St. Cloud State
10-9, 0
Sioux Falls
7-16, 0
SCSU Baseball’s Offense Explodes in 17-5 Win over USF
3/22/2025 12:16:00 AM | Baseball
Huskies score 17 straight runs to blow open game, win series opener behind 8 RBI from Castro and Navratil
The Cougars were the first to score, grabbing a 4-0 lead with a four-run bottom of the second inning that included two home runs. The lead was short lived, however, as the Huskies responded immediately with five runs in the top of the third inning. Castro regained the lead with a three-run home run in the inning, plating Navratil and junior Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba).
The Huskies kept on the onslaught in the fourth inning with its second consecutive five-run inning. Tweet and Navratil provided the big hits of the inning with back-to-back two-run doubles to extend the lead to 10-4. The rout was on in the fifth inning as SCSU added on six more runs with four Huskies recording RBI, including a two-RBI single from redshirt junior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.). SCSU added one more run in the sixth to make the score 17-4 before a USF home run in the seventh to finish the scoring at 17-5.
After giving up three earned runs and four overall in the second inning, Husky starter junior Bryce Brassfield (Gilbert, Ariz.) settled in and lasted five innings to earn the victory, his second of the season. Brassfield only allowed two hits over the last three innings and got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning with a double play to end the inning.
TOP HUSKIES
- Castro – 2-4, HR, 2B 4 RBI, 2 R
- Navratil – 3-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R, SB
- Tweet – 2-5, 3 RBI, 2 R
- Brassfield – W, 5.0 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 K
- SCSU has now won three consecutive games against USF.
- The 12-run victory is SCSU's largest over the Cougars since a 15-0 win on March 23, 2019.
- SCSU's 17 runs are its second-highest scoring output and the third time this season they have scored 10 or more runs.
- As a team, SCSU stole a season-high seven bases.
- Castro continued his hot stretch at the plate with his second home run in as many games and third home run overall this season. The Husky sophomore extended his streak to three games and matched a season-high with four RBI.
- Navratil had four RBI in the game and now has 128 in his career to move to No. 10 on SCSU's all-time career list, pulling even with Reese Gregory (2013-16). The Husky captain extended his team lead with his ninth multi-hit and sixth multi-RBI game.
- Tweet recorded his sixth multi-hit and fourth multi-RBI game with two hits and three RBI.
- Moreno had two stolen bases in the game, his second game this season with multiple stolen bases.
- Brassfield won his second straight start and lowered his ERA to 4.88 with the five-inning outing.
SCSU and Sioux Falls will continue its series tomorrow with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at Noon CT.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brassfield, Bryce (2-2)
L: Ammann, Jake (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Tweet, Wyatt 1 ; Navratil, Ethan 1 ; Castro, Wilmis 1 ; Guthrie, Blaine 1
HR: Castro, Wilmis 1
RBI: Moreno, Liam 2 ; Konkol, Hayden 2 ; Tweet, Wyatt 3 ; Navratil, Ethan 4 ; Castro, Wilmis 4 ; Fuchs, Grayson 1
SH: Jacobson, Brayden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moreno, Liam 2 ; Konkol, Hayden 3 ; Tweet, Wyatt 2 ; Navratil, Ethan 2 ; Castro, Wilmis 2 ; Guthrie, Blaine 2 ; Bello, Eric 2 ; Jacobson, Brayden 2
SB: Moreno, Liam 2 ; Konkol, Hayden 1 ; Navratil, Ethan 1 ; Fuchs, Grayson 1 ; Bello, Eric 1 ; Jacobson, Brayden 1
HBP: Guthrie, Blaine 1 ; Jacobson, Brayden 1
Batting:
HR: Iliff, Mitch 1 ; Bonner, Isaac 1 ; Yeager, Jackson 1
RBI: Iliff, Mitch 1 ; Bonner, Isaac 2 ; Yeager, Jackson 1 ; Gouldin, Ryan 1
SF: Gouldin, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Iliff, Mitch 2 ; Bonner, Isaac 1 ; Yeager, Jackson 1 ; Edwards, William 1
SB: Drossel, Nolan 1
HBP: Yeager, Jackson 1
