University of St. Thomas Athletics

Sunday, April 12
1 pm

15-8

2
vs
9

St. Scholastica

18-7

Team
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2
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Runs R
Hits H
Errors E
St. Scholastica80100009132
St. Thomas1010000280
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4/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

PHOTO: Zach Gottfredsen legs out an inside-the-park home run in Sunday's game-two victory.

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No. 10-ranked St. Thomas used a grand slam and a three-run inside-the-park homer en route to a 12-3 game-two win over visiting St. Scholastica and a split of Sunday's non-conference baseball doubleheader in St. Paul.

The Saints (17-7) scored eight runs in the first inning of game one and went on to a 9-2 victory.

The Tommies (16-8) broke to a 5-0 lead in the third inning on Brady Johnson's triple, a walk, freshman Zach Gottfredsen's RBI single, a hit batter and Ben Waltz' grand slam onto Cretin Avenue in left field.

Waltz, a junior, was making just his 13th varsity plate appearance as a collegian when he drilled a ball high towards the fence. He watched a gusty wind do the rest. Waltz finished the day 4-for-7 with four RBI.

UST freshman lefthander Drew Molin cruised through his first four innings as he allowed no runs and just one hit and one walk and struck out five. But in the fifth inning he allowed two singles and Jordan Risse's three-run home run to left field to cut the lead to 5-3.

Tommie junior Dominic Reed came on in relief and got the last nine outs for his first save. Reed walked one, allowed one hit, and struck out three, and in the last five days earned a win and a save with 6 2-3 scoreless innings of relief.

St. Thomas scored seven insurance runs after two were out in the sixth inning with a triple, double, Gottfredsen's three-run inside-the-park HR, and Anthony Winters' two-run homer. Gottfredsen had three hits on the game.

The Tommies are home Wednesday for a 2:30 p.m. conference doubleheader against St. John's.

Next Event

Saint John's
W, 12-8

Apr 15 (Wed)

2:30 pm

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: D. Wood (5-0)

L: Wendinger, Colin (1-2)

Batting:

2B: A. Colvard 1 ; Christoffers 1 ; J. Kuschke 1

3B: T. Duex 1

RBI: A. Colvard 2 ; B. Minks 1 ; T. Bernsdorf 1 ; T. Duex 2 ; S. Neutzling 1 ; P. Getchell 2

Base Running:

RUNS: A. Colvard 2 ; B. Minks 1 ; T. Bernsdorf 1 ; T. Duex 1 ; Christoffers 1 ; A. Marolt 1 ; J. Kuschke 1 ; P. Getchell 1

SB: A. Colvard 2

HBP: B. Minks 2

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Batting:

2B: Knoll, Keller 1

3B: Gerber, Ryan 1

RBI: Knoll, Keller 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Gottfredsen, Zach 1 ; Gerber, Ryan 1

Game Leaders

AB
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R
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H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0

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