Valpo Baseball Shuts out Wildcats, 4-0

April 22, 1999

EVANSTON, Ill. - Kevin Rainford pitched a complete-game shutout for Valparaiso for his second win. For NU, junior left-hander Dan Padgett (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) threw eight innings, giving up three earned runs and striking out eight. Freshman third baseman Todd Morgan (Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka) had two hits in a losing effort for the 'Cats. Northwestern fell to 17-17 with its second loss in two weeks to the Crusaders.

LINE SCORE

 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Valparaiso (15-16) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 7 1
Northwestern (17-17) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2

DP - NU 1, VU 1; LOB - NU 8, VU 4
E - (NU) Hietpas, Padgett (VU) Stavnes
2B - (NU) P. Thompson
HR - (VU) Swiatkowski, Stavnes
SB - (NU) Musselman
SH - (VU) Moore, Lemmons, Stavnes

Pitchers
Valpo IP H R ER BB SO
Rainford 9 4 0 0 5 3
(W, 2-4)

NU IP H R ER BB SO
Padgett 8 6 4 3 1 8
(L, 3-3)
Bos 1 1 0 0 0 1

COMING UP: Wednesday, April 21 * NU (Gabe Ribas/3-3, 6.80)
 at Purdue (David Gassner/4-3, 5.84), 2 p.m. CDT