Flashes Get Milestone Win in Dramatic Fashion

Sunday, April 21

DeKalb, IL

2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM CT

Kent State University

19-18, 0

Northern Illinois

12-26, 0

Kent State Baseball

Northern Illinois

Photo by: David Dermer

Flashes Get Milestone Win in Dramatic Fashion

4/21/2024 6:33:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DeKALB,ILL- Tim Orr capped a two-out ninth inning rally with a grand slam and the Flashes outlasted Northern Illinois 9-8 in 10 innings to take the series and earn the 2,000th win in program history.

Kent State found itself down 7-4 with two out and nobody on in the ninth. The Flashes then embarked on a comeback straight out of Hollywood. Lance MacDonald was down to his final strike before shooting a double down the right field line. Ripken Reese was hit by a pitch and Josh Johnson worked a walk. Tim Orr then sent a 1-0 pitch the opposite way, over the left field wall for his second homer of the game and putting the Flashes ahead 8-7.

The Huskies were able to tie the game in the ninth, sending the contest to extra innings. In the 10th, Brody Williams worked a walk and went to second on a wild pitch. Dom Kibler then sent a single into right field, plating Williams and giving Kent State the lead for good. Peyton Cariaco worked around a two-out single and got the game-clinching strikeout to seal the victory.

Orr finished the game two-for-five with a game high five runs driven in. Eight different Flashes scored a run on Sunday. Kent State sent four homers out on Sunday, with Michael McNamara and Kyle Jackson joining Tim Orr.

The victory puts the Flashes at 19-18 overall and 10-8 in MAC play and 2,000 victories as a program, joining Central Michigan and Ohio in the MAC's 2K club. Kent State has a busy five-game week ahead with a trip to Youngstown State on Tuesday, first pitch is set for 1 p.m.