Northwestern
7-10
SIU
16-6
Five Homers Power 'Cats Past SIU
3/26/2022 9:30:00 AM | Baseball
The trio of solo shots came off the bats of Ethan O'Donnell, Anthony Calarco and Jay Beshears, who gave the Wildcats a lead they would never relinquish on the road. O'Donnell and Beshears would homer in their next at-bats to extend the Northwestern lead in the fourth and fifth inning.
The 'Cats would also rely on offensive contributions from Vincent Bianchina, who scored Calarco on a SAC fly, to give Northwestern starter Sean Sullivan plenty of run support in Carbondale. As if he needed it.
The first-year phenom improved to 4-0 on the 2022 season with five innings of two-run baseball, striking out five Salukis. Coby Moe tossed three impressive innings in relief, allowing just one run to help deliver the series-opening win for Northwestern.
Chicago's Big Ten Team returns to the diamond on Saturday afternoon at 12pm for a neutral site matchup against Butler in Carbondale.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sullivan, Sean (4-0)
L: Hansell, Mike (4-1)
Batting:
2B: Livermore, Tony 1
HR: O'Donnell, Ethan 2 ; Calarco, Anthony 1 ; Beshears, Jay 2
RBI: O'Donnell, Ethan 3 ; Calarco, Anthony 2 ; Beshears, Jay 2 ; Bianchina, Vince 1 ; Santini, JC 1
SH: O'Donnell, Ethan 1 ; Fontes, Ruben 1 ; Santini, JC 1
SF: Bianchina, Vince 1
Base Running:
RUNS: O'Donnell, Ethan 2 ; Calarco, Anthony 2 ; Beshears, Jay 2 ; Livermore, Tony 2 ; Santini, JC 2
SB: Calarco, Anthony 1 ; Pinkston, Drewbie 1
CS: Pinkston, Drewbie 1 ; Livermore, Tony 1
HBP: Livermore, Tony 2
Batting:
2B: Rog, Kaeber 1 ; Jensen, Zack 1 ; Taylor, Darren 1
HR: Rog, Kaeber 1
RBI: Rodriguez, Ryan 1 ; Rog, Kaeber 1 ; Bandy, Nathan 1 ; Rigoni, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rog, Kaeber 2 ; Cleveland, Cody 1 ; Taylor, Darren 1
SB: Boucher,Pier-Olivier 1
CS: Rodriguez, Ryan 1
