The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) Golden Eagles Baseball team split two more games against Winona State. UMC won the first game 4-2 but lost the second game 11-10.Â
GAME ONE
FIRST INNING
UMC would get an RBI single from Teddy Giefer (Sr. Courtland, MN) to put UMC up 1-0. Winona State answered with a run off of a double play to tie it up at one apiece
SECOND INNING
Both teams were retired in 1-2-3 fashion in the top of the second inning.Â
THIRD INNING
UMC got a base runner with a hit by pitch but the Golden Eagles weren’t able to score. Winona State drew a walk and got a single with two outs but couldn’t score. It was still tied at one.Â
FOURTH INNING
Danny Wensloff (Sr. Roseau) had a double for the Golden Eagles before he got home on an error on the next at-bat. Kobe Senn (Soph. Fargo, ND) got an RBI single on the next at-bat to make it 3-1 with UMC in the lead.
Winona State countered with a solo home run to make it 3-2 after four innings.
FIFTH INNING
UMC’s Josh Dykhoff (Soph. Wadena, MN) led off the fifth with a solo home run to make it 4-2 with UMC in the lead. Giefer and Miller singled, but the Golden Eagles couldn’t add to their lead. Winona State went three up and three down in the bottom of the frame.
SIXTH INNING
Senn got a one-out double, but UMC couldn’t score him from second. Winona State got a base runner but couldn’t score as UMC held a 4-2 lead.
SEVENTH INNING
UMC got a double and a single before three straight outs. Winona State got a single, and the base runner on two passed balls made it all the way to third, but UMC was able to close out the game and win 4-2.Â
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| Box Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| UMC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Winona State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
For UMC-
Josh Dykhoff – 2-4, 1 RBI, HR
Teddy Giefer – 2 for 4, 1 RBI
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Brody Sorenson- UMC | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Pierce Gritzmaker- WSU | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mason Beltrand- WSU | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
GAME TWO –
FIRST INNING
UMC got three singles as Jake Hjelle (Sr. East Grand Forks, MN) got an RBI single to give UMC a 1-0 lead. Winona State went three up and three down.Â
SECOND INNING
UMC would get back-to-back RBI singles by Dykhoff and Sawyer Satrom (Soph. Portland N.D.) to make it 3-0. In the bottom of the inning, Winona State went three up and three down again.Â
THIRD INNING
UMC drew a walk and advanced on a passed ball but the next three batters were retired. Winona State still couldn’t score after getting their first base runner off of a walk.
FOURTH INNING
UMC was retired in 1-2-3 fashion in the top of the inning. Winona State went three up and three down once again.
FIFTH INNING
UMC would add to their lead as Wensloff grounded out but scored a run, then Mitch Goodwin (Sr. Prior Lake) got an RBI single. UMC led 5-0 but Winona State got their first run of the ballgame in the bottom of the inning.Â
SIXTH INNING
UMC drew two walks before scoring both base runners on an error to make it 7-1 with UMC in command. Winona State scored in the bottom of the sixth to make it 7-2.
SEVENTH INNING
UMC loaded up the bases and scored on a walk to make it 8-2. Winona State had a big inning to tie it. They would get an RBI single, a 2 RBI triple, another RBI single, scored on a wild pitch, and on another RBI single to tie it at eight.
EIGHTH INNING
UMC got a double from Giefer but the Golden Eagles couldn’t regain the lead as Winona State scored on an error to make it 9-8.Â
NINTH INNING
UMC scored on an error as it was the second error of the inning by Winona State to tie the game at nine. Winona State struck out three times in the bottom of the inning to send it to extras.Â
EXTRA INNINGS
In the 10th, UMC got another base runner on by an error and got a two-out single but struck out to end the top of the inning. In the bottom of the inning, Winona State got a single and reached on an error to put two base runners on but couldn’t score.
In the 11th, UMC went three up and three down. Winona State drew a walk, but the next three batters were retired.
In the 12th, UMC got a sacrifice fly to make it 10-9, but in the bottom of the inning, Winona State got an RBI single to tie it and load the bases. On the next at-bat, they bunted to score the winning run and win 11-10.Â
UMC improves to 17-11 on the year and 11-7 in the NSIC and will take on Minot State for another doubleheader on Wednesday. Winona State is now 13-16 overall and 10-9 in the NSIC.
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| Game 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9|10|11|12 | R | H | E |
| UMC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1|0|0|1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Winona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0|0|0|2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
For UMC-
Caden Headlee – 1 for 6, run, rbi, BB
Mitch Goodwin – 3 for 7, run, rbi
Josh Dykhoff – 1 for 4, rbi
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Josh Dykhoff – UMC Jacob Mathiason – UMC Isaac Roers- UMC Max Weber- UMC Caden Edwards- UMC Carsen Barta- UMC Aaron Bennett- UMC |
6.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.0 2.1 0.0 |
7 2 2 1 0 2 2 |
6 2 0 1 0 2 0 |
4 1 0 0 0 2 0 |
2 0 0 1 1 2 0 |
5 0 0 0 4 2 0 |
| Cameron Kramer – WSU | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Chandler Schmidt – WSU Owen Schmidt – WSU |
2.0 1.0 |
2 0 |
2 2 |
2 0 |
0 2 |
3 2 |
| Andrew Regner- WSU Logan LeTourneau- WSU Boyd Skelly- WSU Theo Giedd- WSU Cole Stanchina – WSU Sawyer Hoffman – WSU |
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
1 1 0 1 0 2 |
1 0 1 0 0 1 |
1 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 |
2 2 3 2 2 0 |
