Pitching fuels Tommie sweep of Oshkosh

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Three Tommie pitchers limited UW-Oshkosh to one earned run and seven hits on the day while striking out 20 in Tuesday's 3-1, 7-1 doubleheader sweep in non-conference baseball play at the Metrodome.

No. 23-ranked UST (6-2) got a complete-game, four-hitter by senior Bryce Gapinski in game two, as he fanned 10 with no walks and outdueled Titan All-America pitcher Luke Westphal. Gapinski improved to 21-5 on his career and 2-0 this season.

In game one, Tommie sophomore transfer Steve Maher improved to 3-0 on the season as he allowed one hit and one walk with no earned runs and five strikeouts in five innings.

Dylan Thomas struck out the last five batters he faced to get the save. Thomas allowed a one-out single and double in the sixth inning to put the tying runners aboard, but used a pair of strikeouts to escape the threat.

Sophomore Ben Podobinski went 5-for-7 with four runs on the day to lead the Tommies. UST had 12 hits in game two as J.D. Dorgan had a two-run double and Charles Bruchu added three hits.

The Titans (1-3) were hurt by throwing errors in each game. Michael Polcyn, Tyler Kamps and Luke Gajewski each had two hits on the day.

St. Thomas travels to Florida next weekend to start a eight-day, 10-game series. Oshkosh comes back to the Metrodome next weekend to play doubleheaders against St. John's and Northwestern.