For the second straight weekend, Northwestern baseball lost two of three games and thus the series. Yet for the second straight weekend, there was no shortage of encouraging performances from the young Wildcats.
Spencer Allen’s team traveled to Lawrence, KS, this weekend for a three-game set with the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12. Northwestern’s late rally fell short in a 4-2 loss in Friday’s series opener. On Saturday, NU’s bats came to life in a big way. Led by breakout early-season star Willie Bourbon’s near-cycle, the Cats put up 18 runs and evened the series.