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11
Wesleyan University WESLEYAN 2-6
12
Winner Saint John's Univ. SJU 12-1
Wesleyan University WESLEYAN
2-6
11
Final
12
Saint John's Univ. SJU
12-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wesleyan University WESLEYAN 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 14 1
Saint John's Univ. SJU 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 12 12 1

W: S. Ridgeway (1-0) L: Alonzo, Jake (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Ninth Inning Rally Leads Saint John's Past Wesleyan 12-11

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Wesleyan baseball team (2-6) was edged 12-11 by Saint John's (Minn.) when the Johnnies (12-1) used a ninth-inning rally to propel them past the Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. The Cardinals are off on Monday, before playing a doubleheader against Grinnell on Tuesday, with the first game beginning at 3:00 p.m.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • In the top of the second, Andrew Keith singled, Chase Pratt hit a double and Jonny Corning walked to load the bases before Adam Geibel hit a grand slam to clear the bases and put the Cardinals up 4-0. Later, Alex Cappitelli touched home on a single by Andrew Kauf as Wesleyan led 5-0.
  • Chase Pratt led off the top of the third with a homer, before a single by Kauf brought in Cappitelli and Corning. Two plays later, Kauf and Jake Alonzo crossed the plate on a single by Danny Rose for a commanding 10-0 advantage.
  • Saint John's got back four runs in the bottom of the third to make it 10-4. Ethan Roe scored on a double by Wyatt Ulrich, before a double by Jack Schramel drove in Joey Stock and Max Jackson.
  • The Johnnies chipped away at the deficit in the bottom of the sixth. Schramel touched home on a triple by Thomas Meland, before Meland scored on the next play. Saint John's added two more runs to bring them within two (10-8).
  • With runners on first and second in the top of the seventh, Wesleyan's Cappitelli scored on a throwing error to increase the Cardinal lead to 11-8.
  • Saint John's put the game away in the bottom of the ninth. Jackson scored on a single by Schramel, before Stock crossed the plate on a double by Meland. Jack Wingerd hit a walk-off double to score Meland and Aaron Kloeppner as the Johnnies edged the Cardinals 12-11.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

  • Alonzo suffered the loss on the mound for Wesleyan, allowing four runs on four hits with two strikeouts over two innings.
  • Geibel recorded a homer and four RBI, while Pratt hit a homer, a double and had an RBI for the Cardinals. Kauf went 3-5 with three RBI, while Alonzo went 3-6.
  • Stanley Ridgeway picked up the win in relief for the Johnnies allowing no runs and no hits in one inning of work.
  • Saint John's Schramel went 3-4 with a double and three RBI, while Ulrich was 3-5 with a double and two RBI. Meland hit a triple, a double and had two RBI.
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