'Cats Trounce Roosevelt in Seven Innings
4/12/2022 7:00:00 PM | Baseball
Jay Beshears stayed hot with a three-RBI day against the Lakers, extending Northwestern's lead early with a two-run RBI double in the first inning and adding an RBI single in the sixth inning. The Naples, FL has gotten a hit in 13 of his last 14 games and is hitting .365 on the 2022 season.
Alex Calarco and Stephen Hrustich also drove home a pair of RBIs in the seven-inning win. Calarco drove an RBI single to right field in the bottom of the first, before scoring his brother Anthony Calarco on a groundout in the bottom of the third.
Hrustich hit a SAC fly to score Beshears in the bottom of the first, before ending the game with a home run to left field, nearly identical to the walk-off home run he crushed to beat Penn State on Sunday.
Jacob Scharm got the start for Northwestern, tossing three innings of one-run baseball and striking out two.
Northwestern will hit the road for a matchup in Champaign between two of the top four teams in the Big Ten as they battle Illinois in a weekend series.
The Wildcats return to Rocky & Berenice Miller Park on Tuesday for a midweek clash with Saint Louis.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hanks, Parker (1-3)
L: Kyle Winston (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Jojo Mack 1
RBI: Nick McAlister 1 ; Trevor Heinlein 1 ; Jaylen Heard 1 ; Aaron Cook 1
SF: Aaron Cook 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Daniel Gutierrez 1 ; Nick McAlister 1 ; Jojo Mack 1 ; Jimmy Cisneros 1
HBP: Daniel Gutierrez 1 ; Jonathan Salm 1
PO: Danny Holloway 3

Batting:
2B: Beshears, Jay 1 ; D'Alise, Tommy 1
HR: Hrustich, Stephen 1
RBI: Pinkston, Drewbie 2 ; Calarco, Anthony 1 ; Beshears, Jay 3 ; Calarco, Alex 2 ; Hrustich, Stephen 2 ; D'Alise, Tommy 2 ; Herrera, Patrick 1
SF: Pinkston, Drewbie 1 ; Hrustich, Stephen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pinkston, Drewbie 2 ; Calarco, Anthony 2 ; Beshears, Jay 1 ; Calarco, Alex 1 ; Hrustich, Stephen 2 ; Fontes, Ruben 2 ; D'Alise, Tommy 2 ; Herrera, Patrick 1 ; Santini, JC 1
SB: Pinkston, Drewbie 1 ; Hrustich, Stephen 1
HBP: Hrustich, Stephen 1 ; D'Alise, Tommy 1