Senior lefty Graham Laubscher matched his career high with 14 strikeouts and allowed one run and three hits in a complete-game, seven-inning win as St. Thomas held off Carleton 4-1 in game one of Wednesday's MIAC doubleheader on a warm, sunny day at the Toms' Koch Diamond.

Redshirt freshman Tyson Stritesky and freshman Jack Blesch combined on a seven-inning shutout in game two as they stranded seven runners and helped the Tommies win 10-0.

St. Thomas (17-5 overall, 12-2 MIAC) has won 15 of its last 17 games and improved to 10-0 at home. It sits just percentage points ahead of Gustavus (13-3 in league) atop the conference standings with less than two weeks left in the regular season.

Josh Thorp's two-run homer in the third inning snapped a 1-1 tie for the Purple. Redshirt freshman Jake Porter had a pair of 2-for-3 games at the plate.

Thorp's homer was one of five two-out RBI hits on the day for St. Thomas. Charlie Bartholomew and Kyle Halverson drove in runs with two outs in game one, and Max Moris and Matthew Enck did it in game two.

St. Thomas pitchers lowered their ERA to 1.51, which ranks in the top two in Division III. The staff collected 19 strikeouts over 14 innings and averages nearly 12 per nine innings, also a top-two national ranking.

St. Thomas plays a home doubleheader Saturday against Augsburg at 2 p.m. The Toms' national champion 2001 team will be honored in between the day's two games on its 20th anniversary of the program's first NCAA team title.