Saints Start UMAC Season Undefeated
The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team kicked off their 2005 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference schedule last weekend in St. Paul, MN against the Northwestern College Eagles. The Saints played the Eagles in a three game series with one game on Friday night and two seven inning games on Saturday.
The Saints entered Friday’s games with a 12-2 record on the season following their annual spring trip to Florida. The Eagles entered conference play with a 2-7 overall record. In 2004 the Eagles finished 3rd in the UMAC and had a 25-15 record overall. The Eagles are projected to finish the 2005 season 3rd in the UMAC once again having received 37 total points in the pre-season poll. The Saints were picked to once again win the UMAC regular season title for the ninth straight time. The Saints received 49 total points and all but one of the first place votes in the pre-season poll. Entering the 2005 season the Saints hold a 40-13 record all-time against Northwestern, with their last loss to the Eagles coming on April 21, 1998.
Friday’s game started at 3:00 PM in St. Paul at the Eagles home field. The Saints sent senior Joey Calaguire to the mound in search of his third win of the season. The Eagles countered with junior Todd Randall. The Saints jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back. Calaguire was able to keep the Eagles at bay by working six innings and allowing two runs with only one run being earned. The Saints were able to knock Randall out after two innings allowing nine runs, all earned. Steve Henry came in the game to relieve Calaguire and worked the remaining three innings and allowed three runs, all earned. At the plate, the Saints were led by Daryl Fuchihara who went 3 for 5 with three homeruns and eight RBIs. Fuchihara also scored four runs. Luke Olin went 2 for 3 with a double and a triple and two RBIs. Steve Kraushaar went 2 for 2 with two doubles and one run scored for the Saints in his third game of the season. Kyle Rizzi, Derek Ciernia, and Tom Simonson each added two RBIs with Simonson striking his first homerun of the year. Kenny Kolquist added one RBI to the Saints tally by batting 2 for 5 and walking once. The final tally was 20-5 in favor of the Saints.
Day break on Saturday marked the commencement of the scheduled double-header between Saint Scholastica and Northwestern. The first game of the day started at noon in St. Paul with sophomore Mark Moriarty taking the hill for the Saints. Taking on the Saints was Northwestern sophomore Josh Peterson. The Saints were able to jump out in front with three runs in the top of the first once again and this was again enough to secure another Saint Scholastica victory. Moriarty worked 5 2/3 innings for the Saints allowing only one earned run and striking out nine Eagles. The Saints’ bats were able to rough up Peterson for eight runs, all earned, in only four innings of work. The Saints were led at the plate, once again, by Daryl Fuchihara who went two for two and hit his fourth home run of the season. Chad Weiss, Steve Kraushaar, and Luke Olin each had home runs for the Saints making the final score 12-1.
Game two of Saturday’s twin-billing marked the marquis match-up of the series with the Saints sending their ace Jake Eiler to the hill against Northwestern’s top pitcher Gabe Eikum. The two aces matched each other blow for blow until the top of the fourth inning. Luke Olin led off the forth inning with a single to left field. He was followed by Tom Simonson who hit a ground ball to the shortstop who forced out Olin at second base leaving Simonson at first with one out. Senior D.J. Lahti then hit the ball to the shortstop who made an error allowing Simonson to reach third base and leaving Lahti on first. Daryl Fuchihara hit a sacrifice fly ball to centerfield driving Simonson home from third. The situation then left Lahti at first with two outs and Keith Ritsche at the plate. Ritsche hit the ball to the Northwestern third baseman who committed an error keeping the inning alive for the Saints. Seth Harvey then came through with a big hit for the Saints by crushing a double to right centerfield driving home both Lahti and Ritsche driving the score to 3-0. This was more than enough run support for Eiler who worked all seven innings for the Saints allowing zero runs and striking out nine Eagles to pick up the win.
After the sweep of Northwestern the Saints moved their record up to 15-2 on the season and 3-0 in the UMAC. The Eagles dropped to 2-10 overall and 0-3 in the UMAC. The Saints will continue their UMAC schedule with a three game series next weekend in Mankato, MN against Bethany Lutheran College.
Here's the Saints schedule results so far:
2005 Schedule and Results
March 2, 2005 vs. Buena Vista University 7:30 PM W 8-1
March 2, 2005 vs. Buena Vista University 10:15 PM W 5-2
March 14, 2005 vs. St. Thomas University 8:30 PM W 2-1 (9 inn.)
March 14, 2005 vs. St. Thomas University 11:15 PM L 5-7
March 18, 2005 vs. Simpson College Noon W 6-1
March 18, 2005 vs. Keystone College 3:00 PM L 1-11
March 19, 2005 vs. Becker College 9:00 AM W 6-5
March 19, 2005 vs. Becker College 11:45 AM W 17-14 (9 inn.)
