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St. Cloud State Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Minnesota Duluth
4/16/2025 4:54:00 PM | Baseball
Lou and Volkers team up to shutdown Bulldogs in first game
SUPERIOR, Wis. – St. Cloud State Baseball (20-17, 16-11 NSIC) split a midweek doubleheader with Minnesota Duluth (16-20, 12-15 NSIC) on Wednesday at NBC Spartan Sports Complex in Superior, Wis. The Huskies got superb pitching from freshman Drayton Lou (Janesville, Wis.) and redshirt senior Frankie Volkers (Maple Grove, Minn.) in a 4-3 win in game one before a 11-1 setback in game two.
GAME 1 – SCSU 4, UMD 3
The first game featured a pitcher's duel, as all seven runs in the game were scored in single half innings by both teams. The Huskies jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning on RBI singles from senior Ethan Navratil (Albany, Minn.), redshirt sophomore Hayden Konkol (Denmark, Wis.) and redshirt junior Eric Bello (Manati, Puerto Rico), and a double play groundout from senior Blaine Guthrie (Emerald, Wis.). UMD scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the second on two solo home runs and an RBI single.
On the mound, Lou made his fourth start of the season and worked around the shaky third inning for a solid five inning start to earn his third win of the season. The Husky freshman allowed three earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out two. Volkers came on in relief in the sixth and shut the door for the Huskies, pitching two scoreless innings while only allowing one walk with three strikeouts for his eighth save of the season.
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In the day's second game, the Huskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Navratil, but that was the only run the Huskies were able to score in the game. UMD scored five runs in the second and then finished the game by scoring their 11th run in the eighth.
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SCSU will return home for a three-game series against Wayne State on April 18-19 at Joe Faber Field. The teams will play a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m. CT and a single game on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. CT.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
GAME 1 – SCSU 4, UMD 3
The first game featured a pitcher's duel, as all seven runs in the game were scored in single half innings by both teams. The Huskies jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning on RBI singles from senior Ethan Navratil (Albany, Minn.), redshirt sophomore Hayden Konkol (Denmark, Wis.) and redshirt junior Eric Bello (Manati, Puerto Rico), and a double play groundout from senior Blaine Guthrie (Emerald, Wis.). UMD scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the second on two solo home runs and an RBI single.
On the mound, Lou made his fourth start of the season and worked around the shaky third inning for a solid five inning start to earn his third win of the season. The Husky freshman allowed three earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out two. Volkers came on in relief in the sixth and shut the door for the Huskies, pitching two scoreless innings while only allowing one walk with three strikeouts for his eighth save of the season.
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- Lou – W, 5.0 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 2 K
- Volkers – SV, 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K
- Bello – 2-3, RBI
- Guthrie – 2-4, 2B
- Volkers recorded his eighth save of the season and moved into a tie for the second-most saves in a single season in program history with Ryne Schwenke (2011).
- Volkers' eight saves lead the NSIC and ranks eighth nationally.
- Lou posted his longest outing of the season at five innings while earning his third win of the season and lowering his season ERA to 6.18.
- Guthrie had his eighth multi-hit game of the season while Bello had his sixth.
- Redshirt junior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.) extended his hit streak to 10 and his reached base streak to 19 with a 1-3 performance at the plate.
In the day's second game, the Huskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Navratil, but that was the only run the Huskies were able to score in the game. UMD scored five runs in the second and then finished the game by scoring their 11th run in the eighth.
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- Redshirt freshman Grayson Fuchs (Paynesville, Minn.) – 2-3
- Guthrie – 2-4
- Navratil – SF, RBI
- Moreno extended his hit streak to 11 and his reached base streak to 20 with a 1-4 performance at the plate.
- Moreno had a double in the game to take the team lead with 12.
- Fuchs had his third multi-hit game of the season with two hits.
SCSU will return home for a three-game series against Wayne State on April 18-19 at Joe Faber Field. The teams will play a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m. CT and a single game on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. CT.
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: Lou, Drayton (3-2)
L: Gizzi, Joe (2-3)
S: Volkers, Frankie (8)
Batting:
2B: Guthrie, Blaine 1 ; Fuchs, Grayson 1
RBI: Navratil, Ethan 1 ; Konkol, Hayden 1 ; Bello, Eric 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moreno, Liam 1 ; Tweet, Wyatt 1 ; Castro, Wilmis 1 ; Pribula, Jonathan 1
CS: Bello, Eric 1
HBP: Moreno, Liam 1 ; Castro, Wilmis 1 ; Pribula, Jonathan 1
Batting:
2B: Peloquin, Kade 1
HR: Stauffacher, Garrett 1 ; Klebba, Caden 1
RBI: Kliber, Sam 1 ; Stauffacher, Garrett 1 ; Klebba, Caden 1
SF: Rosenberg, Nathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stauffacher, Garrett 1 ; Klebba, Caden 1 ; Thompson, Nick 1
SB: Thompson, Nick 1
CS: Kliber, Sam 1
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