"It was a good job by our guys to be ready to go and take the last game of the weekend," said head coach Mike Kunigonis. "Our guys were focused and made the right adjustments from the first two games to come away with wins in game two yesterday and today."
Senior catcher Jake Dunham (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) was 4-for-4 at the plate with a home run and three RBI, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. He also extended his current hitting streak to 11 games. Shortstop Dylan Lonteen (Peoria, Ill./Illinois Central College) also had three RBI as part of a 3-for-5 day at the plate. The bottom third of the Huskies lineup – Jordan Larson (Dodgeville, Wis./College of DuPage), Malik Peters (Calumet City, Ill./Mount Carmel) and Brendan Joyce (South Elgin, Ill./Parkland College) – combined to go 4-for-9 with five RBI.
NIU (12-30, 11-17 MAC) broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the fourth inning on a Peters double which scored Larson from first base to give the Huskies a 5-4 lead. The Huskies broke the game wide open in the bottom of the fifth. Eric Erato (Sussex, Wis./Sussex Hamilton) led off with a single to Western Michigan Drew Devine, whose errant throw to first base allowed Erato to reach second. Matt Barnes (Bloomington, Ill./Heartland C.C.) followed with his third walk of the game up to that point. Kam Smith (Colonial Beach, Va./The Steward School) then put down a sacrifice bunt, but reached base on an error by pitcher Tyler Thorington that allowed Erato to score to put NIU up 6-4.
Dunham drove in Barnes with a single deep in the hole at shortstop to make the score 7-4. Lonteen and Brady Huebbe (Peru, Ill./Illinois Valley C.C.) followed with back-to-back RBI doubles to put NIU ahead 9-4. With the bases loaded and one out, Joyce hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield that drove home Huebbe to make the score 10-4. Erato drove in the sixth run of the inning with a double down the left field line for his second hit of the inning, putting the Huskies ahead 11-4. In the sixth, Dunham cracked his sixth home run of the season with a solo shot over the right centerfield fence to make the score 12-4.
"Jake's really staying within himself and using the whole field," Kunigonis said. "He's finally becoming the hitter we knew he can be by hitting to all fields."
Western Michigan (17-21, 16-12 MAC) got a run back in the top of the eighth on a Jimmy Allen leadoff home run to put the score at 12-5. The Huskies loaded the bases with one out in the bottom half on singles from Dunham and Lonteen as well as a Huebbe walk. Larson reached base on a catcher's interference to bring Dunham around to score and put NIU up 13-5. Peters then drew a bases loaded walk to make the score 14-5. Joyce took one for the team to end the game, as he was hit by a pitch from Luke Pappas to bring in Lonteen and make the final score 15-5.
Connor Langreder (West De Pere, Wis./West De Pere) started the game on the mound for NIU and went four innings, allowing four runs on two hits with five walks and six strikeouts. Erik Hedmark (Algonquin, Ill./Dundee-Crown) pitched the final four innings, allowing one run on five hits with three strikeouts.
NIU is back in action next weekend with four games at Eastern Michigan. The series begins on Friday, May 14 at 5 p.m.
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