EAST LANSING, Mich. — Northwestern and Michigan State split their series-ending doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at McLane Baseball Stadium.
 
Overall, Alex Erro went 4-for-9 with a run scored and an RBI.
 
GAME TWO
Northwestern won the second game of the doubleheader, 3-2, in 10 innings.
 
Ryan Bader started the game and delivered a career-high 6.0 IP, allowing only two runs and walking none.
 
The Spartans again scored first in the nightcap with a run in the first inning. NU, however, quickly responded with an RBI double from Casey O'Laughlin that drove in Willie Bourbon.
 
NU took the lead in the fifth inning with an RBI single from Alex Erro that drove in Jack Kelly.
 
MSU tied it up again on a solo home run in the sixth inning.
 
Coming out of the bullpen, Nick Paciorek was electric, tossing 2.0-shutout innings while striking out three.
 
Josh Levy continued his stretch of remarkable relief, tossing 1.1-shutout innings while striking out two. He extended his streak of no-hit pitching to 9.1 innings pitched, dating back to March 27 against Chicago State, before allowing a single.
 
Northwestern took the lead in the 10th inning on a David Dunn sacrifice fly, driving in Shawn Goosenberg, who hit a lead-off double to start extra innings.
 
GAME ONE
Michigan State took the first game of the doubleheader, 8-2.
 
Junior Alex Erro went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
 
The Spartans struck first with a back-to-back-to-back hits in the first inning.
 
Trailing 2-0 entering the third inning, NU scored once in the third on a Jack Anderson RBI ground-out and once in the fourth on a David Dunn RBI squeeze.
 
The Spartans, however, scored six unanswered to end the game to win, 8-2. 
 
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Northwestern is back in action on Tuesday, April 30, with a mid-week against Illinois State at Miller Park.

 

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