| Jameson Brock's five hits
were one shy of the single-game school record, set by Jesse Wilson
against Augustana College in 2012. Franklin athletics photo |
Franklin recorded a season-high 18 hits and senior Taylor Glaze tossed eight quality innings in a 10-2 win over HCAC co-leader Rose-Hulman on Tuesday from John P. McDowell Field. The Grizzlies scored in six of their eight at bats, including three runs each in the first and eighth innings. Junior Jameson Brock led the 18-hit attack, going 5-for-5 with three runs scored from the leadoff spot.
Ben Podobinski had three hits and scored twice to lead St. Thomas to 4-3, 13-5 wins over St. Mary's in a MIAC doubleheader. The games were moved from Winona to St. Paul due to field conditions so UST was the visitor on its own Koch Diamond.
Westminster closed out the three-game conference series with Fontbonne with a 7-2 win. The Blue Jays won one of three in the series having dropped a doubleheader last Wednesday.
Augustana grabbed an early lead, and had to retake it and hold off another Illinois Wesleyan ralliy in a 11-8 win to Augustana at Swanson Stadium/Brunner Field in Moline, Ill. Augustana won a second game as the Vikings used a three-run second inning to pull away from the Knox Prairie Fire in a 9-2 victory.
| Catcher Jeremy Pang and
reliever Andy May celebrate Carleton's game one
victory. Carleton athletics photo Tom Dahlin |
After a pair of nail-biter walkoff wins on Sunday, Carleton's bats lit up in a dominant display to win both games of a non-conference doubleheader against Finlandia by final tallies of 14-0 and 14-5.
After racing out to a 16-3 lead in the first eight innings, the No. 19 Birmingham-Southern Panthers held off a late-game rally by Covenant College to win 16-10, in Lookout Mountain, Ga. Junior closer David Bourbonnais ended the game by striking out the final batter for the win. Bourbonnais was also stellar at the plate, going 5-6 with four RBI.
The Martin Luther Knights jumped out to an early 7-0 lead over Crown, with the first seven batters in the bottom of the first inning scoring. over Crown before coasting to the 10-4 game one win. The Knights finished the sweep with a 10-0 win in seven innings in game two.
The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs received seven shutout innings from senior left-hander Christian DeBlanc and three RBI from junior shortstop Zach Jacobs in a 5-1 non-conference win over the University of Houston at Victoria. DeBlanc yielded just five hits and two walks and added a strikeout against the Jaguars. The Bulldogs snapped a four-game skid with the midweek win.