Baseball rallies for 14-8 win over North Park

April 28, 1999

Junior center fielder Bob Dainton (Mokena, Ill./Lockport Township) had four hits as Northwestern came back from a 5-3 deficit to cruise to a 14-8 victory over North Park. The Wildcats scored in every inning but the third, picking up 11 runs in the final five frames. Sophomore catcher Joe Hietpas (Appleton, Wis./North) and senior first baseman Nick Franzese (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh, as Hietpas took over the team lead in home runs with five.

LINE SCORE

 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Park (15-12-1) 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 10 2
Northwestern (19-20) 1 2 0 1 4 2 3 1 x 14 17 2

DP - NU 1; LOB - NU 10, NP 7
E - (NU) Williamson, Robinson (NP) Peterson, Reilly
2B - (NU) Dainton, Williamson, Franzese, P. Thompson, Robinson 2,Anderson
(NP) Reilly, Coan;
3B - (NU) DaRosa
HR - (NU) Hietpas, Franzese (NP) Peterson
SB - (NU) Dainton 2 (NP) Clark
SH - (NP) Coan

Pitchers
North Park IP H R ER BB SO
Morris 5 11 8 7 3 1
(L, 2-2)
Cordero 2 4 5 5 3 1
Taylor 1 2 1 1 0 0

NU IP H R ER BB SO
Briskman 3.2 6 5 4 1 1
Dodd 3.1 2 1 1 1 4
(W, 2-2)
A. Adams 2 2 2 0 1 2

COMING UP: Friday, April 30 * Indiana (Jason Torres/3-1, 2.80)
 at NU (Gabe Ribas/3-3, 6.41), 3 p.m. CDT, Rocky Miller Park