Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Dustin Shimkus went 4-for-5 with two home runs and six RBIs, and Joe Sleeman went 4-for-5 with five RBIs and four runs scored to help the Norwich University baseball team defeat Plymouth State University, 16-5, in the second game of a non-league doubleheader Sunday afternoon. The win helped the Cadets earn a split of the twinbill after the Panthers secured a 10-1 win in the opener.

Norwich (8-27) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap on an RBI single by Sleeman and a sacrifice fly by Dustin Fleming.

The Cadets plated five runs in the second inning as Sleeman ripped a two-run single and Shimkus crushed a three-run homer.

Norwich led 8-3 before an eight-run fourth inning put the game away. Shimkus produced an RBI single and a two-run home run in the inning, while Sleeman blasted a two-run double.

The run support was more than enough for NU starter Ian Caird (1-4), who allowed five runs on eight hits in 5.0 innings pitched to earn this first win of the season.

The Cadets pounded out 16 base hits in the game with Kase Cook going 3-for-5 and Rob Knox going 2-for-3.

Plymouth State (6-22) cruised to an easy victory in the opening game as the Panthers held Norwich to just three hits. The Panthers took a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back.

Alexandro Cardoza (0-4) was touched for seven runs on 11 hits in 3.1 innings of work. Knox, Shimkus and Travis Dyke accounted for NU's hits in the contest, with Knox and Dyke both ripping doubles.

Norwich will return to action when the Cadets travel to Providence, R.I., to face Johnson & Wales University in a GNAC Tournament first round matchup.