MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The St. Olaf College baseball team used strong pitching performances from three pitchers, including a four-hit shutout in game one by sophomore Sam Westermeyer, to post 4-0 and 5-2 victories over the University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning at U.S. Bank Stadium.

In the opener, Westermeyer scattered four hits with one walk and five strikeouts to toss the second shutout of his career for St. Olaf (2-2). The Oles scored all four of their runs in the sixth inning to take game one and broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to complete the sweep in the nightcap.

St. Olaf 4, Northwestern 0 | Box Score

Westermeyer allowed just two runners to reach scoring position in the opener and got two double plays turned behind him to help record the shutout. Northwestern's Philip Wall matched Westermeyer inning for inning until the Oles got to Wall with four runs in the sixth.

After Westermeyer stranded two baserunners in the bottom of the fifth, St. Olaf filled the bases with one out in the top of the sixth on singles by Tommy McDonald and Andrew Nomoto and a walk to Matthew Muller. Ryan Torbenson followed by drawing a bases-loaded walk to plate the first run of the game.

With the bases still full and one out, Eli Tan delivered a two-run single to center to make it 3-0 before Sam Pressman lifted a sacrifice fly to center to cap the four-run sixth. Westermeyer made the lead stand up by getting a double play grounder to end the sixth and striking out two in the seventh to finish off the complete game.

Wall and Noah Couwenhoven combined to limit St. Olaf to four hits in the game but the Oles took advantage of five walks by the Northwestern starter to score their four runs.

St. Olaf 5, Northwestern 2 | Box Score

Hunter Barber and Hanson Devine combined to limit the Eagles to two runs (one earned) on seven hits with six strikeouts in the nightcap. Barber struck out four in four innings of two-run ball before Devine allowed just one baserunner on an error in three innings of shutout relief to earn the win.

Northwestern generated the first threat of the game in the top of the second, filling the bases on three-straight one-out singles, but Barber got out of the inning by inducing a double play. The Oles scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of a two-base error in the outfield to score on a sacrifice fly by Tan and a groundout by Pressman.

The Eagles scored single runs in the third and fourth to tie it up at 2-2 and the score remained tied until the bottom of the fifth. A double by Harald Borg and a single by TJ Rogers to start the inning put two runners in scoring position before Tommy McDonald drove in Borg with a ground out. Rogers scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded later in the inning to push St. Olaf's lead to 4-2.

Rogers added a one-out RBI double to score Pressman in the sixth after Pressman started the inning with an infield hit and moved to third on a wild pitch and a ground out. Devine retired the first eight Eagles he faced and, after an error, snared a line drive to seal the victory.

St. Olaf heads south to Florida for its next 11 games, beginning with matchups against Grinnell and Centre on Saturday, Mar. 21 at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Central time in Pensacola.