University of St. Thomas Athletics
4-1
UW-Whitewater
1-4
DeCaster sharp, Toms blank No. 15 Warhawks
3/21/2019 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Henry DeCaster pitched eight shutouts innings and Adam Krajewski had three hits and two RBI as St. Thomas scored a 6-0 over No. 15-ranked UW-Whitewater Thursday evening in Pensacola, Fla.
DeCaster (2-0) fanned nine and allowed one walk and five hits. The senior improved his three-year Tommie record to 12-8 with a 2.46 ERA with 179 strikeouts and just 40 walks.
Andrew Tri pitched a scoreless ninth inning and struck out two.
Ryan Lust chipped in with two hits and also scored two runs for the Tommies (4-1).
St. Thomas made the most of its seven hits and capitalized on five walks, four Whitewater errors, and two hit-by-pitch. The Toms scored three in the third inning and a pair of runs in the fifth.
The teams play another nine-inning game Friday evening here in Pensacola.
Whitewater has been shutout just twice by Division III opponents over the last three seasons, both times against the Tommies.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeCaster, Henry (2-0)
L: Michael Kaska (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Krajewski, Adam 1
RBI: Lust, Ryan 1 ; Krajewski, Adam 2 ; Halverson, Kyle 1
SH: Schaefbauer, Chandler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bollingberg, Dan 1 ; Lust, Ryan 2 ; Krajewski, Adam 1 ; Cates, Rock 1 ; Lehman, Avery 1
HBP: Lust, Ryan 1 ; Lehman, Avery 1
PO: Bollingberg, Dan 1
Base Running:
HBP: Cal Aldridge 1 ; Lucas Price 1
