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Josh Gagne threw eight innings for the Kingsmen at home on Thursday against Menlo in non-conference play.
Cal Lutheran photo by Tracy Maple
No. 28 Wartburg (15-6, 7-0 IIAC) defeated Simpson (9-12, 3-4 IIAC) 7-4 in Iowa Conference baseball action Friday afternoon in Waverly. Playing under clear skies, but a game time temperature of 35 degrees, the Knights struck first in the bottom of the second. Aaron Saeugling posted an RBI single to give Wartburg a lead. Kyle Jones later scored in the inning when Danny Rose grounded into a double play. Both runs were unearned.
The Storm got on the board in the sixth when Jason McClaflin's sacrifice fly scored Corey Rasmussen. The Knights returned the favor in the bottom of the inning when AJ Lewis' ground out scored Ryan Johnson. Wartburg made it 4-1 in the seventh on a Ryan Grant RBI single. The Storm tied the game in the top of the eighth. AJ Wieck doubled to center and moved to third on a Trent Kain single. Rasmussen's fielder's choice scored Wieck and moved Kain to third. A double steal saw Kain take home and move Rasmussen to third. Kyle Meyer singled to left, advancing Rasmussen to third. Meyer stole second. Rasmussen scored when McClafflin ground out to short.
The Knights scored what proved to be the game winning runs in the bottom of the frame. Jake Shandri reached on an error to open the inning, a Jones bunt single moved Shandri to second. A Lewis sacrifice bunt advanced the runners. Saeguling tripled to right to score both runners. A Rose fielder's choice scored Saeguling to make it 7-4. Saeugling, who went 2-for-3, came on to relieve Billy Schmidt in the ninth and retired the side to pick up his second save of the year. The duo limited the Storm to six hits. Only two of the seven Wartburg runs were earned as Simpson committed a total of six errors in the contest. Meyer had two of the Storm hits (2-for-4). Five Simpson pitchers were used, with Jake Ritchey taking the loss. Ritchey gave up four hits over the final two innings.
In other action: Babson College scored six runs in the second inning and never looked back as the Beavers held on for a 13-7 win over Endicott College in a non-conference baseball game at Govoni Field on Friday afternoon. It was the second victory in as many days for the Beavers (10-7), while the Gulls (6-7) lost for the first time in their last three contests.
Junior southpaw Chris McDonough fanned 10 Roger Williams University batters while limiting the Hawks to two hits in eight innings, and senior left fielder Jeff Martin drove in three of Wheaton College's four runs during Friday afternoon's 4-1 non-conference baseball victory at Sidell Stadium. Collecting their ninth victory in 10 games to improve to 14-6, the Lyons came into today ranked first in New England and 10th in the country according to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Roger Williams, which had its four-game win streak snapped after averaging more than 11 runs during that stretch, dipped to 9-10.
After the Kingsmen offense was held in check in the first two games of the series they came alive in the back end of Friday's doubleheader against Menlo with 16 hits en route to a 7-1 victory. Menlo won the first game 6-4. After dropping the three game series 2-1, the Kingsmen ran their record to 17-11 overall while the Oaks now stand at 11-19.
The University of Texas at Tyler got 24 hits in the double-header Saturday against #29 UT Dallas, winning both games 9-5 and 11-8. The Patriots are still undefeated at 30-0, and 12-0 in the ASC East. Their thirty games won matches the Patriots all-time mark for wins in a season.
Southpaw Chris Albrecht battled through numerous jams in eight gritty innings of work, pitching the George Fox University Bruins to a 5-3 second-game win and a split of a Northwest Conference baseball doubleheader with their Yamhill County archrivals, the Linfield College Wildcats, Friday afternoon here at Morse Field. The Wildcats used three home runs, including a grand slam by Stew Davis, to pound out a 12-7 first-game win. George Fox, ranked 5th nationally, snapped a four-game losing streak with their second-game win, improving to 20-5 overall and 12-5 in the conference. Linfield is now 14-11 overall and 9-5 in the league. The Bruins are second and the Wildcats third in the NWC behind red-hot Pacific Lutheran University, which swept a twinbill at Willamette University Friday to go to 23-6 overall and 12-2 in the conference.
Junior Dan Mattonelli drove in four while freshman starter Joe Bartlinski tossed 6.1 strong innings to lead #7 Kean University past Ramapo College, 15-10, Friday afternoon at Jim Hynes Field. The Cougars improve to 15-3 overall and 4-1 in NJAC play while the Roadrunners suffer their first conference loss as they fall to 18-5, 5-1 (NJAC).
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team used solid pitching from R.B. Garza and timely hitting from Steven Reinlie to post a game one victory only to see Texas Lutheran bounce back to win game two as the two teams split a doubleheader Friday afternoon in Seguin. UMHB won game one 6-1 before dropping a 10-0 decision in game two. The Cru is now 16-14-1 overall and 10-5 in American Southwest Conference play on the season following the split. UMHB is the first opponent to win a game from the Bulldogs in Seguin this season. Texas Lutheran, ranked 12th in the nation, moves to 25-5-1 overall on the season and 12-2 in ASC play with the split.
In a New Jersey Athletic Conference contest that took 3:50 to play on a frigid day at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex, Montclair State collected a school-record 12 stolen bases and scored two runs in the sixth and eighth innings to open a 5-1 lead, before holding off New Jersey City University, 6-4, on Friday afternoon. Montclair and NJCU each stranded 11 runners on base in a game where the seven pitchers on the two clubs combined for 358 pitches and combined for 20 walks. MSU evens its record at 10-10 overall and improves to 3-2 in the NJAC. The Gothic Knights fall to 10-11 and 1-4 NJAC. The 12 steals for MSU broke the single-game school record of eight set against Ramapo College in 1999.
