#Magic window michigan series

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo./Kearney) led things off with a well placed bunt to second base for a base hit and advanced to second on a groundout by Jeff Zimmerman (Tinley Park/Andrew). The early innings of the game gave the impression of a pitchers’ dual as there was no score through three. Anderson’s four complete games are the most by an NIU pitcher since Joe Piekarz’ five in 2004. He is 4-0 in Mid-American Conference games with a 0.75 ERA, 32 strikeouts and only six walks. “It would have been nice if we’d played a little better defense behind him but he was strong to the task out there.”Īnderson finished the game with 121 pitches in the effort, 87 of them for strikes, on his way to a new personal-best 12 strikeouts and zero walks. We watched the quality of his pitches closely at the end of the game and if anyone had gotten on base in the ninth, we probably would’ve had to make a change,” said Head Coach Ed Mathey. “Eli had another good outing today, his strikeout total was up so his pitch count was up as well. The NIU hurler is 5-3 this season and is 4-0 in his last four starts. Anderson scattered five hits, struck out a career-high 12 batters while allowing zero walks and zero earned runs in his fourth-consecutive complete game.

#Magic window michigan series

– Heard this before? Junior Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) pitched a complete game Saturday afternoon to clinch the series for Northern Illinois (13-19, 8-3 MAC), defeating Western Michigan (11-23, 5-6 MAC), 3-2.