SCSU Baseball Update – April 15th, 2022

SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY HUSKIES BASEBALL RECAP
(Tuesday April 12th)

SCSU HUSKIES 3 UPPER IOWA PEACOCKS 2

The Huskies gave up a pair of runs in the third inning, they were down till the fifth inning when they put up two runs. The game stayed tied till the bottom of the eighth inning. The Huskies scored on a base hit off the first base bag. The starting pitcher for the Huskies was Sam Riola a 6’1” righty, he threw threw three innings, he gave up four hits, two runs, and he recorded two strikeouts. Jack Habeck a 6’1” lefty from Appleton East High School Wisconsin threw five innings in relief to earn the win. He gave up just one hit and he recorded three strikeouts.

The Huskies offense was led by a former Husky from Albany High School Ethan Navratil went 2-for-4 for an RBI. He had the walk off single in the bottom of the eighth inning. Max Gamm the Huskies senior shortstop went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases. Sam Riola their junior DH went 2-for-4 and John Nett their sophomore center fielder had a stolen base and he scored a run. Tate Wallat their sophomore third baseman went 1-for-2 and he earned a walk. Paul Steffensen their senior right fielder went 1-for-4, with a stolen base and he scored a run.

The Peacocks starting pitcher Colin Lacey threw five innings, he gave up five hits, two runs, two walks and he recorded three strikeouts. Sam Marhefke threw 2 1/3 innings in relief, he gave up three hits, one run and he recorded two strikeouts.

The Peacocks offense was led by Jake Hiller, he went 1-for-3 for an RBI and Jerry Garcia had a sacrifice fly for an RBI. Ethan Sawyer went 2-for-3 and Nicholas Vite went 1-for-3. Tanner Stein went 1-for-3 and he scored a run and Cael Luzum scored a run.

SCSU HUSKIES 6 UPPER IOWA PEACOCKS 2

The Huskies were down 2-1 going into the fifth inning, when they put up two runs and they added three more runs in the sixth. They collected eight hits including three doubles and errorless defense to give their pitcher good support. Tommy Thompson started on the mound, the 6’0” righty from Chanhassen High School threw four innings. He gave up four hits, two runs, issued two walks and he recorded two strikeouts. Owen Anderson threw one inning in relief to earn the win, he issued one walk. Eli Emerson the 6’0” righty from Rocori High School threw two innings in relief to earned the save. He gave up two hits and he recorded one strikeout.

The Huskies offense was led by John Nett went 3-for-3 with a double for an RBI, he earned a walk, had a pair of stolen bases and he scored three runs. Tate Wallat went 2-for-3 with a double for an RBI and he earned a walk. Paul Steffensen went 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly for an RBI and he had a stolen base. Sam Riola earned two walks, had a sacrifice fly and he was credited for two RBIs. Drew Bulson went 1-for-3 with a double and Tyler Schiller went 1-for-3 and he scored a run. Max Gamm had a sacrifice fly for an RBI, he earned a walk, had a pair of stolen bases and he scored a run and Ethan Navratil scored a run.

The starting pitcher for the Peacocks was Nicolas Pica, he threw 2 1/3 innings, he gave up four hits, one run and he recorded a strikeout. Austin Schingledecker from Rogers High School threw 1 2/3 inning in relief, he gave up one hit and he recorded a strikeout. Keaton Parker threw 1/3 of an inning, he gave up two runs, and two walks. Brady Stevens issued two walks. And Jarrett Remer threw 1 1/3 innings in relief, he gave up three hits and three runs. Sam Marhefke threw 1/3 of an inning, he issued one walk and he recorded a strikeout.

The Peacocks offense was led by Jake Hiller went 1-for-3 for an RBI, he had a stolen base and he was hit by a pitch. Jerry Garcia went 1-for-3 for an RBI and Cael Luzum went 1-for-2, he was hit by a pitch and he scored a run.Sam Grushkin went 1-for-3 with a triple and he scored a run. Ryan Hull went 1-for-4 and Nicholas Vite went 1-for-3 and he earned a walk. Kainoa Torres and Tanner Stein both earned a walk.

With their two wins over Upper Iowa they are 20-10 overall and 12-4 in the NSIC. Weather pending they will take on Southwest on Friday and Saturday for three games at Joe Faber.