Northwestern University Athletics
Baseball Falls to Indiana, 9-8
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 30, 1999
Box Score
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern lost 9-8 despite roaring back from a 9-1 deficit. Junior left-hander Dan Padgett (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) pitched 6.2 innings of stellar relief, giving up two runs. Sophomore catcher Joe Hietpas (Appleton, Wis./North) and senior first baseman Nick Franzese (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) hit back-to-back home runs for the second consecutive game, pulling NU to within two runs in the seventh. Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Kurella (Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin) went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored.
LINE SCORE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana (30-12, 8-9) 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 1
Northwestern (19-21, 7-10) 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 x 8 12 0
DP - NU 2, IU 1; LOB - NU 8, IU 8
E - (IU) Graf
2B - (NU) Kurella 2, Dainton
(IU) DeVore, Minor, Schade
3B - (IU) O'Connell
HR - (NU) Hietpas, Franzese (IU) O'Connell
SB - (NU) Kurella (IU) DeVore
SH - (IU) Incandela; SF - (IU) Williams
COMING UP: Saturday, May 1 -- Indiana (Chad Smith/4-6, 4.94, David Ferris/3-2, 4.84 or Chris Wilson/3-2, 5.40) at NU (J.J. Standring/5-2, 4.74 and Phil Rosengren/2-4, 5.28), 1 p.m. CDT, Rocky Miller Park
