University of St. Thomas Athletics
24-5, 11-4
Concordia-Moorhead
19-15, 10-5
Baseball splits with Cobbers, teams still tied for lead
5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Senior All-American Matt Schuld fanned eight and threw a three-hit shutout and struck out eight as the fifth-ranked Tommies pounded 15 hits to post a 12-0 win in game one of Saturday's MIAC baseball game over visiting Concordia-Moorhead.
The Cobbers used three solo homers and a solid complete-game outing by Eddie Massey to take game two, 5-1.
The teams remain tied for the MAAC lead at 11-5 with four games to go. St. John's missed a chance to move into first place as it was one out from closing out a sweep of Hamline and gave up a tying home run. The Pipers got a walkoff RBI single in the eighth and salvaged a split with a 7-6 win. St. Olaf (9-5) plays two at Augsburg on Sunday.
In game two, Concordia scored one run in the first inning, then Josh Dahlke and Jake Krause hit solo home runs in the second inning. UST scored on a two-out error in the fourth, but the Cobs got a two-out single in the top of the fifth by Nick Lewis for a 4-1 lead. Adam Johnson hit a solo homer in the sixth to make it 5-1.
UST had two runners tagged out at home and another tagged out at second base. St. Thomas also loaded the bases in the fifth with two out but failed to score. They had seven hits and four other baserunners off Massee, who retired seven of the last eight on seven ground outs. Massee walked one and struck out three.
Matt Olson had two hits in each game for the Tommies.
In the opener, Charles Bruchu went 3-for-4 with home runs in the third and sixth innings, and Tom Wippler ripped a three-run homer in the fourth. Taylor Rahm drove in four runs. Rahm, Olson, Matt McQuillan, Roy Larson, John Bauer each had two hits.
Schuld worked out of two bases-loaded threats and improved to 26-5 on his career, one victory off the school career record.
Senior LHP Chris Fellows (6-1) took his first loss of the season for the Cobbers.
The Toms play a nine-inning game Sunday at home against No. 7-ranked St. Scholastica/ The Saints (32-4) had a school-record 24-game win streak ended Saturday witrh a split against Presentation.
Game 1 box score here:
http://www.tommiesports.com/bsbl/stats/5-01-bb1.htm
Game 2 box score here:
http://www.tommiesports.com/bsbl/stats/5-01-bb2.htm
It was Dennis Denning Day, and the ex-St. Thomas coach had his jersey retired in ceremonies between games. Above, a fan has a Denning-on-a-stick cutout in his pocket. (Mike Ekern photos)
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: M. Schuld (6-1)
L: Fellows (6-1)
Batting:
3B: Haase 1
Base Running:
HBP: Dahlke 1
Batting:
2B: M. Olson 1 ; M. McQuillan 1 ; T. Rahm 1 ; J. Bauer 1
HR: T. Wippler 1 ; C. Bruchu 2
RBI: T. Rahm 4 ; R. Larson 1 ; J. Means 1 ; T. Wippler 3 ; C. Bruchu 3
SH: M. Olson 1
SF: T. Rahm 1 ; J. Means 1
Base Running:
RUNS: M. Olson 2 ; M. McQuillan 2 ; T. Rahm 2 ; R. Larson 2 ; T. Wippler 1 ; C. Bruchu 2 ; J. Bauer 1
SB: J. Bauer 1
