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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. 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. 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. 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. Zach Metzger started things when he reached first on an error. 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. 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. 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. 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. UMD added one more run in the top of the fourth inning but it wasn't enough to regain the lead.
In the game, SCSU only had three hits which were posted by Metzger, Brandon Arnold and Sorensen. On the mound, senior Reese Gregory improved to 4-0 on the season with the victory. He pitched 5.1 innings with six strikeouts, two runs allowed and 10 hits allowed. Kevin Bolder provided 0.2 innings of relief and Logan Spitzack earned the save with 1.0 innings of work that featured two strikeouts. 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. 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. 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. Zach Metzger started things when he reached first on an error. 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. 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. 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. 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. UMD added one more run in the top of the fourth inning but it wasn't enough to regain the lead.
In the game, SCSU only had three hits which were posted by Metzger, Brandon Arnold and Sorensen. On the mound, senior Reese Gregory improved to 4-0 on the season with the victory. He pitched 5.1 innings with six strikeouts, two runs allowed and 10 hits allowed. Kevin Bolder provided 0.2 innings of relief and Logan Spitzack earned the save with 1.0 innings of work that featured two strikeouts. 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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