Toms close out win in halted game

No. 14-ranked St. Thomas (15-5 overall, 6-0 MIAC) held on for a 4-3 MIAC baseball win Friday afternoon over Macalester in a completion of a game halted by darkness on April 2.

UST gave up two runs in the top of the eighth inning but froze the tying runner at third base. Tommy Danczyk set down the Scots 1-2-3 in the ninth inning to close out the one-run win.

Sophomore Eric Veglahn took the win and improved to 7-0 on his career. Veglahn had 10 strikeouts and allowed one run and four hits in the first seven innings, all back nine days earlier before game was called by darkness.

Danczyk pitched the final two innings and allowed two hits and one earned run with three strikeouts.

Quentin Stuart had the two-run double in the eighth and finished 4-for-4 with three RBI on the game for Macalester (6-14, 1-7). That ended the St. Thomas bullpen's run of 20 consecutive innings without an earned run.

UST stranded eight runners, including the bases loaded in the seventh inning. Tyler Peterson homered and Ben Podobinski had three hits including a triple to help UST build its 4-0 lead back on April 2.

The Toms have won 56 of their last 58 MIAC regular-season games.

St. Thomas takes a 45-game home-field win streak into Saturday's 1 p.m. home non-conference games vs. UW-Stout. The Toms travel to Winona for a 1 p.m. Sunday makeup doubleheader against St. Mary's.