6 6 3 3 6 (L, 0-2) Bos 2 1 0 0 1 2
