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St. Cloud, Minn.
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Zach Metzger
Photo by: Tom Nelson
Home runs help #3 Huskies sweep #16 Minnesota Duluth on May 4
5/4/2016 8:32:00 PM | Baseball
A trio of home runs helped the #3 St. Cloud State University baseball team (36-6, 21-6 NSIC) generate the offense they needed to gain a two-game sweep over NSIC leader Minnesota Duluth (33-11, 26-6 NSIC) on Wednesday, May 4 at Joe Faber Field. Â In game one, SCSU scored a 3-2 victory and then rallied in the ninth inning to earn a 5-4 decision in game two.
The Huskies relied on a three-run home in game one by Zach Metzger to ice the win and then they took advantage of a two-run homer by Reese Gregory in the eighth inning and a three-run homer by Judd Davis in the ninth to claim the win in game two.
In game two, UMD charged to a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning and then added one more run in the eighth inning before the Huskies broke the shutout in their half of the eighth. Â Gregory blasted a two-run shot that scored Brandon Arnold to narrow the gap to 4-2.
The home run was Gregory's 16th of the season, which sets a new team record for most home runs in a season for the Huskies. Â The old mark of 15 homers was set by Zak Hoffman in 2015.
In the bottom of the ninth, Davis ignited the fireworks that capped the Huskies' late rally. Â Zach Metzger started things when he reached first on an error. Â Alex Naasz walked to put runners at first and second before Davis launched a drive over the right field fence to end the contest at 5-4. Â This was Davis' third home run of the season.
SCSU was outhit 11-6 in the game as Gregory and Arnold each had two hits in the game to lead the Huskies. Â On the mound, Logan Spitzack earned the win in relief of starter Sheldon Miks, who went 6.2 innings in the game with three runs allowed, six strikeouts and 10 hits allowed. Â Spitzack improved to 4-0 on the season with one hit allowed, one run allowed and four strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work for SCSU.
In game one, the Huskies were outhit 10-3 but managed to bring home the 3-2 victory on the strength of a three-run homer by Zach Metzger.
Down 1-0 in the bottom of the second, Metzger blasted a shot to right field that brought home Karl Sorensen and Zak Hoffman to make the tally 3-1. Â UMD added one more run in the top of the fourth inning but it wasn't enough to regain the lead. Â
In the game, SCSU only had three hits which were posted by Metzger, Brandon Arnold and Sorensen. Â On the mound, senior Reese Gregory improved to 4-0 on the season with the victory. Â He pitched 5.1 innings with six strikeouts, two runs allowed and 10 hits allowed. Â Kevin Bolder provided 0.2 innings of relief and Logan Spitzack earned the save with 1.0 innings of work that featured two strikeouts. Â This was Spitzack's fifth save of the season.
The victory snapped an 18-game winning streak for the Bulldogs.
St. Cloud State will complete its 2016 regular season schedule with a pair of doubleheaders at Minot State University on May 6-7 in Minot, N.D.
The Huskies relied on a three-run home in game one by Zach Metzger to ice the win and then they took advantage of a two-run homer by Reese Gregory in the eighth inning and a three-run homer by Judd Davis in the ninth to claim the win in game two.
In game two, UMD charged to a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning and then added one more run in the eighth inning before the Huskies broke the shutout in their half of the eighth. Â Gregory blasted a two-run shot that scored Brandon Arnold to narrow the gap to 4-2.
The home run was Gregory's 16th of the season, which sets a new team record for most home runs in a season for the Huskies. Â The old mark of 15 homers was set by Zak Hoffman in 2015.
In the bottom of the ninth, Davis ignited the fireworks that capped the Huskies' late rally. Â Zach Metzger started things when he reached first on an error. Â Alex Naasz walked to put runners at first and second before Davis launched a drive over the right field fence to end the contest at 5-4. Â This was Davis' third home run of the season.
SCSU was outhit 11-6 in the game as Gregory and Arnold each had two hits in the game to lead the Huskies. Â On the mound, Logan Spitzack earned the win in relief of starter Sheldon Miks, who went 6.2 innings in the game with three runs allowed, six strikeouts and 10 hits allowed. Â Spitzack improved to 4-0 on the season with one hit allowed, one run allowed and four strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work for SCSU.
In game one, the Huskies were outhit 10-3 but managed to bring home the 3-2 victory on the strength of a three-run homer by Zach Metzger.
Down 1-0 in the bottom of the second, Metzger blasted a shot to right field that brought home Karl Sorensen and Zak Hoffman to make the tally 3-1. Â UMD added one more run in the top of the fourth inning but it wasn't enough to regain the lead. Â
In the game, SCSU only had three hits which were posted by Metzger, Brandon Arnold and Sorensen. Â On the mound, senior Reese Gregory improved to 4-0 on the season with the victory. Â He pitched 5.1 innings with six strikeouts, two runs allowed and 10 hits allowed. Â Kevin Bolder provided 0.2 innings of relief and Logan Spitzack earned the save with 1.0 innings of work that featured two strikeouts. Â This was Spitzack's fifth save of the season.
The victory snapped an 18-game winning streak for the Bulldogs.
St. Cloud State will complete its 2016 regular season schedule with a pair of doubleheaders at Minot State University on May 6-7 in Minot, N.D.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gregory, Reese (4-0)
L: Hellquist, Bo (6-2)
S: Spitzack, Logan (5)
Batting:
RBI: Lucarelli, Marco 2
SH: Vogt, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Comer, Kyle 1 ; Heck, Jimmy 1
CS: Krolikowski, Cory 1 ; Comer, Kyle 1
HBP: Heck, Jimmy 1
Batting:
2B: Arnold, Brandon 1 ; Sorensen, Karl 1
HR: Metzger, Zach 1
RBI: Metzger, Zach 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Sorensen, Karl 1 ; Hoffman, Zak 1 ; Metzger, Zach 1
HBP: Hoffman, Zak 1
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