Valpo Baseball Shuts out Wildcats, 4-0

Dan Padgett struck out<br>eight in the Wildcats<BR>loss to Valparaiso.

Valpo Baseball Shuts out Wildcats, 4-0

6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

April 22, 1999

EVANSTON, Ill. - Kevin Rainford pitched a complete-game shutout for Valparaiso for his second win. For NU, junior left-hander Dan Padgett (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) threw eight innings, giving up three earned runs and striking out eight. Freshman third baseman Todd Morgan (Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka) had two hits in a losing effort for the 'Cats. Northwestern fell to 17-17 with its second loss in two weeks to the Crusaders.

LINE SCORE

 
                        1   2   3   4   5   6  7   8   9    R   H   E
Valparaiso   (15-16)    1   0   0   0   0   1  0   2   0    4   7   1
Northwestern (17-17)    0   0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0    0   4   2

DP -  NU 1, VU 1;  LOB - NU 8, VU 4
E  - (NU) Hietpas, Padgett  (VU) Stavnes
2B - (NU) P. Thompson
HR - (VU) Swiatkowski, Stavnes
SB - (NU) Musselman
SH - (VU) Moore, Lemmons, Stavnes

Pitchers
Valpo       IP  H   R   ER  BB  SO
Rainford    9   4   0   0   5   3
(W, 2-4)

NU          IP  H   R   ER  BB  SO
Padgett     8   6   4   3   1   8
(L, 3-3)
Bos         1   1   0   0   0   1

COMING UP:  Wednesday, April 21 * NU (Gabe Ribas/3-3, 6.80)
            at Purdue (David Gassner/4-3, 5.84), 2 p.m. CDT