University of St. Thomas Athletics
Carleton
Baseball splits with Carleton, stays atop MIAC lead
4/25/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Matt McQuillan went 3-for-4 on the day and scored three times and No. 7-ranked St. Thomas got solid starting pitching outings from freshman Bryce Gapinski and Ryan Fahey in Saturday's MIAC baseball split at second-pllace Carleton.
The Toms lost 2-1 in the opener as the Knights snapped a 26-game losing streak in the Tommie series dating back to 1995. But St. Thomas came back to win game two 7-4.
St. Thomas (23-8 overall, 12-4 MIAC) has a two-game lead atop the MIAC race with seven days left in the season, as St. Olaf and Carleton both stand 9-5.
UST closes with a road twinbill Wednesday at St. Mary's and a home doubleheader next Saturday against Gustavus. Carleton plays Sunday at Concordia-Moorhead, Wednesday at Bethel, and Saturday at St. Olaf. The Oles play Sunday at Gustavus and finish at home against fourth-place Hamline and second-place Carleton. Nine teams arre still alive in the playoff race.
UST broke to a 5-0 lead in game two with a five-run third inning, capped by Dan Leslie's two run single. That lead shunk to 5-4 before the Toms scored two insurance runs in the sixth inning on a walk, stolen base, McQuillan's RBI single, Tim Kahle's double and Derek Jacobson's sacrifice fly.
Leslie and Louie Salmen each went 2-for-3 in game two. Brian Schmitz went 3-for-7 on the day.
Fahey (3-0) allowed two earned runs and hit hits in four innings. Erik Olson got the save in game two as he retired seven of the last eight batters after allowing a solo home run.
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