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Robinson sets tone as Demons blank LSU-Alexandria – Crescent City Sports

1 week ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

NATCHITOCHES – Three batters into its game against LSU-Alexandria, a shutout did not appear to be in the cards for the Northwestern State baseball team. The first three Generals had reached base before sophomore right-hander Kevin Robinson recorded an out, and it appeared the veteran LSUA lineup was headed for a multi-run inning.
Demons salvage series finale at HCU, 10-5 – Crescent City Sports

1 week ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

HOUSTON – A fast start and a flashy finish helped the Northwestern State baseball team salvage the finale of a Southland Conference series at Houston Christian. The Demons swatted three first-inning home runs to build a big lead and turned three double plays, including two in the final two innings, en route to a 10-5 win against HCU on Sunday afternoon at Husky Field.
Demons drop second straight at HCU – Crescent City Sports

1 week ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

HOUSTON – The Northwestern State baseball team’s second game of its Southland Conference series at Houston Christian played out much different than the first. The result, however, stayed the same for the Demons. A slow start on the mound and at the plate put Northwestern in an early hole and a pair of late HCU insurance runs allowed the Huskies to clinch the series with a 5-2 win Saturday afternoon at Husky Field.
Demons work their way through physical spring scrimmage – Crescent City Sports

1 week ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

NATCHITOCHES – In many ways, second-year Northwestern State football coach Blaine McCorkle got exactly what he wanted to see in Saturday’s first spring scrimmage. The Demons went through approximately 50 or so plays in a variety of situations – some that featured the brand of physical football McCorkle said he wants to see. “We got a lot of work done,” McCorkle said. “It was physical, intense. We put them in a lot of tough situations.
Demons drop series opener at HCU – Crescent City Sports

1 week ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

HOUSTON – The Northwestern State baseball team survived one Southland Conference series opener with a short outing from its starting pitcher. It could not replicate the feat Friday night. League-leading Houston Christian tallied double-figure hits and double-figure walks as the Huskies erased a couple of early deficits en route to a 17-10 victory at Husky Field.
ULM takes 5-2 win at Northwestern State – Crescent City Sports

2 weeks ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

NATCHITOCHES – This time, the storybook late-inning ending did not happen for the Northwestern State baseball team. Having rallied for late-game victories twice in its past three home games, the Demons could not summon another rally and dropped a 5-2 decision to visiting ULM on Tuesday night at Brown-Stroud Field. “We didn’t do anything offensively to create pressure throughout the ball game,” second-year head coach Chris Bertrand said.
Late ULM rally downs Northwestern State in 10 innings – Crescent City Sports

2 weeks ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

MONROE – When the Northwestern State baseball team plays cleanly, good things tend to happen. When the Demons aren’t as clean in their execution, their margin for error shrinks. In the ninth and 10th innings Tuesday night at Lou St. Amant Field, that margin for error disappeared as homestanding ULM tied the game with two ninth-inning runs before Henry Garcia Jr. singled home the game winner in the 10th to lift the Warhawks to a 6-5 victory.
Demons slam their way to doubleheader split with UTRGV – Crescent City Sports

2 weeks ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State baseball team would prefer not to make a habit of waiting until the end of games to deliver big moments, but the Demons are not going to apologize for doing so. Braden Benton drilled a go-ahead grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning that lifted Northwestern to an 8-5 victory and a split of a Southland Conference doubleheader against UTRGV. Benton’s go-ahead home run gave the Demons their fifth straight Southland series victory.
Demons take series opener from UTRGV on walk-off wild pitch – Crescent City Sports

2 weeks ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh

NATCHITOCHES – Often overlooked as the third key piece of baseball, heady base running helped the Northwestern State baseball team extend a lengthy home winning streak Friday night. Samuel Stephenson’s mad dash from third base on a wild pitch gave the Demons the winning run, completing a three-run, ninth-inning comeback that lifted Northwestern to a 7-6 Southland Conference series-opening win against UTRGV at Brown-Stroud Field.
Demons open five-game week with trip to face Cajuns, Green Wave – Crescent City Sports

3 weeks ago | crescentcitysports.com | Jason Pugh |UL Lafayette

The second of four sets of double midweek games for the Northwestern State baseball team begins Tuesday night, and it stands alone in that quartet. The Demons start their only set of back-to-back, midweek road games at 6 p.m. Tuesday when they face UL Lafayette at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field. The two-game road swing then carries Northwestern to Tulane for a 6:30 p.m. Wednesday matchup.