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Photo by: Kylie Macziewski
St. Cloud State Baseball Extends Win Streak to Five with Win over Bentley
3/12/2022 10:45:00 AM | Baseball
Riola sets program record with five stolen bases, bullpen throws three scoreless innings to seal victory
SANFORD, Fla. – Clutch hitting helps St. Cloud State Baseball (7-5) prevail over Bentley with a 7-2 win on Friday to stay undefeated on their trip to Florida. The original ballpark, Sanford Stadium, was unfit to play with leftover standing water, both the Huskies and Falcons packed up and went west to find a dryer playing surface.
After a scoreless first three innings, both teams got on the board in the fourth and Bentley took a 2-1 lead heading to the fifth. Senior Paul Steffensen (1-for-4, R, RBI) quickly erased the lead with an RBI single to make it 2-2. St. Cloud State would pick up two more runs in the sixth before redshirt junior Drew Bulson (2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, BB) busted the game wide open with a bases clearing single to give St. Cloud a 7-2 lead late. Husky relievers took control from there, senior Fabian Villegas (2.0, H, 0 R, 0 BB, K) and true freshman Ethan Lanthier (1.0, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K) went a combined three innings without surrendering a run. Huskies win their fifth in a row by a final score of 7-2.
KEY MOMENT
The Falcons and Huskies enter the top of the sixth in a tie ball game 2-2. With two runners on and two outs, true freshman Ethan Navratil (1-for-4, 2 RBI, BB) drove in two runs with a single to center field and put St. Cloud State back on top 4-2.
TOP HUSKIES
St. Cloud State has a quick turnaround Saturday morning for game five of six on their Florida road trip. The Huskies will play Saginaw Valley State at Northeast Regional Park Field #3 at 8:30 a.m. CST. Coverage can be viewed on BeTheBeastEvent+, with links available on the SCSU Baseball schedule page.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
After a scoreless first three innings, both teams got on the board in the fourth and Bentley took a 2-1 lead heading to the fifth. Senior Paul Steffensen (1-for-4, R, RBI) quickly erased the lead with an RBI single to make it 2-2. St. Cloud State would pick up two more runs in the sixth before redshirt junior Drew Bulson (2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, BB) busted the game wide open with a bases clearing single to give St. Cloud a 7-2 lead late. Husky relievers took control from there, senior Fabian Villegas (2.0, H, 0 R, 0 BB, K) and true freshman Ethan Lanthier (1.0, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K) went a combined three innings without surrendering a run. Huskies win their fifth in a row by a final score of 7-2.
KEY MOMENT
The Falcons and Huskies enter the top of the sixth in a tie ball game 2-2. With two runners on and two outs, true freshman Ethan Navratil (1-for-4, 2 RBI, BB) drove in two runs with a single to center field and put St. Cloud State back on top 4-2.
TOP HUSKIES
- Redshirt junior Reid Conlee (1-for-4, HR, BB) hit his first long ball of the season to open the scoring in the top of the fourth.
- Redshirt junior Sam Riola (3-for-4, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 SB) now has 14 stolen bases in 12 games this season.
- Senior Trevor Koenig (6.0, 2 H, 2 ER, BB, 9 K's) delivered his best start of the season on 94 pitches.
- Riola broke the programs' single game record for most stolen bases in a game with 5.
- Bulson extended his hitting streak to four games with a leadoff double in the seventh
- Redshirt sophomore Tate Wallat's (0-for-3, 2 R, BB) hit streak ends at nine games, but he did have a walk to reach base in all 12 games this season. Riola is the only other Husky to do so.
St. Cloud State has a quick turnaround Saturday morning for game five of six on their Florida road trip. The Huskies will play Saginaw Valley State at Northeast Regional Park Field #3 at 8:30 a.m. CST. Coverage can be viewed on BeTheBeastEvent+, with links available on the SCSU Baseball schedule page.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Koenig, Trevor (1-1)
L: Morganelli (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Bulson, Drew 1
HR: Conlee, Reid 1
RBI: Navratil, Ethan 2 ; Steffensen, Paul 1 ; Bulson, Drew 3 ; Conlee, Reid 1
SH: Gamm, Max 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wallat, Tate 2 ; Riola, Sam 2 ; Steffensen, Paul 1 ; Conlee, Reid 1 ; Schiller, Tyler 1
SB: Wallat, Tate 1 ; Riola, Sam 5 ; Steffensen, Paul 1 ; Primus, Mason 1 ; Gamm, Max 1
HBP: Wallat, Tate 1
Batting:
RBI: Beauregard 2
SH: Zupkus 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Halloran 1 ; Bright 1
SB: Beauregard 1
CS: Walonis 1
HBP: Bright 2
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