March 21, 2005 vs. Fredonia State University Noon W 19-4
March 23, 2005 vs. Centenary College 3:00 PM W 13-0
March 23, 2005 vs. Centenary College 5:45 PM W 9-0
March 24, 2005 vs. Westminster College Noon W 5-0
March 25, 2005 vs. Grinnell College 9:00 AM W 7-2
March 25, 2005 vs. Grinnell College 11:45 AM W 16-5
April 1, 2005 vs. Northwestern College 3:00 PM W 20-5
April 2, 2005 vs. Northwestern College Noon W 12-1
April 2, 2005 vs. Northwestern College 2:45 PM W 3-0
The Saints entered Friday’s games with a 12-2 record on the season following their annual spring trip to Florida. The Eagles entered conference play with a 2-7 overall record. In 2004 the Eagles finished 3rd in the UMAC and had a 25-15 record overall. The Eagles are projected to finish the 2005 season 3rd in the UMAC once again having received 37 total points in the pre-season poll. The Saints were picked to once again win the UMAC regular season title for the ninth straight time. The Saints received 49 total points and all but one of the first place votes in the pre-season poll. Entering the 2005 season the Saints hold a 40-13 record all-time against Northwestern, with their last loss to the Eagles coming on April 21, 1998.
Friday’s game started at 3:00 PM in St. Paul at the Eagles home field. The Saints sent senior Joey Calaguire to the mound in search of his third win of the season. The Eagles countered with junior Todd Randall. The Saints jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back. Calaguire was able to keep the Eagles at bay by working six innings and allowing two runs with only one run being earned. The Saints were able to knock Randall out after two innings allowing nine runs, all earned. Steve Henry came in the game to relieve Calaguire and worked the remaining three innings and allowed three runs, all earned. At the plate, the Saints were led by Daryl Fuchihara who went 3 for 5 with three homeruns and eight RBIs. Fuchihara also scored four runs. Luke Olin went 2 for 3 with a double and a triple and two RBIs. Steve Kraushaar went 2 for 2 with two doubles and one run scored for the Saints in his third game of the season. Kyle Rizzi, Derek Ciernia, and Tom Simonson each added two RBIs with Simonson striking his first homerun of the year. Kenny Kolquist added one RBI to the Saints tally by batting 2 for 5 and walking once. The final tally was 20-5 in favor of the Saints.
Day break on Saturday marked the commencement of the scheduled double-header between Saint Scholastica and Northwestern. The first game of the day started at noon in St. Paul with sophomore Mark Moriarty taking the hill for the Saints. Taking on the Saints was Northwestern sophomore Josh Peterson. The Saints were able to jump out in front with three runs in the top of the first once again and this was again enough to secure another Saint Scholastica victory. Moriarty worked 5 2/3 innings for the Saints allowing only one earned run and striking out nine Eagles. The Saints’ bats were able to rough up Peterson for eight runs, all earned, in only four innings of work. The Saints were led at the plate, once again, by Daryl Fuchihara who went two for two and hit his fourth home run of the season. Chad Weiss, Steve Kraushaar, and Luke Olin each had home runs for the Saints making the final score 12-1.
Game two of Saturday’s twin-billing marked the marquis match-up of the series with the Saints sending their ace Jake Eiler to the hill against Northwestern’s top pitcher Gabe Eikum. The two aces matched each other blow for blow until the top of the fourth inning. Luke Olin led off the forth inning with a single to left field. He was followed by Tom Simonson who hit a ground ball to the shortstop who forced out Olin at second base leaving Simonson at first with one out. Senior D.J. Lahti then hit the ball to the shortstop who made an error allowing Simonson to reach third base and leaving Lahti on first. Daryl Fuchihara hit a sacrifice fly ball to centerfield driving Simonson home from third. The situation then left Lahti at first with two outs and Keith Ritsche at the plate. Ritsche hit the ball to the Northwestern third baseman who committed an error keeping the inning alive for the Saints. Seth Harvey then came through with a big hit for the Saints by crushing a double to right centerfield driving home both Lahti and Ritsche driving the score to 3-0. This was more than enough run support for Eiler who worked all seven innings for the Saints allowing zero runs and striking out nine Eagles to pick up the win.
After the sweep of Northwestern the Saints moved their record up to 15-2 on the season and 3-0 in the UMAC. The Eagles dropped to 2-10 overall and 0-3 in the UMAC. The Saints will continue their UMAC schedule with a three game series next weekend in Mankato, MN against Bethany Lutheran College.
Here's the Saints schedule results so far:
2005 Schedule and Results
March 2, 2005 vs. Buena Vista University 7:30 PM W 8-1
March 2, 2005 vs. Buena Vista University 10:15 PM W 5-2
March 14, 2005 vs. St. Thomas University 8:30 PM W 2-1 (9 inn.)
March 14, 2005 vs. St. Thomas University 11:15 PM L 5-7
March 18, 2005 vs. Simpson College Noon W 6-1
March 18, 2005 vs. Keystone College 3:00 PM L 1-11
March 19, 2005 vs. Becker College 9:00 AM W 6-5
March 19, 2005 vs. Becker College 11:45 AM W 17-14 (9 inn.)
March 21, 2005 vs. Fredonia State University Noon W 19-4
March 23, 2005 vs. Centenary College 3:00 PM W 13-0
March 23, 2005 vs. Centenary College 5:45 PM W 9-0
March 24, 2005 vs. Westminster College Noon W 5-0
March 25, 2005 vs. Grinnell College 9:00 AM W 7-2
March 25, 2005 vs. Grinnell College 11:45 AM W 16-5
April 1, 2005 vs. Northwestern College 3:00 PM W 20-5
April 2, 2005 vs. Northwestern College Noon W 12-1
April 2, 2005 vs. Northwestern College 2:45 PM W 3-0
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