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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Ben Dickey slides into home plate. The junior will play with the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks this summer.

Baseball: Eight Wildcats to spend vacation playing summer baseball

May 29, 2018

Baseball While Northwestern’s season ended 10 days ago, some Wildcats are not finished playing baseball for the summer. Eight Wildcats will play collegiate summer baseball with seven...

Northwestern first baseman Willie Bourbon and Belmont baserunner Ben Kocher stretch to tag the base first. Kocher’s Bruins took two of three games from the Wildcats in the weekend series.

Baseball: Wildcats end season with series loss to Belmont

May 20, 2018

In the bottom of the 10th inning Saturday, senior Connor Lind stepped up to the plate with a chance to cap off his Northwestern career in incredible fashion. Belmont and the Wildcats were tied at 5...

Willie Bourbon takes a swing. Bourbon homered in Tuesday’s game but the Wildcats still lost to Notre Dame.

Baseball: Notre Dame defeats Wildcats in final midweek game of the season

May 15, 2018

Baseball When Northwestern and Notre Dame met last month in South Bend, Indiana, the Wildcats pitching staff allowed only five hits and shut out the Fighting Irish offense in a 2-0 victory. Tuesday’s...

Alex Erro takes a swing. The sophomore is batting .285 this year, but the Wildcats are still 14-28 overall.

Baseball: Entering final homestand, Northwestern still searching for last season’s magic

May 10, 2018

Baseball With just two home runs through his first 45 games last year, then-freshman Alex Erro would have been considered one of the least likely sources for season-altering at-bats. But that...

Leo Kaplan sizes up a pitcher. The sophomore outfielder had three hits in Northwestern’s two midweek games.

Baseball: Wildcats trying to keep momentum in weekend series at Purdue

May 3, 2018

Baseball Northwestern is 4-14 in the Big Ten this year, so 14 times Leo Kaplan noticed something missing. The ease in which big hits came in the later innings last season hadn’t translated, the...

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