DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ---The Auburn Montgomery baseball team put up eight runs over the final four innings against Northwood University, but it was not enough to erase a double-digit deficit to the Timberwolves, as they would fall 13-8 in their neutral-site contest at Swila Stadium on Friday, March 15.
 
NOTES
- With the loss, AUM's record drops to 13-11 on the year.
- Of the game's 21 combined runs, 13 of them came in the sixth inning or later. 
- Friday's game marked for the Warhawk's first ever contest against Northwood University
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Zach Cumbie and Casey Henderson both batted in a pair of runs and scored a run for AUM, with C. Henderson also collecting two base hits on the day.
- Grayson Blackwell logged a team-high three base hits on the afternoon, for his fifth multi-hit effort and first three-hit ballgame this season.
- Hayden Friesen scored a team-high two runs in the game, while also picking up an RBI and a base hit. 
- Zach Feaster accounted for a run and a hit, while Quinterrious Arrington added a run scored and an RBI.
- Aaron Hill scored a run for AUM, while Matthew Zielonko recorded a base hit and two walks.
- Brett Lightsey tossed a team-high three innings of relief out of the AUM bullpen, striking out three and giving up just one earned run on one hit.
- Sam Steigert struck out a team-high four batters over two innings of action, while surrendering just two earned. 
- Micah Henderson (2-2) took the loss for the Warhawks on the mound. The junior right-hander allowed six runs over 2.1 frames.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Northwood piled on seven runs over the first four innings, highlighted by a five-run second inning, with all five of their runs in the frame being scored with two away. 
- The Warhawks would get a pair of runners on base in the fourth, courtesy of a Zielonko walk and Feaster single to left, but would leave them stranded for the inning. 
- After adding a run in the fifth, the Timberwolves would scor four more runs in the top of the sixth inning. Northwood sent nine batters to the plate in the inning, while collecting four base hits.
- The Warhawks would scratch the board in their next at bat in the sixth, however, putting up a five-spot to take a bite into the Timberwolve's lead. AUM put two of the first three hitters of the inning on base, after an Arrington walk to start the frame, and Feaster reaching base via fielder's choice. Smelley would plate the first run of the inning on a single through the left side, while Cumbie would knock the biggest hit of the inning on a triple down the right-field line to plate a pair. Cumbie would come around to score on a fielding error one batter later, while C. Henderson would drive in a run on a single to right for the inning's final run. 
- AUM would get three more runs in eighth inning, to trim Northwood's lead to just 12-8. The Warhawks put the first four hitters of the frame on base, with C. Henderson's single to left field plating the first run of the inning. An Arrington sac fly to right, and a delayed double steal would provide for the other two runs in the inning.
- The Timberwolves would add an insurance run in the top of the ninth, to give way to the 13-8 final.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- The Timberwolves outhit the Warhawks in the game, 18-11, marking for the second-highest hit total that the AUM pitching staff has given up this season. 
- The Orange and Black did not commit a fielding error in the game. The Warhawk's lone error came on a catcher's interference call.
- AUM went 8-22 (.364) with runners on base, and 4-14 (.286) with runners in scoring position in the game.
- The Warhawks reached base to lead off an inning in four of nine frames on the day.
- The Warhawks left eight runners on base, while the pitching staff stranded 13 Timberwolf base runners.
 
UP NEXT 
- The Warhawks will wrap up their four-game road trip on Saturday, March 16 against Embry-Riddle. First pitch from Sliwa Stadium is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. (CST).
 
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