Sunday, April 23
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April 9, 2023, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Baseball and University of Illinois at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park in Evanston, Illinois Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics

Northwestern Falls in Finale against Rutgers

4/23/2023 3:54:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Northwestern Wildcats struggled on Sunday, falling 5-1 to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Miller Park. 

Junior Luke Benneche (0-5) got the ball to start for Northwestern (6-28, 3-9 B1G) and took the loss. Junior David Utagawa was a bright spot for the Wildcats, coming out of the bullpen and throwing two hitless, scoreless innings.

Offensively, the Wildcats were paced by Calarco, who went 1-for-3 on the day with a double and a walk.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Rutgers scored the first five runs of the ballgame, beginning with a balk in the first inning. They added three more in the fourth, then rounded out their scoring with a solo home run from Ryan Lasko in the fifth. The Wildcats first put runs on the board in the seventh. when Calarco doubled came across to score on a wild pitch. The Wildcats were unable to get any closer, and Rutgers completed the weekend sweep.

GAME NOTES
» Northwestern pitchers limited Rutgers to just 1-for-10 (.100) with runners in scoring position.
» Northwestern pitchers faced 39 Rutgers hitters in the game, allowing 10 ground balls and 12 fly balls while striking out four.
» The Wildcats drew four walks from Rutgers pitching.
» Rutgers was led offensively by junior Ryan Lasko, who went 2-for-5 with a triple, a home run and an RBI.
» Junior Drew Conover led the Scarlet Knights pitching staff, throwing seven innings of one-run ball and earning the win.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Conover, Drew (4-3)

L: Benneche, Luke (0-5)

Rutgers

Batting:

2B: Sleight, Evan 1 ; Pinkney, Hugh 1

3B: Lasko, Ryan 1

HR: Lasko, Ryan 1

RBI: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 2 ; Lasko, Ryan 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Lasko, Ryan 2 ; Sleight, Evan 1 ; Love, Cameron 1 ; Sweeney, Jordan 1

SB: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1 ; Brito, Chris 1 ; Sweeney, Jordan 1

HBP: Cohen, Trevor 1 ; Axelson, Andy 1

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Batting:

2B: Calarco, Alex 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Calarco, Alex 1

Game Leaders

25

Alex Calarco

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AB
3
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1
H
1
RBI
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1

Evan Minarovic

3b
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
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9

Bennett Markinson

1b
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
32

Marty Kaplan

rf
AB
3
R
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H
1
RBI
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Players Mentioned

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Luke Benneche

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David Utagawa

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