Baseball Takes Down Western Michigan

May 11, 1999

EVANSTON, Ill.-Northwestern got four hitless innings from junior left-hander Dan Padgett (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) to cruise to a 4-2 victory over Western Michigan. Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Kurella (Dunedin, Fla./ Dunedin) and senior first baseman Nick Franzese (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) had two hits apiece, while junior right fielder Jason Anderson (Rockford, Ill./East) hit a second-inning home run for the Cats.

Senior right-hander J.J. Standring (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) gave up six hits and two runs over five innings to earn the win. The game was the final non-conference game of the regular season for both teams.

LINE SCORE
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
W. Michigan (24-24) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
Northwestern (21-28) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 x 4 7 0

DP - WMU 2; LOB - NU 6, WMU 7
E - (WMU) Kochen, Perez
2B - (NU) Franzese (WMU) Alfieri 2
HR - (NU) Anderson
SB - (NU) Kurella

Pitchers
Iowa IP H R ER BB SO
Palazeti 3 4 3 3 1 2
(L, 9-5)
Perez 2 2 1 1 1 3
Takach 2 0 0 0 0 3
Vriesenga 1 0 0 0 1 1

NU IP H R ER BB SO
Standring 5 6 2 2 2 4
(W, 6-3)
Padgett 4 0 0 0 2 5
(S, 1)

NORTHWESTERN ON THE WEEK

Tuesday, May 11
R H E
W. Michigan 2 6 2
Northwestern 4 7 0

Saturday, May 15
Iowa
Northwestern 1 p.m.

Sunday, May 16
Iowa
Northwestern 1 p.m.

Sunday, May 16
Game 2
Iowa
Northwestern

Monday, May 17
Iowa
Northwestern 3 p.m.

COMING UP: Saturday, May 15 · Iowa (Troy Wulf/4-3, 6.10) at NU (Gabe Ribas/4-5, 7.35)