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| In a doubleheader at the University of Dallas, Hardin Simmons won the opener 10-6 with the crusaders's gains a slpit with a 5-4 win. University of Dallas athletics photo |
The Penn State Abington bats heated up in a 15-8 romp over Cabrini that was called due to darkness on Tuesday afternoon. Abington improves to 2-1 after the win. The Nittany Lions were led by junior Zach Morales going 3-of-5 with two runs scored, and Ryan McCarty earned a double and a homerun that drove in two runs for the junior.
UW-Superior got its first two victories of the season with a non-conference doubleheader sweep of Minnesota Morris Tuesday morning at U.S. Bank Stadium, winning 2-1 and 4-3. The Yellowjackets (2-4) scored twice in the top of the first inning of the first game, and cast of four pitchers made the lead stand up. Starter Elliot Danhoff struck out nine – just one fewer than his career high – and allowed one hit in four innings to improve to 1-1. With the game tied, 2-2, in the bottom of the third, Ryan Castaneda ripped a one-out double off the wall in right field to score Brandon Rolf and Bryce Flanagan – who both singled – for a 4-2 lead. Minnesota Morris (0-2) picked up a run in the top of the sixth with a two-out rally off of Garcia, who was on in relief of starter David Dibble. Jack Barnett closed the door in the seventh, notching his first save with a pair of strikeouts. Rolf and Sam McNosky had two hits apiece for the 'Jackets in the second game, while Josh Hukreide added an RBI double and run scored in his three at-bats.
Neumann University opened its 2021 campaign with an 18-1 win over the University of Valley Forge on a rainy and cold Tuesday afternoon. The Knights pounded out 20 hits in the game. Ryan Lopez went 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in his Neumann debut. Marty Cortellessa went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI. Shawn Vega was 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored in his first game as a Knight. Will Hart started the game on the mound and picked up the win. He went 5.0 scoreless innings and allowed two hits while striking out eight. Tyler Szilagyi went 2.0 scoreless innings in his Neumann debut and struck out three. Brennan Hatala allowed a run on two hits and Pat Leighton allowed a hit to round out the pitchers.
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor used timely hitting in the late innings of both games to post a doubleheader sweep of Schreiner University Tuesday in Belton. The Cru won game one 5-4 and took game two 4-2 to improve to 5-7 on the season. The Mountaineers drop to 5-6 on the year with the two losses. The Cru won game 5-4 on a walk-off, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Cru loaded the bases with two outs in the inning and Hunter McQuary singled up the middle to drive in Jeb Zolman with the game-winner. Zack Honey (1-0) earned the win for UMHB with two and a third innings of one-hit relief work. McQuary had four hits for the Cru in the win. The Cru scored three runs in the final two innings of the 4-2 game two wins. Mateo Calle, Hunter Jones and Rhett Grosz all had two hits apiece for UMHB, Zach Carroll picked up the win to move to 1-0 with three innings of two-hit relief work.
In a CCIW showcase of some of the best pitchers the league has to offer, North Park University prevailed, earning a 2-1 win over Illinois Wesleyan University on Tuesday afternoon. Titan ace Quinn Gudaitis toed the rubber in the opening night of CCIW action, while Viking ace Ethan Sund got the start for North Park. Both Gudaitis and Sund kept their opposition quiet through four innings of work, with the most exciting at-bat arriving in the first inning when Viking shortstop Jake Reinhardt battled a 14 pitch at-bat against Gudaitis. Viking reliever Tyler Banks entered in the fourth inning, recording an unconventional three strikeouts and a flyout due to a sharp breaking ball that scurried to the backstop. The scoreless innings of baseball ceased in the fifth inning when Jared Cantu walked and stole second, Logan Peters walked, and Jake Reinhardt was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Ranko Stevanovic. With two outs, Stevanovic drove a two-run single into the outfield, as the Vikings captured a 2-0 lead. Illinois Wesleyan squeaked out a run in the bottom of the sixth on a wild pitch, but that was all the Titan offense could manufacture. Senior right-hander Justin Woolbright secured the win for Banks, tossing 1.1 innings of scoreless relief to grab his first save of the season.
