Saints Take First Two From Eagles
The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team took the first two games of their three game series with the Northwestern College Eagles on Saturday afternoon. The wins gave the Saints a strong hold on the lead in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference with the Saints now holding a 4 game lead over the Eagles with just seven conference games left. The two teams will meet again Sunday at noon at Wade Stadium in Duluth.
The St. Scholastica faithful were out in full-force for Saturday's doubleheader at the Wade as bright sunshine and warm weather treated fans and players alike. The Saints were led in game one of the series by Junior hurler Keith Ritsche who came into the day with a 5-1 record and a 2.95 ERA, Ritsche was able to improve on both. He threw six innings of shut-out baseball before giving way to Mark Erickson out of the bullpen who gave up the Eagles lone run in the top of the 7th inning. In the 7-1 CSS victory, Ritsche picked up his team leading 6th win of the season as the Saints improved to 26-3 overall and 13-0 in the UMAC.
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Game two of the scheduled doubleheader proved to be more of the same from the CSS pitching staff as another Junior star on the mound Mark Moriarty took the hill. Moriaty entered the game
with a 5-1 record and only a 1.42 ERA. The St. Scholastica fan base was energized to see Moriarty improve on his team leading 65 strikeouts, and he did not dissapoint. Moriarty threw shutout inning after shutout inning en route to breaking former Saint standout Ben Sickler's record for strikeouts in a game. The Saints offense did their part by scoring 3 runs for a 3-0 CSS victory. The win put Moriary right back into a tie for the team lead in wins with Ritsche as both are now 6-1 on the season. The win leaves the Saints at 27-3 overall and 14-0 in the UMAC.
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The same two teams will face off again Sunday at noon for a scheduled 9-inning contest. The weather should be outstanding in Duluth once again so be sure to make it on down to the Wade for some fantastic NCAA Baseball action outside in the sun! Also, be sure to check back with www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com often for more updates on St. Scholastica's run towards yet another UMAC conference title and a NCAA Tournament bid! See you at the Wade tomorrow!
The St. Scholastica faithful were out in full-force for Saturday's doubleheader at the Wade as bright sunshine and warm weather treated fans and players alike. The Saints were led in game one of the series by Junior hurler Keith Ritsche who came into the day with a 5-1 record and a 2.95 ERA, Ritsche was able to improve on both. He threw six innings of shut-out baseball before giving way to Mark Erickson out of the bullpen who gave up the Eagles lone run in the top of the 7th inning. In the 7-1 CSS victory, Ritsche picked up his team leading 6th win of the season as the Saints improved to 26-3 overall and 13-0 in the UMAC.
71Game two of the scheduled doubleheader proved to be more of the same from the CSS pitching staff as another Junior star on the mound Mark Moriarty took the hill. Moriaty entered the game
with a 5-1 record and only a 1.42 ERA. The St. Scholastica fan base was energized to see Moriarty improve on his team leading 65 strikeouts, and he did not dissapoint. Moriarty threw shutout inning after shutout inning en route to breaking former Saint standout Ben Sickler's record for strikeouts in a game. The Saints offense did their part by scoring 3 runs for a 3-0 CSS victory. The win put Moriary right back into a tie for the team lead in wins with Ritsche as both are now 6-1 on the season. The win leaves the Saints at 27-3 overall and 14-0 in the UMAC.30The same two teams will face off again Sunday at noon for a scheduled 9-inning contest. The weather should be outstanding in Duluth once again so be sure to make it on down to the Wade for some fantastic NCAA Baseball action outside in the sun! Also, be sure to check back with www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com often for more updates on St. Scholastica's run towards yet another UMAC conference title and a NCAA Tournament bid! See you at the Wade tomorrow!
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