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Thur. NCAA Baseball: Toms rally for 8-4 victory
5/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Second-seed St. Thomas used a seven-run eighth inning to stun St. Scholastica, 8-4 in Thursday night's winners' bracket game at the NCAA regional baseball tournament in Oshkosh, Wis. Freshman Bryce Gapinski pitched all nine innings -- a career high -- for his sixth win of the season. He previously had two seven-inning wins.
The Tommies (33-11) had no hits through five innings, and trailed 4-1 after seven innings. For the second-day in a row, they erased a large deficit as they had six hits and two walks and used a passed ball, wild pitch and error.
Dan Leslie's twu-run single made it 4-3. Moments later, Tom Wippler's two-out single snapped a 4-4 tie, and Matt Olson and Louie Salmen added RBI singles.
UST advances to Friday's 10 a.m. winners' bracket game against St. Olaf. The winner advances to Saturday, while the loser plays a 4 p.m. elimination game.
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http://www.titans.uwosh.edu/livestats3/xlive.htm
The Saints (36-5) topped St. Norbert, 7-6 in 11 innings earlier today. In other games, top-seed St. Olaf rallied from a 4-0 deficit to elminate St. Norbert, 8-4; and fifth-seed UW-Stevens Point eliminated Beloit, 8-2.Four teams will go into Friday, with two unbeaten (St. Olaf and the UST-Scholastica winner). Point and the UST-Scholastica loser will have one defeat.
The Tommies split a March doubleheader with St. Scholastica, losing 3-1 and winning 2-0. UST also won a nine-inning game in Duluth against the Saints, 4-3, two weeks ago.
Freshman Bryce Gapinski is expected to start tonight for the Tommies against the Saints' No. 2 arm, senior Adian Kummet.
