St. Cloud State
18-11, 0
Northern State
12-18, 0
Huskies Finish Sweep with 8-2 Victory over Northern State
4/6/2024 8:59:00 PM | Baseball
Habeck logs season-best six strike outs to extend SCSU’s win streak to six
For the first time in the series, Northern State took a lead with a double in the first inning, but the lead was short-lived as SCSU broke through in the fourth inning and didn't look back. The Huskies took the lead with a ground out in the fourth inning to make the score 2-1. SCSU then added insurance runs in the eighth inning, extended its 4-2 lead to 8-2 after RBI singles from senior Drew Beier (Foley, Minn.) and redshirt senior Noah Dehne (St. Paul, Minn.), followed by a sacrifice fly from graduate Cal James (Buffalo, Minn.) and a ground out from Smith.
After giving up a first inning run, Habeck then cruised through six innings with six strike outs. He only came out in the seventh inning after two runners got on-base. Smith then took over on the mound for 1.1 innings before giving way to senior Cooper Avery (Fort Myers, Fla.) for the final 1.1 innings. Both relief pitchers did not allow a run or hit.
TOP HUSKIES
- Habeck – W, 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 10 H, 6 K
- Smith – 2-3, 2 RBI, R, 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, K
- Dehne – 2-5, 2B, RBI, R
- St. Cloud State extended its season-best win streak to six games with a four-game series sweep over Northern State.
- Habeck had his second-longest outing of the season and set a new season-best with six strikeouts.
- Habeck improved to 4-2 on the season, a mark which ranks third in the NSIC this season.
- Smith had two hits and two RBI for his 14th multi-hit and eighth multi-RBI game of the season. His 29 RBI lead the team and rank 11th in the NSIC.
- Dehne recorded his sixth double and eighth extra base it of the season.
St. Cloud State will next be in action on the road against Concordia St. Paul for a midweek doubleheader on Wednesday, April 10. First pitch from St. Paul is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CT.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Habeck, Jack (4-2)
L: Baxter, B. (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Dehne, Noah 1
RBI: Beier, Drew 1 ; Dehne, Noah 1 ; James, Cal 1 ; Smith, Sawyer 2 ; Navratil, Ethan 1 ; Jacobson, Brayden 1
SF: James, Cal 1 ; Navratil, Ethan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Beier, Drew 2 ; Dehne, Noah 1 ; Smith, Sawyer 1 ; Navratil, Ethan 1 ; Jacobson, Brayden 1 ; Butler, Kevin 1 ; Gumbko, Mitchell 1
HBP: Smith, Sawyer 1 ; Jacobson, Brayden 1 ; Gumbko, Mitchell 1
PO: Jacobson, Brayden 1
Batting:
2B: Hesser, K. 1
RBI: Hesser, K. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Phillips, B. 1 ; Ochoa, N. 1
SB: Schmidt, J. 1 ; Hudson, M. 1 ; Meyer, J. 1
HBP: Ochoa, N. 1 ; Benevides, M 1
