St. John's athletics photo by Tammy O'Laughlin

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Saint John's head baseball coach Jerry Haugen '76 earned his 700th career win in game two of the Johnnies' doubleheader sweep of Macalester, 9-2 and 5-2, on Tuesday, April 22, in St. Paul.

Macalester (11-21, 3-13 MIAC) struck first with a two-out, RBI double in the first inning of game one before SJU (17-6, 9-5 MIAC) added three runs in the fourth. The Johnnies tied the game on a wild pitch and gained the lead with a sacrifice fly from sophomore catcher Gabe MacDonald (Minneapolis, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) before senior outfielder Joe Lampe (Osceola, Iowa/Clarke) smacked his first collegiate home run to right field.

Back-to-back doubles cut the Johnnies' lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth until the visitors answered with five runs in the top of the sixth and added an unearned run in the seventh. Only four of the nine runs scored were earned as the Scots committed three errors in the contest.

Junior John Schumer (St. Stephen, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) improved to 2-0 on the year by allowing the two runs on four hits in five innings of work. He walked four and struck out two in what was his second varsity start of the year, and first since March 5 in Fort Myers, Fla. Freshman Lucas Glomb (Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray) wrapped up the game for SJU with two scoreless innings of relief.

Lampe, junior second baseman Brett Becker (North Oaks, Minn./Mounds View), senior outfielder Tom Druk (Plymouth, Minn./Orono), senior first baseman Tony Gazich (Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View) and senior outfielder Dylan Graves (Mora, Minn.) all had two hits and an RBI.

SJU left the bases loaded in the top of the first inning of game two. Senior Justin Thompson (Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska), making his first collegiate start on the mound, allowed his first two runs this season, earned or unearned, after the first four batters reached safely.

Hershey cut the deficit to 2-1 with an RBI single in the fourth inning but SJU still left the bases loaded, and Lampe was thrown out at home for the third out in the fifth.

Junior outfielder Aaron Pfaff (New Ulm, Minn./Cathedral) started the sixth inning with a single, Hershey doubled and Graves was hit by a 3-2 pitch, to load the bases. Gazich tied the game at 2-2 with an RBI groundout for the first out. Druk smashed a line-drive to the shortstop and the Scots registered a strikeout to end the inning.

Pfaff gave SJU a 3-2 lead in the seventh with a two-out, RBI double that scored senior third baseman Luke Larson (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) all the way from first base.

Gazich doubled with one out in the eighth, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a throwing error on the catcher to make it 4-2 and the Johnnies added an unearned run in the top of the ninth.

Thompson went the distance, allowing four hits in the final eight innings (seven total) and struck out seven in the complete-game victory.

Pfaff went 3-for-5 in game two, while Becker, Hershey and Larson added two hits apiece. SJU out-hit Mac 25-11 on the day and the Scots committed seven errors.

Haugen now touts a 700-589-5 record (.543) in 37 seasons at SJU, including a 37-8 mark against Macalester since 1993.

The Johnnies return home to host Hamline for a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday, April 26, at Saint John's Field in Collegeville.