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Season Recap: Northwestern Baseball Falls Short of Big Ten Tournament

The Wildcats rebounded from a slow start and won three of their first four Big Ten Conference series, but a disappointing May put them outside of the playoff picture in 2022.

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Season Recap: Northwestern Baseball Falls Short of Big Ten Tournament

The Wildcats rebounded from a slow start and won three of their first four Big Ten Conference series, but a disappointing May put them outside of the playoff picture in 2022.

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Series Preview: Northwestern Baseball Wraps Up Regular Season at Minnesota

The Wildcats enter the weekend trailing 8th-place Purdue by two games for the final spot in the Big Ten Conference baseball tournament.

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Purdue spoils Senior Day, takes series against Northwestern Baseball, 7-2.

Purdue starting pitcher Troy Wansing mixed his pitches well all afternoon as the Boilermakers capitalized on a quality 5.2 innings from their Sunday starter to pull out a series victory against Northwestern, 7-2.

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Northwestern Baseball uses fast start at the plate, dominant outing from Farinelli to beat Purdue, 11-1.

Ethan O'Donnell broke Northwestern's single-season doubles record, the 'Cats mashed 4 opposite field home runs, and Farinelli pitched a one-run complete game to earn the Wildcats a much needed Big Ten win.

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Series Preview: Purdue visits Miller Park for pivotal series against Northwestern

The Wildcats have lost six of their last seven conference games, tumbling to ninth in the standings and trailing Purdue by one game for the final Big Ten Tournament berth.

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'Cats drop Wednesday decision at cross-town UIC

The bats went silent for Northwestern as the Flames caught fire at the plate and laid it on thick, beating the Wildcats 13-0 behind a patchwork 2-hit shutout from their pitching staff and 16 hits from their starting 9.

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‘Cats collect top-25 win, lose series to Maryland

Northwestern baseball left College Park with its first top-25 win of the season but lost both the first and final game of the series to the Terrapins.

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Series preview: Northwestern baseball visits 23rd-ranked Terrapins

The Wildcats will travel to College Park to take on Maryland in a three-game Big Ten Conference series.

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Spartans salvage final game of series with Northwestern baseball

The Wildcats were unable to finish a sweep of Michigan State and fell 11-7, dropping to 6-6 in Big Ten Conference games.

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O'Donnell and Farinelli lead 'Cats to doubleheader sweep of Michigan State

Ethan O'Donnell hit two solo home runs and Michael Farinelli gave up 1 run across 8 1/3 innings pitched as Northwestern shut down the Spartans' bats in game 2 of their Saturday doubleheader, 4-1.

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'Cats crush Spartans in game 1 of Saturday doubleheader

Northwestern rode big days from Sean Sullivan, Bennett Markinson and Patrick Herrera to a 14-2 victory over Michigan State to get back above .500 on the season

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Northwestern baseball to host Michigan State at Miller Park

The Wildcats will look to bounce back in Big Ten Conference play after being swept by Illinois last weekend.

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Fighting Illini shut out Northwestern baseball to complete sweep

Two Illinois pitchers held the Wildcats scoreless in the series finale, and Northwestern dropped its first series since early March.

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Unable to capitalize at the plate, 'Cats lose 11-6 to Fighting Illini

Lack of hitting with runners in scoring position leads to 'Cats downfall as they drop game two of their series against the Illinois Fighting illini.

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Santini and Sons: How cookies and a catcher have helped mold a pitching staff into a contender

While his wife helps fuel healthy eating habits off the field, Northwestern catcher JC Santini helps create healthy pitching habits on it and the results show as the Wildcats are 13-4 in their last 17 games.

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Northwestern Baseball travels downstate to face Big Ten rival Illinois

Red hot Northwestern travels to Champaign to face the Fighting Illini with second place in the Big Ten conference standings on the line.

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Hrustich preserves lead, blasts walk-off homer; Northwestern wins 5-2

Late inning heroics fueled the 'Cats for a second time in their series with Penn State, helping them claim 2-of-3 against the Nittany Lions after Stephen Hrustich seals a win Sunday afternoon.

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Northwestern bats go cold in 4-1 loss to Penn State

The Wildcats managed only five hits and one run against the Nittany Lions, losing 4-1 to even the series heading into Sunday’s rubber game.

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Beshears’ walk-off knock propels Northwestern baseball over Penn State 5-4

The Wildcats came back from multiple deficits to edge the Nittany Lions, boosting their Big Ten record to 3-1 and their season record above .500 for the first time this year.

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Northwestern Baseball to play Penn State in Big Ten home opener

The Penn State Nittany Lions come into town to face the Wildcats in a 3-game weekend series at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park as Northwestern looks to build on their recent success.

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‘Cats defeat Indiana in rubber game to win first Big Ten series

Northwestern baseball jumped out to an early lead on a J.C. Santini grand slam and used five pitchers to hold off the Hoosiers 13-6 in Bloomington, Ind.

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Farinelli and O'Donnell power 'Cats, Northwestern escapes 9th inning rally to win 7-6 over Indiana

Farinelli pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings and O'Donnell went 4-6 at the plate with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs to carry Northwestern to their first Big Ten conference win of the year.

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Bullpen, costly error spoil strong start from Sullivan as the 'Cats fall to Indiana in their Big Ten opener, 5-4

Bullpen, defense give up 5 runs in the seventh inning as Indiana spoils Sean Sullivan's big day on the mound. Sullivan threw six shutout innings before the Hoosiers handed the 'Cats their first conference loss on the year.

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Northwestern baseball to face Indiana in Big Ten opener

The Wildcats and Hoosiers will play a three-game set at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind. this weekend as both teams look for strong starts in the Big Ten Conference.

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Northwestern comes up short late, coughs up series finale against Butler, 11-10

The 'Cats were one strike away from an eighth straight victory before the Bulldogs notched a double and a home run to steal away a victory from Northwestern.