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St. Cloud State Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Wayne State
2/16/2026 12:16:00 AM | Baseball
Long ball and strong pitching powers Huskies to 5-3 win in series finale
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – St. Cloud State Baseball (1-2, 0-0 NSIC) split a doubleheader with Missouri Western (5-5, 0-0 MIAA) on Sunday in St. Joseph, Mo. The Huskies were walked off in the first game, falling 9-8, before coming back win 5-3 in the series finale.
GAME 1 – MW 9, SCSU 8
SCSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a home run in the first inning from senior Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba), and a pair of runs in the second on a double from senior Nick Ibrahim (Woodbury, Minn.) and a sacrifice fly from sophomore Dylan Debilzen (Parkers Prairie, Minn.).
Missouri Western then took a 5-3 lead after scoring in four consecutive innings from the second to the fifth. The lead was short-lived, however, with the Huskies responding with a five-run sixth inning. Debilzen had the key hit in the inning with a bases-clearing, three-run triple.
In the bottom of the ninth, Missouri Western was able to load the bases and then hit three consecutive singles to score three runs and take the game, 9-8.
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After a shaky first inning where the first two Grifs reach based via hit-by-pitch and scored a run, starter sophomore A.J. Price (Neenah, Wis.) settled in and pitched five strong innings with only allowing the one run on three hits and two walks.
Redshirt senior Eric Bello (Manati, Puerto Rico) and junior Wilmis Castro (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) hit home runs in the second and fifth innings, respectively, while redshirt senior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.) had an RBI sacrifice fly in the second inning and an RBI single in the sixth.
The Huskies bullpen pitched a strong final four innings with senior Kahler Key (Onalaska, Wis.) pitching 2.1 innings with six strikeouts while freshman Brayden Simones (Sartell, Minn.) struck out four over the final 1.2 innings to earn the save.
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SCSU will next open conference play with a four-game set against Wayne State on Feb. 20-22 in Joplin, Mo. The first three games of the series will be conference games, while the fourth game will be a nonconference contest.
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 – MW 9, SCSU 8
SCSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a home run in the first inning from senior Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba), and a pair of runs in the second on a double from senior Nick Ibrahim (Woodbury, Minn.) and a sacrifice fly from sophomore Dylan Debilzen (Parkers Prairie, Minn.).
Missouri Western then took a 5-3 lead after scoring in four consecutive innings from the second to the fifth. The lead was short-lived, however, with the Huskies responding with a five-run sixth inning. Debilzen had the key hit in the inning with a bases-clearing, three-run triple.
In the bottom of the ninth, Missouri Western was able to load the bases and then hit three consecutive singles to score three runs and take the game, 9-8.
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- Dylan Debilzen – 1-4, 3B, 4 RBI
- Wyatt Tweet – 2-5, HR, RBI
- Senior Eamonn Mulhern (Madison, Wis.) – 4.1 IP, 2 R, 2 K
- SCSU moves to 12-17 against Missouri Western with six consecutive losses.
- Debilzen's four RBI are the most by a Husky this season and the most by a Husky since Wyatt Tweet had four against Sioux Falls on May 9, 2025.
- Tweet launched his first home run of the season and sixth as a Husky after hitting five last season.
- Senior Nick Ibrahim's (Woodbury, Minn.) RBI-double in the second inning was his first extra base hit and RBI as a Husky.
- Mulhern pitched 4.1 innings in his SCSU debut, his longest outing since pitching 4.2 innings with Madison College on April 19, 2024 against Waubonsee Community College.
After a shaky first inning where the first two Grifs reach based via hit-by-pitch and scored a run, starter sophomore A.J. Price (Neenah, Wis.) settled in and pitched five strong innings with only allowing the one run on three hits and two walks.
Redshirt senior Eric Bello (Manati, Puerto Rico) and junior Wilmis Castro (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) hit home runs in the second and fifth innings, respectively, while redshirt senior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.) had an RBI sacrifice fly in the second inning and an RBI single in the sixth.
The Huskies bullpen pitched a strong final four innings with senior Kahler Key (Onalaska, Wis.) pitching 2.1 innings with six strikeouts while freshman Brayden Simones (Sartell, Minn.) struck out four over the final 1.2 innings to earn the save.
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- A.J. Price – W, 5.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 K
- Brayden Simones – SV, 1.2 IP, 0 R, 4 K
- Kahler Key – 2.1 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 6 K
- Eric Bello – 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
- Wilmis Castro – 1-4, HR, RBI
- SCSU improves to 13-17 against Missouri Western while snapping a six-game losing streak.
- Price earned his first collegiate win in his 19th appearance and third career start. His five-inning outing is a career long, surpassing a four-inning start against Concordia-St. Paul on April 9, 2025.
- Simones made his collegiate debut and earned the save with four strikeouts.
- Key had a career-high six strikeouts, surpassing his previous high of five against Missouri Southern on Feb. 7, 2025.
- Bello launched his first home run of the season and fifth as a Husky, while Castro launched his first of the season and 12th career long ball.
- Moreno had his first multi-RBI game of the season and 10th dating back to last season.
- Bello, Moreno and Castro each extended their hit streaks to three games with a hit in each game of the series.
SCSU will next open conference play with a four-game set against Wayne State on Feb. 20-22 in Joplin, Mo. The first three games of the series will be conference games, while the fourth game will be a nonconference contest.
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: B. Ayala (1-1)
L: Doolittle, Connor (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Ibrahim, Nick 1
3B: Debilzen, Dylan 1
HR: Tweet, Wyatt 1
RBI: Debilzen, Dylan 4 ; Tweet, Wyatt 1 ; Bello, Eric 1 ; Ibrahim, Nick 1
SF: Debilzen, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Debilzen, Dylan 1 ; Tweet, Wyatt 1 ; Tierney, Seth 1 ; Castro, Wilmis 1 ; Cahoon, Ryan 1 ; Frank, Hayden 1 ; Bello, Eric 1 ; Ibrahim, Nick 1
HBP: Tierney, Seth 1
Batting:
2B: M. Cantu 1 ; I. Huettl 2
HR: L. Shannahan 1
RBI: L. Parmentie 1 ; J. Mausser 1 ; M. Cantu 1 ; I. Huettl 3 ; L. Shannahan 2
SH: R. Requejo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: J. Guardado 1 ; L. Parmentie 1 ; D. Coty 1 ; B. Venneman 1 ; J. Mausser 1 ; M. Cantu 2 ; L. Shannahan 1 ; I. Sobieszcz 1
HBP: L. Parmentie 2 ; D. Hoyos 1 ; J. Mausser 1
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