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Johnston's Two Home Runs Fuel Falcons To Doubleheader Split

DeKALB, Ill. – The Bowling Green State University baseball program split a doubleheader with the Northern Illinois Huskies on Thursday (May 19). Ryan Johnston led the BGSU charge with a home run in each contest. In the day's first game, the Falcons logged eight unanswered runs to overcome a 4-0 deficit and capture an 8-4 victory. Jeremy Spezia steadied the ship on the mound, tossing four scoreless relief innings to hold the Huskies in check. As for the second game, the tides turned in favor of NIU. BGSU chipped away at the NIU lead, cutting it down to two in the top of the seventh, but a strong bottom half secured the game for Northern Illinois and a doubleheader split.