Huskies baseball takes game one against Bemidji State

Saturday, April 23

St. Cloud, Minn.

12:00 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

26-10, 18-4

Bemidji State

5-30, 2-19

St. Cloud State

Bemidji State

Ethan Navratil was 3-5 at the plate with one RBI Saturday afternoon.

Photo by: Kaitlyn Zuehl

4/23/2022 6:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, MN – St. Cloud State (26-10, 18-4 NSIC) extends its winning streak to 11 games, defeating Bemidji State (5-10, 2-19 NSIC) in game one of a three game set by a final score of 10-2. The Beavers led after two innings thanks to a two RBI single from Sam Kalberer in the bottom of the second. The lead was quickly erased, and St. Cloud started to string hits together, scoring seven out of 10 runs in the final three innings. The Huskies tallied 17 hits to open their weekend series against Bemidji State.

KEY MOMENT
Redshirt junior Sam Riola (4-for-6, 2 R, Solo HR) led off the seventh inning with his 15^th home run of the year to give St. Cloud a 5-2 lead. Eventually, the Huskies added two more runs to cap off a great inning.

TOP HUSKIES

Redshirt sophomore Tate Wallat (3-for-5, 3 R, RBI) extended his hitting streak to 14 games.
Redshirt sophomore Drew Bulson (2-for-4, R, 3 RBI) drove in three via a single and sacrifice fly.
True freshman Ethan Navratil (3-for-5, RBI) had a career-high three hits and has 5 RBI in his last two games.

NOTES

St. Cloud State has scored 26 runs on 36 hits in its last two games, but only three of the hits are extra base hits.
The Huskies were 10-for-28 (.357 avg) with runners on base.
All nine hitters in the Huskies starting lineup recorded a hit and six of them scored a run.

Quotables
Husky Outfielder John Nett
"I think we are doing a really good job of building off what the previous batter has done. Stringing together base hits and being a tough out at the plate is how were going to be successful. We look to keep doing the same thing tomorrow and continue are winning ways"

UP NEXT
St. Cloud State and Bemidji State meet tomorrow at Joe Faber Field for a double header to wrap up the weekend series. The Beavers will be the home team for both games with first pitch set for 1:00 p.m. CT. Game two will follow at approximately 3:00 p.m. CT.