Jags split double header with Spain Park, 4-10, 6-3
After a three game stretch on the wrong end of the scoreboard and a rain-out of their home opener, Northridge traveled to Spain Park for a Saturday double-header. In the first battle of the Jags, Spain Park came out with a Game One 10-4 victory. However, the good Jags got things together and pulled out a 6-3 win in Game Two.
Game One saw Northridge jump out to a 3-0 lead. Mayson Elam picked up a single and stole second. Milo Obradovich singled to score Elam, for a 1-0 Northridge lead. Jack Sanderson was hit by pitch, putting him on first and moving Obradovich to second. Next up, Thomas Woolf drew a walk, moving everyone up one to fill the bases. Obradovich scored on Evan Malone’s fielder’s choice and put runners at the corner, with Woolf coming off the basepath, but giving Northridge a 2-0 advantage. Sanderson scored from third with Malone stole second, giving the Jags their 3-0, top of the first inning lead.
Spain Park scored four in the bottom of the third to take a 4-3 lead. They then scored one, two and three runs in the bottom of innings 4, 5 and 6, to take a 10-4 lead.
Northridge was able to put on more run on the board in the top of the seventh, when Cade Senn singled to drive in Anthony Messina. But, that was all the good guys could muster, resulting in the 10-4 final.
Elam, Obradovich and Senn collected one hit each for Northridge. Elam, Obradovich, Sanderson and Messina scored one run each. Obradovich, Malone and Senn were credited with one RBI each.
Game Two had a much better outcome for Northridge, scoring one run in each of the second through fifth innings, then adding two in the sixth.
After Malone doubled to left in the second inning, Aiden Avery came in as Malone’s courtesy runner. Logan Caldwell doubled to center to score Avery, giving the Jags a 1-0 lead.
In the third, Elam reached after being hit by pitch and moved to second. Obradovich singled in Elam to raise the Jags’ lead to 2-0.
Scoring in the third inning was all credited to Caldwell, who sent a Spain Park pitch out of the park in left field, giving Northridge a 3-0 lead. Spain Park would get on the board with a single run in the bottom of the inning to close the gap to 3-1.
To start the fourth, Obradovich reached on an error, then moved to third on a Sanderson double to right field. Woolf’s single scored Obradovich, for the Jags lone run of the inning. Northridge held Spain Park in the bottom, resulting in the 4-1 lead for Northridge.
Northridge got their only multi-run inning in the top of the sixth. Elam led off with a walk. Kyle Nunnally sacrificed Elam to second, who then took third. Obradovich doubled to score Elam and moved to third on Sanderson’s single to right field. Obradovich scored on Woolf’s double to left and that was the end of the scoring for Northridge, holding a 6-1 lead.
Spain Park mounted a 2-run rally in the bottom of the second, but was promptly shut down for the remainder of the game.
Obradovich, Sadnerson, Woolf and Caldwell tallied two hits each for Northridge. Malone, Messina and Senn collected one hit each. Obradovich, Woolf and Caldwell totaled two RBIs each. Elam and Obradovich scored two runs each and Caldwell scored one.
Malone and Caldwell split time on the mound, with Malone getting the win. They combined for six strikeouts, while giving up two walks, four hits and three earned runs.