Andrew Arenson won his first game of the season with a no-hit shutout of Lakeland on Tuesday. Carthage photo by Mike Grynicwicz

The Carthage College baseball team (12-14, 5-7 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) swept a Tuesday, April 16 doubleheader from Lakeland College (7-12), 4-0 and 8-3, at Augie Schmidt Field in Kenosha, Wis.  The Lakeland set was originally scheduled for Muskie Field in Howards Grove, Wis.
 
In the opening game, Carthage took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI-single by Kyle Pusateri.  The Red Men scored three times in the third to go up, 4-0.  Mike Merritt hit an RBI-double, Drew Bailey and RBI-grounder and Tanner Wensman a run-scoring single.  That was more than enough support for pitcher Andrew Arenson (Jr., Naperville, Ill./North, 1-1), who twirled Carthage's first solo no-hitter since Jason Wiertel no-hit Kalamazoo College on March 19, 1999.  Brett McQuade and Bryan Kieffer combined on a no-hitter of Marian University (Wis.) on April 27, 2010.
 
Arenson allowed just one base runner, a walk to Luke Bacci with two outs in the sixth inning, and he struck out 10 batters over the seven-inning game.  Brett Bittner (0-1) took the loss.  Tanner Wensman (Jr., Oconomowoc, Wis.) went two-for-three  with an RBI.
 
In the nightcap, Kyle Pusateri's RBI-single got Carthage on the board in the first inning.  Drew Bailey's RBI-double and a Tanner Wensman RBI-single in the second made it 3-0.  The Red Men made it 5-0 in the third when Brian Huntsinger tripled in a run and scored on a wild pitch.  The Muskies scored twice in the fifth to cut the lead to 5-2, but a Matt Richer sacrifice fly in the bottom half made it 6-2.  The Red Men added two runs in the seventh on an infield error and a bases-loaded walk to Mike Gentile.  Lakeland scored a single run in the ninth for the final, 8-3 margin.
 
Pitcher Sam Burnett (Fr., Hinsdale, Ill./Central, 1-0) started the game and went the first five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks.  Kurtis Ligocki (Fr., Lombard, Ill./Montini Catholic) relieved in the sixth and Eddie Gengo Jr (Fr., Western Springs, Ill./La Grange-Nazareth Academy) in the eighth.  Max Kramsky (0-1), the first-of-three Muskie hurlers, took the loss.  Tanner Wensman and Kyle Pusateri each went two-for-five with an RBI.