The Northwood baseball team shutout Southeastern 10-0 on Friday night in eight innings. The Seahawks were led by starter Cody Gray pitching seven innings, striking out 11 batters while only allowing two hits.
The Seahawks got on the board in the first inning scoring two runs. Jesus Fuenmayor singled to second and moved up a base on a Carlos Contreras walk. Keivan Berges cleared the bases with a double deep down the left field line making it 2-0. Northwood was kept off the board till they tacked on three more runs in the sixth inning.
Contreras singled up the middle leading off the inning and moved up when Ryan Palenzuela reached on an error. Berges picked up his third RBI on a single platting Contreras for a 3-0 advantage. Joee Reyna then walked loading up the bases, when Casey Mullennix hit a sacrifice fly to center pushing the lead to 4-0. Damian Boyum platted the final run of the inning on a single through hole on second base making it 5-0. Northwood then finished the game off in the eighth inning pushing five runs across.
Berges led the inning off with a double to shallow left and advanced to third on a bobble. Reyna picked up the RBI with a double to left for the 6-0 margin. Mullennix proceeded with a double to deep right extending the lead to 7-0. The Seahawks then loaded up the bases allowing Contreeras to end the game with a bases clearing double to left winning the game 10-0.
Northwood outhit their opponenets 10-3 led by Berges with three hits and Contreras with two. Berges and Contreras each had three runs batted in. Gabby Mundo and Tyler Hitt both had two stolen bases.
"That was a nice win for us, said Head Coach Jeremy Kennedy. Cody Gray was dominant. That's the type of pitcher he is, and I have seen it for three years. We finally swung the bats like I think we are capable of. We will just keep plugging away and continue to try and improve. Tomorrow is a new day."
With the win, Northwood improves to 8-4 overall and 3-1 in Sun Conference play. These same two teams will meet tomorrow in a double header beginning at 11:00 a.m.