RedHawks Fall to Huskies in Extras After Walk-Off Slam

Friday, March 20

DeKalb, Ill.

4 p.m.

Miami University

14-6, 5-2

Northern Illinois

11-7, 4-3

Miami (Ohio)

Northern Ill.

RedHawks Fall to Huskies in Extras After Walk-Off Slam

3/20/2026 8:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DeKALB, Ill. – Miami fell in 10 innings to the Northern Illinois Huskies Friday in a 17-13 home-run fest that featured four home runs for each team. Tommy Harrison led the RedHawks in RBIs with six, hitting a solo homer and a grand slam. Miami falls to 14-6 (5-2 MAC) with the win while NIU moves to 11-7 (4-3 MAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED

Miami struck first, putting up one run in the second inning. Dominic Krupinski stole second and Ignacio Gonzalez doubled to right field to make it 1-0.
Ryan Novak and Evan Appelwick hit back-to-back home runs in the third, extending the lead to 3-0.
A walk, single, and double put two on the board for the Huskies in the bottom of the third. Two more singles and a home run gave NIU a 6-3 lead.
The RedHawks battled back in the fifth, starting the inning with three straight singles from Marcus Dierks, Novak, and Appelwick. Harrison hit a grand slam to propel Miami back into the lead, 7-6.
A solo homer by NIU tied the game in the bottom of the fifth. Another solo home in the sixth gave the Huskies the lead back at 8-7.
Harrison hit his second home run of the day in the top of the seventh to tie the game again at 8-8.
Miami went on a tear in the eighth, scoring five more runs to make it 13-8. After a single and two walks, Harrison took an RBI HBP to score one run and a sac fly by Carson Raether scored another. Gonzalez came up with a two-RBI double and Mason Briedenbach capped off the inning with a single to score Miami's 13th run.
The Huskies answered with five runs of their own, tying the ballgame at 13-13 with five hits. A scoreless ninth took the game to extras.
Two walks and a single loaded the bases for NIU in the 10th. The Huskies hit a walk-off grand slam to finish out their 10-inning win.

MIAMI GAME NOTES:

Dierks went 3-for-5 with two runs.
Novak went 2-for-4 with three runs and an RBI.
Appelwick went 2-for-5 with three runs and an RBI.
Harrison went 2-for-4 with three runs and six RBIs.
Gonzalez went 2-for-5 with a run and three RBIs.
Breidenbach went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

UP NEXT:
Game two against the Huskies is scheduled for 3 p.m. tomorrow. The series will conclude with a 2 p.m. game on Sunday.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Carter Cox (2-2)

L: Berggren, Austin (1-2)

Miami (Ohio)

Batting:

2B: Krupinski, Dominic 1 ; Gonzalez, Ignacio 2

HR: Novak, Ryan 1 ; Appelwick, Evan 1 ; Harrison, Tommy 2

RBI: Novak, Ryan 1 ; Appelwick, Evan 1 ; Harrison, Tommy 6 ; Raether, Carson 1 ; Gonzalez, Ignacio 3 ; Breidenbach, Mason 1

SH: Krupinski, Dominic 1

SF: Raether, Carson 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Dierks, Marcus 2 ; Novak, Ryan 3 ; Appelwick, Evan 3 ; Harrison, Tommy 3 ; Krupinski, Dominic 1 ; Gonzalez, Ignacio 1

SB: Dierks, Marcus 1 ; Krupinski, Dominic 2

CS: Raether, Carson 1

HBP: Novak, Ryan 1 ; Harrison, Tommy 1 ; Raether, Carson 1 ; Krupinski, Dominic 2

Northern Ill.

Batting:

2B: Cole Smith 1 ; Gavin Baldwin 1

HR: Ivan Dahlberg 2 ; Cooper Cohn 1 ; Nolan Sandee 1

RBI: Cole Smith 1 ; Gavin Baldwin 5 ; Caden Robertson 1 ; Ivan Dahlberg 5 ; Wyatt Wawro 1 ; Cooper Cohn 3 ; Nolan Sandee 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Charlie Parcell 3 ; Cole Smith 3 ; Gavin Baldwin 2 ; Caden Robertson 2 ; Ivan Dahlberg 2 ; Wyatt Wawro 2 ; Cooper Cohn 1 ; Vinny Spotofora 1 ; Nolan Sandee 1