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St. Cloud State Baseball Falls in First Round to Wayne State, will move to Consolation Round
5/8/2024 4:37:00 PM | Baseball
Huskies score two runs in eighth inning, unable to complete comeback against Wildcats
BISMARCK, N.D. – 4-seed St. Cloud State Baseball (32-18, 28-11 NSIC) lost 3-2 in the first round of the NSIC Tournament to 5-seed Wayne State (27-21, 21-16 NSIC) on Wednesday at Municipal Ballpark in Bismarck, N.D. The Huskies gave up just two runs over the first seven innings, but did not score until the eighth inning, ultimately falling short of a comeback.
With the loss, the Huskies will move to the consolation side of the bracket, where they will have to win six games in a row to earn their second straight NSIC Tournament Championship. The Huskies had won nine-straight NSIC first round matchups until today.
FIRST ROUND – WSC 3, SCSU 2
WSC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning, adding on with one-run innings in the sixth and eighth innings. Down 3-0, the Huskies found an answer in the bottom of the eighth – redshirt senior Noah Dehne (St. Paul, Minn.) hit his fifth home run of the season after a leadoff single from redshirt junior Garrett Bevacqua (Carlsbad, Cali.) to cut the deficit to one run.
Left-handed junior Kaden Pfeffer (Racine, Wisc.) made his fifth start of the season and continued his dominant stretch of play, striking out five batters over seven innings, giving up just two runs. Pfeffer has a 1.93 ERA and 23 strikeouts over his last four starts. Redshirt sophomore Cael Kolacia (Fort Dodge, Iowa) came on in relief in the eighth inning and pitched two innings to finish the game, striking out a batter.
TOP HUSKIES
St. Cloud State and Concordia St. Paul will play in the consolation second round of the NSIC Tournament on Thursday when the two teams play at 12:00 p.m. CT at BNC Field in Mandan, N.D. If the Huskies win, they will play again on Thursday against the winner of game seven, 45 minutes after the conclusion of game seven, which starts at 3:00 p.m. CT between the winners of game three and four.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
With the loss, the Huskies will move to the consolation side of the bracket, where they will have to win six games in a row to earn their second straight NSIC Tournament Championship. The Huskies had won nine-straight NSIC first round matchups until today.
FIRST ROUND – WSC 3, SCSU 2
WSC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning, adding on with one-run innings in the sixth and eighth innings. Down 3-0, the Huskies found an answer in the bottom of the eighth – redshirt senior Noah Dehne (St. Paul, Minn.) hit his fifth home run of the season after a leadoff single from redshirt junior Garrett Bevacqua (Carlsbad, Cali.) to cut the deficit to one run.
Left-handed junior Kaden Pfeffer (Racine, Wisc.) made his fifth start of the season and continued his dominant stretch of play, striking out five batters over seven innings, giving up just two runs. Pfeffer has a 1.93 ERA and 23 strikeouts over his last four starts. Redshirt sophomore Cael Kolacia (Fort Dodge, Iowa) came on in relief in the eighth inning and pitched two innings to finish the game, striking out a batter.
TOP HUSKIES
- Dehne – 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
- Graduate Cal James (Buffalo, Minn.) – 3-4, 2B
- Bevacqua – 2-4
- Pfeffer – L, 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 5 K
- The Huskies are playing in their 13th consecutive conference tournament, their longest streak in program history. Their NSIC Tournament record under Pat Dolan moves to 36-24.
- Pfeffer started the game and went seven innings for the fourth appearance in a row. He is the first Husky pitcher to do so since Sheldon Miks in 2015.
- James' three-hit game gave him his 21st game with multiple hits during the 2024 season.
- Dehne hit his fifth home run of the season and had his 10th multi-RBI game of the season.
- Smith recorded his 20th double of the season and moved into a tie for the seventh-most in a single season by a Husky.
St. Cloud State and Concordia St. Paul will play in the consolation second round of the NSIC Tournament on Thursday when the two teams play at 12:00 p.m. CT at BNC Field in Mandan, N.D. If the Huskies win, they will play again on Thursday against the winner of game seven, 45 minutes after the conclusion of game seven, which starts at 3:00 p.m. CT between the winners of game three and four.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kirk, Corbin (6-2)
L: Pfeffer, Kaden (5-1)
S: Cannon, Braden (5)
Batting:
HR: Essink, Kyler 1
RBI: Lynam, Colin 1 ; Essink, Kyler 1
SF: Lynam, Colin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Douglas, Chase 1 ; McCafferty, Quinn 1 ; Essink, Kyler 1
PO: Douglas, Chase 1
Batting:
2B: James, Cal 1 ; Smith, Sawyer 1
HR: Dehne, Noah 1
RBI: Dehne, Noah 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Dehne, Noah 1 ; Gumbko, Mitchell 1
Game Leaders
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