The Storm got on the board in the sixth when Jason McClaflin's sacrifice fly scored Corey Rasmussen. The Knights returned the favor in the bottom of the inning when AJ Lewis' ground out scored Ryan Johnson. Wartburg made it 4-1 in the seventh on a Ryan Grant RBI single. The Storm tied the game in the top of the eighth. AJ Wieck doubled to center and moved to third on a Trent Kain single. Rasmussen's fielder's choice scored Wieck and moved Kain to third. A double steal saw Kain take home and move Rasmussen to third. Kyle Meyer singled to left, advancing Rasmussen to third. Meyer stole second. Rasmussen scored when McClafflin ground out to short.
The Knights scored what proved to be the game winning runs in the bottom of the frame. Jake Shandri reached on an error to open the inning, a Jones bunt single moved Shandri to second. A Lewis sacrifice bunt advanced the runners. Saeguling tripled to right to score both runners. A Rose fielder's choice scored Saeguling to make it 7-4. Saeugling, who went 2-for-3, came on to relieve Billy Schmidt in the ninth and retired the side to pick up his second save of the year. The duo limited the Storm to six hits. Only two of the seven Wartburg runs were earned as Simpson committed a total of six errors in the contest. Meyer had two of the Storm hits (2-for-4). Five Simpson pitchers were used, with Jake Ritchey taking the loss. Ritchey gave up four hits over the final two innings.
In other action: Babson College scored six runs in the second inning and never looked back as the Beavers held on for a 13-7 win over Endicott College in a non-conference baseball game at Govoni Field on Friday afternoon. It was the second victory in as many days for the Beavers (10-7), while the Gulls (6-7) lost for the first time in their last three contests.
Junior southpaw Chris McDonough fanned 10 Roger Williams University batters while limiting the Hawks to two hits in eight innings, and senior left fielder Jeff Martin drove in three of Wheaton College's four runs during Friday afternoon's 4-1 non-conference baseball victory at Sidell Stadium. Collecting their ninth victory in 10 games to improve to 14-6, the Lyons came into today ranked first in New England and 10th in the country according to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Roger Williams, which had its four-game win streak snapped after averaging more than 11 runs during that stretch, dipped to 9-10.
After the Kingsmen offense was held in check in the first two games of the series they came alive in the back end of Friday's doubleheader against Menlo with 16 hits en route to a 7-1 victory. Menlo won the first game 6-4. After dropping the three game series 2-1, the Kingsmen ran their record to 17-11 overall while the Oaks now stand at 11-19.
The University of Texas at Tyler got 24 hits in the double-header Saturday against #29 UT Dallas, winning both games 9-5 and 11-8. The Patriots are still undefeated at 30-0, and 12-0 in the ASC East. Their thirty games won matches the Patriots all-time mark for wins in a season.
Southpaw Chris Albrecht battled through numerous jams in eight gritty innings of work, pitching the George Fox University Bruins to a 5-3 second-game win and a split of a Northwest Conference baseball doubleheader with their Yamhill County archrivals, the Linfield College Wildcats, Friday afternoon here at Morse Field. The Wildcats used three home runs, including a grand slam by Stew Davis, to pound out a 12-7 first-game win. George Fox, ranked 5th nationally, snapped a four-game losing streak with their second-game win, improving to 20-5 overall and 12-5 in the conference. Linfield is now 14-11 overall and 9-5 in the league. The Bruins are second and the Wildcats third in the NWC behind red-hot Pacific Lutheran University, which swept a twinbill at Willamette University Friday to go to 23-6 overall and 12-2 in the conference.
Junior Dan Mattonelli drove in four while freshman starter Joe Bartlinski tossed 6.1 strong innings to lead #7 Kean University past Ramapo College, 15-10, Friday afternoon at Jim Hynes Field. The Cougars improve to 15-3 overall and 4-1 in NJAC play while the Roadrunners suffer their first conference loss as they fall to 18-5, 5-1 (NJAC).
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team used solid pitching from R.B. Garza and timely hitting from Steven Reinlie to post a game one victory only to see Texas Lutheran bounce back to win game two as the two teams split a doubleheader Friday afternoon in Seguin. UMHB won game one 6-1 before dropping a 10-0 decision in game two. The Cru is now 16-14-1 overall and 10-5 in American Southwest Conference play on the season following the split. UMHB is the first opponent to win a game from the Bulldogs in Seguin this season. Texas Lutheran, ranked 12th in the nation, moves to 25-5-1 overall on the season and 12-2 in ASC play with the split.
In a New Jersey Athletic Conference contest that took 3:50 to play on a frigid day at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex, Montclair State collected a school-record 12 stolen bases and scored two runs in the sixth and eighth innings to open a 5-1 lead, before holding off New Jersey City University, 6-4, on Friday afternoon. Montclair and NJCU each stranded 11 runners on base in a game where the seven pitchers on the two clubs combined for 358 pitches and combined for 20 walks. MSU evens its record at 10-10 overall and improves to 3-2 in the NJAC. The Gothic Knights fall to 10-11 and 1-4 NJAC. The 12 steals for MSU broke the single-game school record of eight set against Ramapo College in 1999.
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