University of St. Thomas Athletics
Sunday, May 1
St. Paul, Minn.
1:00 p.m.
12-24, 6-9
12
vs
2
Western Illinois
5-35, 3-15
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
W. Illinois
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
1
St. Thomas
0
4
0
0
4
1
3
12
13
2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Esch, Evan (1-3)
L: Brian Raymond (0-2)
S: Coborn, Duke (0)
Batting:
RBI: Derek Botaletto 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gage Cruz 1 ; Chase VanDerGinst 1
PO: Jack Sievers 1
Batting:
2B: Moris, Max 1 ; Richartz, Brigs 2
RBI: Kulesa, Sam 3 ; Halverson, Kyle 2 ; Moris, Max 1 ; Richartz, Brigs 3 ; Hoeg, Jonah 1 ; Golbranson, Tommy 1
SH: Vujovich, Ben 1
SF: Golbranson, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kulesa, Sam 1 ; Vujovich, Ben 1 ; Halverson, Kyle 1 ; Moris, Max 2 ; Bartholomew, Charlie 2 ; Richartz, Brigs 2 ; Hoeg, Jonah 1 ; Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Lehman, Avery 1
SB: Vujovich, Ben 1 ; Halverson, Kyle 1 ; Lehman, Avery 1
HBP: Vujovich, Ben 1 ; Bartholomew, Charlie 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
3
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
Players Mentioned
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Evan Esch took his first Division I victory with four shutout innings
Photo by: Wesley Dean
Baseball cruises, secures another weekend series win
5/1/2022 4:04:00 PM | Baseball
St. Paul, Minn. - Freshman Evan Esch threw four shutout innings to claim his first Division I mound victory and six different Toms recorded at least one RBI in Sunday's 12-2 St. Thomas Baseball win over Western Illinois at Koch Diamond.
The Tommies (12-24 overall, 6-9 Summit) have won seven of their last 10 games. They claimed a three-game series win by a 2-1 margin for the third consecutive weekend: they previously won two out of three games at Tarleton State April 15-16; won two of three at home April 23-24 vs. Northern Colorado; and did the same again at home here against Western Illinois after splitting Friday's doubleheader.
St. Thomas broke to a 9-0 lead through six innings and later scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to end the contest via a 10-run rule.
Esch (1-3) allowed two hits and one walk with four strikeouts, and left with a 4-0 lead after four innings. In four Summit League appearances over 21 1-3 innings, the lefty has a 2.53 ERA with 22 strikeouts and nine walks.
Redshirt sophomore Duke Coborn allowed one earned run over three innings of relief and secured his first D-I save.
The Purple slapped 13 hits with their second best scoring output of the season. Sam Kulesa went 3-for-5 with three RBI; Max Moris went 3-for-4 with an RBI; Brigs Richartz went 2-for-3 with three RBI; Kyle Halverson had a pair of RBI singles; Jonah Hoeg had an RBI single; and Tommy Golbranson added an RBI with a seventh-inning sac fly.
Kulesa went 6-for-11 on the three weekend games and ran his hitting streak to six games.
The Toms are scheduled to play their next 10 games on the road starting with Tuesday's non-conference doubleheader at Milwaukee, and continuing next weekeend in Tulsa with three Summit League tests against conference co-leader Oral Roberts.
The Tommies (12-24 overall, 6-9 Summit) have won seven of their last 10 games. They claimed a three-game series win by a 2-1 margin for the third consecutive weekend: they previously won two out of three games at Tarleton State April 15-16; won two of three at home April 23-24 vs. Northern Colorado; and did the same again at home here against Western Illinois after splitting Friday's doubleheader.
St. Thomas broke to a 9-0 lead through six innings and later scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to end the contest via a 10-run rule.
Esch (1-3) allowed two hits and one walk with four strikeouts, and left with a 4-0 lead after four innings. In four Summit League appearances over 21 1-3 innings, the lefty has a 2.53 ERA with 22 strikeouts and nine walks.
Redshirt sophomore Duke Coborn allowed one earned run over three innings of relief and secured his first D-I save.
The Purple slapped 13 hits with their second best scoring output of the season. Sam Kulesa went 3-for-5 with three RBI; Max Moris went 3-for-4 with an RBI; Brigs Richartz went 2-for-3 with three RBI; Kyle Halverson had a pair of RBI singles; Jonah Hoeg had an RBI single; and Tommy Golbranson added an RBI with a seventh-inning sac fly.
Kulesa went 6-for-11 on the three weekend games and ran his hitting streak to six games.
The Toms are scheduled to play their next 10 games on the road starting with Tuesday's non-conference doubleheader at Milwaukee, and continuing next weekeend in Tulsa with three Summit League tests against conference co-leader Oral Roberts.
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