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| Sophomore Ozzie Torres slides at the plate to as Ferrum defeats Averett 9-8 in extras. Ferrum athletics photo by Jenna Janicki) |
McMurry University earned its first win of the season on Tuesday afternoon, claiming the 7-6 victory over UT Dallas in 10 innings in Richardson, Texas. Making his return to the lineup on Tuesday, sophomore catcher Reed Hodges played hero, driving home senior Mike Gonzales with an RBI single in the top of the 10th for the go-ahead run. Senior Sam Hillyer came on to close in the bottom of the inning, earning his first save after 29 pitches, one hit and two walks through 1.0 inning of work. Four War Hawks had multi-hit games, led by senior Jonah Bailey at the top of the order with a 3-for-6 day. Gonzales, Hodges and freshman Blake Beach added a pair of hits.
St. Olaf College started its 2021 season by sweeping Hamline University by scores of 5-2 and 7-1 in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium. St. Olaf (2-0) got strong pitching performances from Sam Westermeyer and Sean Goldman in game one and Hunter Barber and Sam Lavin in game two, as the Oles limited Hamline (2-4) to eight hits on the afternoon. Offensively, TJ Rogers had two hits in each game and scored four runs, while Joey Glampe homered and drove in four in his collegiate debut in game two. The doubleheader marked St. Olaf's first games in 377 dating back to a doubleheader against Northwestern on March 4, 2020.
There were runs aplenty in the first two innings of the Saint Mary's University's Ggame one matchup against Augsburg Tuesday evening. In fact, after just two innings, the two teams had already combined for eight runs. And, over the game's final five innings, the two teams had still combined for eight runs. Saint Mary's scored twice in the first and three times in the second, and survived a three-run Augsburg first, as the Cardinals beat the Auggies 5-3 in the opener of their nonconference doubleheader at US Bank Stadium. It was more of the same in the nightcap — five scoreless innings, and six runs scored in the other two. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, it was Augsburg that had the bigger inning this time around. The Auggies banged out four runs on four hits in the top of the sixth inning, erasing a 2-0 Saint Mary's lead — a lead SMU had held since the bottom of the first inning — en route to a 4-2 win and a split of the twinbill.
Concordia Texas scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back, completing a 12-2 rout of Southwestern in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday at Rockwell Field. Eight different Tornados recorded a hit on the night, including a two-hit day for Brett Leiferman, who finished the game with a run scored and three RBIs. Meanwhile, Marcus Thach and Brandon Goynes each scored three times and drove in a run. On the mound, CTX was dominant as four pitchers combined to allow only two runs on two hits. Michael Smith came in relief of starter Daniel Lewis in the fourth and tossed four scoreless frames, struck out eight Pirates, allowed no hits and walked only a pair to earn his second win of the season.
Senior captain Ryan Clawson and sophomore Jay Beavers, along with freshmen Lucas Burnette and Julian Franks-Pollock, each had two RBIs to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a 15-2 non-conference victory past Mary Baldwin University on Tuesday on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium. Sophomore Justin Woodall earned the pitching triumph for the host Tigers (5-4) against the visiting Fighting Squirrels (0-3) in a contest called in the middle of the seventh inning due to darkness. H-SC had 15 runs on 13 hits with no errors … scoring one run in the second inning, three runs in the third, nine runs in the fifth and two runs in the sixth. MBU had two runs on four hits with four errors … scoring both runs in the first inning.
Texas Lutheran and Our Lady of the Lake each captured a win Tuesday afternoon at TLU's Katt-Isbel Field with the Saints taking the early game 2-1 and the Bulldogs capturing the second game 5-2. TLU's overall record now stands at 7-5 overall. OLLU is now 12-9 overall. The doubleheader was a non-conference affair between the Bulldogs, out of the NCAA Division III, and the Saints, out of the NAIA. In the early game, four OLLU pitchers limited TLU to four hits. Joey Baker picked up the win in relief. He improved to 1-2. Baker went 3-1/3 innings and did not allow a run. Tyler Vivier drove in the winning runs with a two-run double in the fourth. TLU had taken a 1-0 lead on a Cole Irby RBI in the first. In game two, Simon Scales hit his first home run as a Bulldog to give TLU a 2-1 lead in the third. The two-run shot sailed over the wall in left field. Scales drove in three runs. He also had a sacrifice fly in the fourth, when TLU scored three more runs.