{"id":689134,"date":"2026-05-03T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689134\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:30:29","slug":"northern-baseball-loses-final-game-of-season-at-winona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689134\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Baseball loses final game of season at Winona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sun, May 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0470dcfcb33769fabd556e005ecfb8ca.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Winona, Minn.\u00a0(Northern State) \u2013 Northern baseball finished their season Saturday with their last game of the Winona series. Despite taking an early lead and scoring in six of the seven innings played, the Wolves took a loss to end the season.<\/p>\n<p>THE QUICK DETAILS<br \/>Final Score:\u00a0NSU 8, WSU 27<br \/>Records:\u00a0NSU 13-29 (NSIC 11-26), WSU 25-24 (NSIC 20-16)<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Warriors tied things up in the bottom of the first with two runs<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">NSU goes back on top with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nsuwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jack-weidner\/9245\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jack Weidner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Jack Weidner<\/a>\u00a0home run to right center, his first of the game<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Going up 4-2 in the third due to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nsuwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dalton-kesti\/9224\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dalton Kesti;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Dalton Kesti<\/a>\u00a0right center homer was Northern<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winona scored eight runs in the third to turn the tides of the game, Warriors on top 10-4<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Weidner gets his second right center homer of the game to get NSU back on the board<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The fourth inning saw two WSU runs and the fifth inning saw one WSU run; Warriors extended their lead to 13-5<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A second home run by Kesti added two runs to Northern\u2019s total, making the game 13-7 Winona<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">WSU put up 14 runs in the bottom of the sixth to blow the game open with a 27-7 lead<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsuwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/easton-rerick\/9235\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Easton Rerick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Easton Rerick<\/a>\u00a0homered to right to round out the Wolves\u2019 scoring; the game ends in a 27-8 Winona run rule victory<\/p>\n<p>NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nsuwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dalton-kesti\/9224\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dalton Kesti;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Dalton Kesti<\/a>: 2-4, 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 home runs, 4 put outs<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nsuwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jack-weidner\/9245\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jack Weidner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Jack Weidner<\/a>: 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 home runs<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nsuwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/easton-rerick\/9235\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Easton Rerick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Easton Rerick<\/a>: 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, home run<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nsuwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/drew-benson\/9208\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drew Benson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Drew Benson<\/a>: 1-4, 2 RBI, double, 6 put outs<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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