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Baseball drops first two games against Chippewas

The baseball team dropped both games of a double header Friday to the Central Michigan University Chippewas at in its home opener at Ralph McKinzie Field.

“That wasn’t how we wanted to come out and start league play,” said Head Coach Mike Kunigonis. “We have a lot of things we need to clean up. We didn’t take care of the baseball today and it showed on the scoreboard.”

NIU got shut out 6-0 in game one of the double header.

Chippewas junior starting pitcher Pat Leatherman tossed a gem, throwing six innings of shutout baseball. Leatherman only allowed four hits and two walks while striking out eight Huskies.