Wildcats Fall to Purdue, 8-7

April 26, 1999

Despite three hits from junior second baseman J.P. Williamson (Oak Park, Ill./River Forest) and senior third baseman Nick Franzese (Barrington, Ill./Barrington), Northwestern dropped its third one-run game at Purdue in four contests this weekend. Junior left-hander Dan Padgett (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) threw five solid innings in relief to allow the Wildcats to climb back into the game, giving up no earned runs and striking out four.

LINE SCORE

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NU (18-20, 7-9) 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 7 12 2
Purdue (19-22, 7-9) 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 x 8 9 5

LOB - NU 13, PU 5
E - (NU) Kurella, Dainton
(PU) Hallada 3, Frei, Bettencourt
2B - (NU) Franzese 2 (PU) Sickler
HR - (PU) Cole
SB - (NU) Kurella (PU) Walker, Hallada,
Frei 2, Sickler, Bettencourt
SH - (NU) P. Thompson; SF - (NU) Franzese

Pitchers

NU IP H R ER BB SO
Dodd 2.2 6 7 6 3 2 (L, 1-2)
Padgett 5.1 3 1 0 2 4

PU IP H R ER BB SO
Helmer 6.2 9 6 4 2 5 (W, 3-3)
Uppencamp 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Ballard 2 2 0 0 0 2 (S, 1)

COMING UP: Tuesday, April 27 * NU vs. Chicago State, 3 p.m. CDT, Rocky Miller Park