SCSU and Wayne State Split Doubleheader to Open Series

Saturday, April 20

Wayne, Neb.

12:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

22-15, 18-9

Wayne State

22-14, 17-9

St. Cloud State

Wayne State (Neb.)

Photo by: Ryan Roehl

4/20/2024 6:51:00 PM | Baseball

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Bevacqua logs three RBI in second game to lead SCSU to 7-4 win

WAYNE, Neb. – St. Cloud State Baseball (23-15, 19-9 NSIC) split a doubleheader against Wayne State (22-15, 17-10 NSIC) on Saturday to open a three-game conference series. Wayne State was able to take the win the first game of the series, 4-0, before the Huskies responded with a 7-4 win in the second game.

GAME 1 – WSC 4, SCSU 0

The Huskies offense was unable to figure out Wildcat starter Corbin Kirk, who went the distance in the series opener, as SCSU was only able to muster four hits and six base runners in the game. Wayne State scored single runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings.

SCSU starter redshirt junior Luke Tupy (New Prague, Minn.) went the distance as well, as he struck out eight batters but allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and four walks.

TOP HUSKIES

Tupy – L, 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 8 K
Redshirt junior Garrett Bevacqua (Carlsbad, Calif.) – 2-3
Senior Drew Beier (Foley, Minn.) – 1-3, extends hit streak to 14 games

NOTES

SCSU was shut out for just the third time this season and for the first time since a 3-0 setback against Missouri Western on Feb. 11.
Wayne State snapped a six-game losing streak with the win.
Tupy logged his third complete game of the season, which set a new career-best for the Husky junior.
Tupy's eight strikeouts marked the sixth time in 10 starts he's reached eight or more punch outs.
Beier extended his hit streak to 14 games, matching a team-best this season.

GAME 2 – SCSU 7, WSC 4

After being stifled in the first game, the Huskies wasted no time getting the bats going in the second games, jumping out to a 7-0 lead in the first four trips to the plate. The scoring began in the first inning when redshirt senior Noah Dehne (St. Paul, Minn.) triple to right center to drive in Beier, who led off the game with a leadoff walk. Junior Sawyer Smith (Somers, Wis.) then drove Dehne in with a sacrifice fly to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead.

Bevacqua doubled the Huskies lead in the third inning with a two-RBI single before SCSU added on three runs in the fourth, including a homer from Beier, to extend the lead to 7-0.

On the bump, senior Payton VanBeck (Elrosa, Minn.) went six innings and struck out five while only allowing two runs on eight hits and three walks to improve to 4-3 on the season. Senior Grady Fuchs (Paynesville, Minn.) came on in relief and pitched three innings to shut the door on the Wildcats to earn his first save of the season.

TOP HUSKIES

VanBeck – W, 6.0 IP, 2 R, 8 H, 5 K
Fuchs – S, 3.0 IP, 2 R, 2 H
Beier – 1-4, HR, RBI, 2 R, extend hit streak to 15 games
Bevacqua – 3-4, 3 RBI

NOTES

Bevacqua continued his stellar season at the plate, with third three-hit and 14^th multi-hit game of the season, raising his season average to .380.
Bevacqua's three RBI marked his second three-RBI and fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
Beier extended his hit streak to a team-best 15 games while launching his fourth home run of the season.
VanBeck went six or more innings in a start for the fifth time this season while lowering his season ERA to 3.40.
Fuchs logged his first save of the season and fifth of his career.
Smith had two hits in the game to extend his team-lead with 18 multi-hit games.
Dehne hit his first triple of the season.
Junior Blaine Guthrie (Emerald, Wis.) had his fourth multi-hit game of the season.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Wayne State will finish off the series with a nine-inning game at Noon CT tomorrow.

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