St. Cloud State
4-4
Adams State
2-3
St. Cloud State Baseball Run-Rules Adams State 20-3 in Series Opener
3/1/2025 12:30:00 AM | Baseball
Tweet and Castro combine for nine RBI in offensive outburst
The Huskies seven-run second inning began with a two-run home run from Castro, as his first long ball as a Husky tied the score at 2-2. Later in the inning, redshirt junior Eric Bello (Manati, Puerto Rico) drove in a run with a bases loaded walk to give the Huskies a 3-2 lead, giving way to Tweet's first big hit of the game. With the bases still loaded, Tweet smashed a triple to right field to unload the bases, and then advanced home on an error by the catcher to make the score 7-2.
In the third, the Huskies got RBI singles from redshirt sophomore Hayden Konkol (Denmark, Wis.) and junior Taehyung Kim (Marana, Ariz.), as well as a sacrifice fly from redshirt junior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.) before Tweet's second big hit of the game. His two-RBI double drove in both Bello and Kim to extend SCSU's lead to 12-3.
The Huskies scored seven again in the fifth inning, beginning with a two-RBI sinlge from Castro and then followed by an RBI double from redshirt freshman Grayson Fuchs (Paynesville, Minn.) and an RBI single from Kim. Finally, redshirt freshman Jonathan Pribula's (Plymouth, Minn.) double with the bases loaded drove in three runs and made the score 20-3.
TOP HUSKIES
- Tweet – 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 5 RBI
- Castro – 2-3, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
- Redshirt junior Brady Nelson (Oro Valley, Ariz.) – W, 4.0 IP, 3 R, 3 K
- Pribula – 1-1, 2B, 3 RBI
- Kim – 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI
- With the win, St. Cloud State improves to 2-0 all-time against Adams State, with the first meeting coming in the 1958 NAIA Playoffs, a 9-0 win for the Huskies.
- SCSU's 20 runs are the most in a game since scoring 21 against Southern New Hampshire on Feb. 2, 2024 to open the 2024 campaign.
- Tweet's five RBI are the most in a game for the Huskies since redshirt junior Brayden Jacobson (West Fargo, N.D.) had five against Concordia-St. Paul on April 10, 2024.
- Castro launched his first home run as a Husky.
- Kim had a season-high three RBI.
- Nelson made his first start as a Husky and improved to 2-0 on the season by recording the win.
- Pribula's three-RBI double were his first career RBI.
- Senior Ethan Navratil (Albany, Minn.) extended his hit streak to seven games with two hits.
SCSU and Adams State will play the second game of its four-game series on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CT / 3:00 p.m. MT at Marich Field on the campus of Phoenix College.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nelson, Brady (2-0)
L: Loma, Cesar (0-4)
Batting:
2B: Watkins, Braden 1 ; Hall, Josiah 1
RBI: Altamirano, Christia 1 ; Eiguren, Caleb 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Watkins, Braden 1 ; Altamirano, Christia 1 ; Tauscher, Ayden 1
HBP: Reker, Seth 1
Batting:
2B: Tweet, Wyatt 1 ; Pribula, Jonathan 1 ; Navratil, Ethan 1 ; Krueger, Ethan 1 ; Fuchs, Grayson 1
3B: Tweet, Wyatt 1
HR: Castro, Wilmis 1
RBI: Moreno, Liam 1 ; Bello, Eric 1 ; Tweet, Wyatt 5 ; Pribula, Jonathan 3 ; Castro, Wilmis 4 ; Fuchs, Grayson 1 ; Konkol, Hayden 1 ; Kim, Taehyung 3
SF: Moreno, Liam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moreno, Liam 2 ; Bello, Eric 3 ; Tweet, Wyatt 2 ; Navratil, Ethan 2 ; Castro, Wilmis 2 ; Zuck, Wilson 1 ; Krueger, Ethan 1 ; Fuchs, Grayson 1 ; Konkol, Hayden 2 ; Jacobson, Brayden 2 ; Kim, Taehyung 2
SB: Bello, Eric 1 ; Konkol, Hayden 1 ; Jacobson, Brayden 2 ; Kim, Taehyung 1
HBP: Bello, Eric 1 ; Castro, Wilmis 1 ; Fuchs, Grayson 1 ; Konkol, Hayden 2 ; Jacobson, Brayden 1
