Northwestern University Athletics
Saturday, April 9
Evanston, IL
11:00 a.m. CT
Northwestern
vs
Penn State
Photo by: photo by John Konstantaras
Wildcats Rolling as B1G Play Continues
4/8/2022 11:35:00 AM | Baseball
Evanston, IL - This weekend, Northwestern Baseball will host their first Big Ten series of the year, as the visiting Penn State Nittany Lions travel to Evanston for a three-game series battle.
The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. before the series finale on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.
The Wildcats kicked off Big Ten play with a series win over the Indiana Hoosiers last weekend. After winning a 7-6 nail biter in Saturday's game, the Wildcats took the rubber match 13-6, leaving Bloomington with their first series win over Indiana since 2006.
On Tuesday, the Wildcats won a midweek game 13-3 against UIC to extend their hot streak. The Wildcats have now won 10 of their last 12 games and sit at 12-12 on the year.
Sean Sullivan continued his dominating season by lowering his season ERA to 2.16, a top-five mark in the Big Ten. On Friday, he pitched six no-run innings and matched his career high in strikeouts with 11. Michael Farinelli followed up that performance with an impressive game of his own, pitching 7.1 scoreless innings with five strikeouts on Saturday.
After winning National and Big Ten weekly awards last week, Ethan O'Donnell and Jay Beshears were back at it, leading the way for the Wildcats offense at the top of the lineup. These last four games O'Donnell has batted over .500, collected six RBIs, four extra base hits and four runs scored. Beshears had eight hits, three of which were for extra bases, and added two more RBIs to his season total.
Team RBI leader, Anthony Calarco, added three more to his total of 27 over the recent stretch.
Catcher JC Santini had a huge game to wrap up the Indiana series on Sunday, in which he got the offense started with a massive grand slam to kick off scoring in the top of the 2nd. Santini finished the game the four RBIs, three walks, and three runs scored.
The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. before the series finale on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.
The Wildcats kicked off Big Ten play with a series win over the Indiana Hoosiers last weekend. After winning a 7-6 nail biter in Saturday's game, the Wildcats took the rubber match 13-6, leaving Bloomington with their first series win over Indiana since 2006.
On Tuesday, the Wildcats won a midweek game 13-3 against UIC to extend their hot streak. The Wildcats have now won 10 of their last 12 games and sit at 12-12 on the year.
Sean Sullivan continued his dominating season by lowering his season ERA to 2.16, a top-five mark in the Big Ten. On Friday, he pitched six no-run innings and matched his career high in strikeouts with 11. Michael Farinelli followed up that performance with an impressive game of his own, pitching 7.1 scoreless innings with five strikeouts on Saturday.
The Big Ten is about to find out what we already know.
— Northwestern Baseball (@NUCatsBaseball) April 1, 2022
Sean Sullivan up to 10 Ks in his conference debut ??#GoCats | @NU_Sports pic.twitter.com/AVGj1TfBPG
After winning National and Big Ten weekly awards last week, Ethan O'Donnell and Jay Beshears were back at it, leading the way for the Wildcats offense at the top of the lineup. These last four games O'Donnell has batted over .500, collected six RBIs, four extra base hits and four runs scored. Beshears had eight hits, three of which were for extra bases, and added two more RBIs to his season total.
Team RBI leader, Anthony Calarco, added three more to his total of 27 over the recent stretch.
These guys can rake.#GoCats | @ethanodonnell14 | @antcalarco pic.twitter.com/1lsoKVxuAW
— Northwestern Baseball (@NUCatsBaseball) April 3, 2022
Catcher JC Santini had a huge game to wrap up the Indiana series on Sunday, in which he got the offense started with a massive grand slam to kick off scoring in the top of the 2nd. Santini finished the game the four RBIs, three walks, and three runs scored.
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