St. Cloud State Baseball Wins Big over Ashland, 12-2

Tuesday, March 8

Davenport, Fla.

1:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

0-0

Ashland

0-0

St. Cloud State

Ashland

Photo by: Eli Emerson

3/8/2022 9:29:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Ahern throws an eight-inning gem, bats come alive late in 12-2 win

DAVENPORT, Fla. – St. Cloud State Baseball (5-5) rode the great performance by redshirt junior Riley Ahern (8.0, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 7 K's) while the bats stayed hot in a 12-2 victory over Ashland on Tuesday afternoon in Florida. The Eagles had a 2-1 lead heading into the sixth inning, but then the bats came alive for the Huskies. St. Cloud State scored 11 runs in the final four innings of the game to open it up. The biggest inning was six runs on five hits in the top of the eighth to provide a comfy lead. Redshirt sophomore Tommy Thompson (1.0, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K) came in the ninth to close out the 12-2 win to get the Huskies back to .500 for the season.

KEY MOMENT

True freshman Sawyer Smith (1-for-3, 2B, RBI) doubled down the left field line in his first collegiate at bat to tie the game at two in the sixth. The Huskies followed that hit up by another RBI double off the bat of redshirt sophomore John Nett to give the Huskies a 3-2 lead in the sixth.

TOP HUSKIES

Ahern was phenomenal on the mound, lasting a career high eight innings in his second straight win to improve his record to 2-1 on the season.
Nett (3-for-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB) had his best day at the play this season, reaching base five times.
True freshman Ethan Navratil (2-for-3, RBI, HBP) reached base three times and drove in his seventh RBI of the season.

NOTES

Redshirt junior Drew Bulson caught two runners stealing in the bottom of the fifth to end the inning.
10 different Huskies picked up a hit today; as a team St. Cloud was (3-for-6) pinch hitting while driving in two runs on those three hits
Ahern threw 73% strikes on his 95 pitches this afternoon in the longest start by a Husky this season.

QUOTABLES

Redshirt junior pitcher Riley Ahern

"I think the biggest thing was the trust in my defense and I knew if I threw it over the plate, they would back me up. It's nice for our team to start stringing some wins together after a tough start. We just keep believing in the game plan and each other which hopefully can turn into a few more wins here in Florida. Huskies are hot!"

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State has an early wakeup call Wednesday morning for their third game in as many days. The Huskies will face Malone (OH) University at Chain O'Lakes Complex at 9:30 a.m. CST before a day off on Thursday. Coverage can be watched on BeTheBeastEvent+, with links available on the SCSU Baseball schedule page.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Ahern, Riley (0-0)

L: Bewley (0-0)

St. Cloud State

Batting:

2B: Nett, John 1 ; Wallat, Tate 1 ; Schiller, Tyler 1 ; Smith, Sawyer 1

HR: Nett, John 1

RBI: Nett, John 2 ; Wallat, Tate 2 ; Navratil, Ethan 2 ; Primus, Mason 1 ; Steffensen, Paul 1 ; Smith, Sawyer 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Nett, John 2 ; Wallat, Tate 1 ; Savard, Parker 1 ; Riola, Sam 2 ; Navratil, Ethan 2 ; Steffensen, Paul 1 ; Schiller, Tyler 1 ; Smith, Sawyer 1 ; Gumbko, Mitchell 1