On Sunday, the LumberJacks were still in Iowa, this time taking on the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran College. The Jacks came out on top with an 11-4 win.
Dylan Porter got the win striking out eight batters while walking just one in his five innings on the mound.
The Warriors jumped out on top scoring two runs in the bottom of the 1
st inning, but the Jacks answered with five runs of their own in the top of the 2
nd.
Edouard Bosseloo doubled to score
Paden Kottwitz,
Jake Morris and
Hector Ramos. Booseloo then scored when
John Aguirre reached on an error. Aguirre then stole 3
rd and was hit home when
Jakob Freele tripled. Wisconsin Lutheran would then score two more runs in the bottom of the 7
th to make the score 5-4 in favor of Northland.
The top of the 3
rd inning the Jacks would score two more runs on another Bosseloo double again scoring Morris and Ramos who had reached with two outs. The Jacks lead would stretch to 7-4. The Jacks would score one run in the 5
th on yet another Bosseloo double pushing Ramos across the plate. Northland would score their lone run in the 6
th on an Alex Elliot homerun, putting the Jacks up 9-4. The Warriors would score one in the bottom of the 6
th, but the Jacks kept the pressure on by scoring two more runs in the top of the 7
th. Ramos, Bosseloo and Aguirre all walked to load the bases, when Freele would hit an RBI ground out to score Ramos. Mitch Howard then hit an RBI single that scored Bosseloo for the final run of the inning. Wisconsin Lutheran was able to push one more run across in the bottom of the inning, but that was all the scoring as both teams were held scoreless in the final two frames giving the LumberJacks the 11-4 win.
Bosseloo lead Northland at the plate going 3-4 with three doubles and six RBI's. Freele, Howard, Elliott, Kottwitz, Morris and Ramos each had a hit. Freele had two RBI's.
Head Coach
Nick Weinmeister said about today's game. "We are one week from beginning conference play, I challenged our guys to right the ship and approach today like it was a conference game to prepare for next weekend. We did a great job of scoring early and often, and our defense tightened up after the initial two innings. We came up with some big hits with runners in scoring position, which is something that we have been struggled with this year. It was a great team win and now we have momentum going into next weekend."
The Jacks are scheduled to play Finlandia University on Tuesday at LumberJack Field. The double header is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm.