Huskies Finish Series Sweep of CSP with Season-High 17 Runs

Monday, April 11

St. Cloud, Minn.

1:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

18-10, 10-4

Concordia-St. Paul

15-13, 9-7

Concordia-St. Paul

St. Cloud State

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

Huskies Finish Series Sweep of CSP with Season-High 17 Runs

4/11/2022 8:23:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Bulson hits a pair of home runs, Nett extends his hitting streak to 10

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State (18-10, 10-4 NSIC) won big over Concordia St. Paul (15-13, 9-7) in their first home game at Joe Faber Field this season with a 17-7 victory in eight innings. What seemed to be a pitching duel between senior Ryan Duffy (4.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 6 BB, 4 K's) and Korey Dahlberg turned into a slug fest quickly.

The Huskies held a 1-0 lead after three innings until a two RBI single from Carter Shook gave CSP a 2-1 lead. St. Cloud State would quickly punch back when senior Paul Steffensen (1-for-5, R, BB, 2-Run HR, 3 RBI) grabbed the lead back with his two-run shot to left. The Golden Bears would tie the game a three a piece, but their offense was no match for SCSU in the series finale. The Huskies would score in five straight innings to finish off the Golden Bears with a three-run bottom of the eighth inning to run rule CSP for the second game in a row by a score of 17-7.

KEY MOMENT

After the Golden Bears cut St. Cloud State's lead to two entering the bottom of the seventh, the Huskies responded with five runs on five hits to extend their lead to 14-7 late in the game.

TOP HUSKIES

Redshirt sophomore Drew Bulson went 3-for-5 and blasted two home runs in the game, both solo shots.
Redshirt sophomore John Nett hit safely in his 10^th straight game, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs.
Redshirt junior Sam Riola (3-for-4, 5 R, 2B, 3B, 2 BB, 3 RBI, 2 SB) now has 19 extra base hits this year.

NOTES

The Huskies scored 17 runs on 15 hits, both season-highs.
Bulson went yard twice in the game and for the third and fourth time in the series. Entering the weekend, Bulson homered just once on the year.
Nett extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his 11^th multi-hit performance of the season.
Riola stole two bases in the game and now ranks second in the NSIC with 20 stolen bases.
Senior Fabian Villegas (3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 4 K's) improved his record to 2-1 with a win Monday afternoon.
Redshirt sophomore Eli Emerson (0.1, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K) needed eight pitched to retire the final hitter for CSP with a strikeout.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will play for the third consecutive day as Upper Iowa comes to Joe Faber Field for a midweek doubleheader Tuesday afternoon. Start times have been pushed up due to uncertain weather in the afternoon, with game one starting at 11:03 a.m. CT and game two to follow approximately at 1:30 p.m. CT.

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