St. Cloud State baseball improves to 30-2 with sweep at CSP

Wednesday, April 8

St. Paul, MN

1:30 p.m.

St. Cloud State

29-2, 13-2

Concordia University, St. Paul

10-11, 8-5

St. Cloud State

Concordia-St. Paul

Zak Hoffman

Photo by: Tom Nelson

St. Cloud State baseball improves to 30-2 with sweep at CSP

4/8/2015 6:34:00 PM | Baseball

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The #2 St. Cloud State University baseball team (30-2, 14-2 NSIC) charted its 30th victory of the 2015 season thanks to a doubleheader sweep at NSIC rival Concordia-St. Paul (10-12, 8-6 NSIC) on Wednesday, April 8 in St. Paul, Minn.

In game one, the Huskies notched four runs in the top of the seventh inning to ice a 7-3 win over the Golden Bears before rolling in the second game with a 15-1 decision that was halted after seven innings. The two victories helped the Huskies maintain their hold on first place in the always rugged NSIC with a 14-2 league record.

SCSU will return to Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud, Minn. on Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12 for a pair of league dates against rival Southwest Minnesota State. Tickets for both of these important twinbills can be purchased at the gate on game day and plenty of great seats are available at game time over at beautiful Joe Faber Field on St. Cloud's west end.

In game one, SCSU and CSP were tied 1-1 at the end of the first before the Huskies scored solo runs in the top of the third and top of the fourth innings. CSP tied the game back at 3-3 with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. SCSU reliever Reese Gregory was brought in during the fourth inning and proceeded to shutdown the CSP offense with a stellar 4.0 innings of shutout work that included seven strikeouts and three hits allowed.

In the top of the seventh inning, SCSU posted the needed runs to grab the 7-3 win. Brandon Arnold scored the first run of the inning on an RBI single by Karl Sorenen. Jackson Goplen then scored on an RBI fielder's choice from Beau Fandel. Zak Hoffman iced the game with a two RBI double that brought home Gregory and Fandel.

The Huskies outhit the Golden Bears 11-9 in the game. Hoffman had two doubles in the game and Eric Loxtercamp added one double and two hits for SCSU on offense. Of note, Gregory is now 6-0 on the season for SCSU.

In the second contest, SCSU scored two runs in the first inning and then piled on eight runs in the second inning to take early control of the game. Sheldon Miks started the game with three innings of work. Kevin Bolder, Dylan Ramage, Tyler Gentz and Nick Denny later combined in relief to bring home the victory for SCSU. Bolder ended up being the pitcher of record for the Huskies.

SCSU outhit the Golden Bears 22-6 in the game. Mike Jurgella, Karl Sorensen and Kyle Lieser all had three hits in the game, while Max Ditty, Zak Hoffman, Zach Hoffmann and Reese Gregory added two hits piece for SCSU. Jurgella, Hoffmann and Sorensen all had home runs in the game for SCSU.

"We had another late rally in the first game to gain the win in the opener today," SCSU coach Pat Dolan said. "The offense really opened up in game two and we had all areas of our line up making contributions to gain the sweep against a quality league opponent. Reese (Gregory) had another great outing in relief for us today in game one to pick up his sixth win of the season."