The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) Golden Eagles Baseball team swept Minot State, winning the first game 9-5 and coming back in the second game to win 16-15.Â
GAME ONE
FIRST INNING
UMC would get an RBI double from Josh Dykhoff (Soph Wadena, MN) to put UMC up 1-0. Two batters later, Jake Hjelle (Sr. East Grand Forks, MN) got an RBI single to add to the Golden Eagles lead. Minot State went three up and three down in the bottom of the inning as UMC led 2-0.Â
SECOND INNING
UMC loaded the bases with three straight singles before a sac fly made it 3-0. Mitch Goodwin (Sr. Prior Lake, MN) stole home to make it 4-0 with UMC leading. Minot State went three up and three down again in the bottom of the second
THIRD INNING
Hjelle hit a solo home run to make it 5-0 as UMC added to their lead. Minot State got an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to make it 5-1 with UMC still on top.Â
FOURTH INNING
UMC added to their lead as Dykhoff had a two-RBI triple to make it 7-1. Hjelle added to the lead with an RBI single, and later Teddy Giefer (Sr. Courtland, MN) got an RBI single to make it 9-1.
Minot State wasn’t able to score after two singles and trailed by eight.
FIFTH INNING
UMC got a double but couldn’t score. Minot State got a base runner off of a walk but couldn’t score.
SIXTH INNING
UMC drew a walk with one out but couldn’t score. Minot State got a three-run home run to cut UMC’s lead down to 9-4.Â
SEVENTH INNING
UMC drew a walk but couldn’t score again. Minot State got a solo home run to make it 9-5 but couldn’t score again as UMC won 9-5
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| Box Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| UMC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Minot State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
For UMC-
Jake Hjelle – 3-4, 3 RBI, HR
Josh Dykhoff – 2-4, 3 RBI, 3B
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Isaac Wensloff- UMC Ben Goetz- UMC |
5.0 0.2 |
4 1 |
2 2 |
2 2 |
2 2 |
5 1 |
| Carsen Barta- UMC Isaac Rogers- UMC |
0.1 1.0 |
0 2 |
0 1 |
0 1 |
0 0 |
0 1 |
| Gage Eastlick- MSU Conner Meldrim- MSU |
3.0 0.2 |
7 2 |
5 4 |
5 4 |
1 2 |
4 2 |
| Noah Balandran- MSU Jack Bright- MSU |
0.2 2.2 |
3 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
1 2 |
0 1 |
GAME TWO –
FIRST INNING
UMC would take an early 1-0 lead as Giefer got an RBI single for the Golden Eagles. Minot State got a two-run home run in the bottom of the inning to go up 2-1.Â
SECOND INNING
UMC drew a walk and, with two outs, got a single, but the runner was thrown out at home to end the inning. Minot went three up and three down.Â
THIRD INNING
UMC got a single but once again couldn’t score. Minot State added to their lead with a two-run double, then followed it up with an RBI single to take a 5-1 lead.Â
FOURTH INNING
UMC would get a two-run double from Kobe Senn (Soph Fargo, ND) as UMC pulled within two but couldn’t add to it. Minot State scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to make it 7-3.
FIFTH INNING
Giefer hit a solo home run with two outs to make it 7-4 with Minot State still in command. Minot State would add four more runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by a two run home run to go up 11-4.Â
SIXTH INNING
UMC would score in the sixth, with Goodwin scoring on a wild pitch to make it 11-5. Minot State scored on a wild pitch as well to make it 12-5.
SEVENTH INNING
UMC would get a big inning as Goodwin grounded out but drove in a run to make it 12-6. Then, after a hit by pitch, Sawyer Satrom (Soph Portland, ND) got an RBI double to make it 12-7. Then Dykhoff homered on the next at-bat to make it 12-10. Minot State didn’t score in the bottom of the inning.
EIGHTH INNING
UMC’s offense exploded once again. This time, they loaded up the bases and drew back-to-back walks to tie the game at 12. Then, the Golden Eagles took the lead on a fielder’s choice. UMC drew two more walks and got a sacrifice fly to take a 16-12 lead. Minot State had a runner in scoring position but couldn’t score.Â
NINTH INNING
UMC went three up and three down as Minot State pushed for a late comeback. With two outs and the bases loaded, UMC committed an error which scored a run for Minot State and made it 16-13. Next batter, Minot State got a two-run single to make UMC’s lead shrink down to just one at 16-15, but UMC struck out the next batter to win a wild one, 16-15.Â
UMC improves to 19-11 on the year and 13-7 in the NSIC and will host Southwest Minnesota State for a doubleheader on Saturday. Minot State is now 9-22 overall and 6-15 in the NSIC.
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| Game 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| UMC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 3 |
| Minot State | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
For UMC-
Caden Headlee – 3 for 4, run, rbi, 2 BB
Teddy Giefer – 3 for 4, run, 2 rbi, HR
Josh Dykhoff – 1 for 5, 4 rbi, HR
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Nate Benning – UMC Aaron Bennett – UMC Eli Denisen- UMC Jacob Mathiason- UMC Caden Edwards- UMC Nate Grafsgaard- UMC Jake Osowski- UMC |
3.1 1.0 0.2 1.2 1.1 0.0 1.0 |
8 4 0 1 0 1 1 |
7 4 0 1 0 0 0 |
6 4 0 1 0 0 0 |
1 1 0 1 1 2 0 |
3 0 0 2 1 0 2 |
| Colton Bagshaw – MSU | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Hayden Bode – MSU Trevyn Badger – MSU |
1.2 1.1 |
3 3 |
2 1 |
2 1 |
2 0 |
0 2 |
| Craig Schmich- MSU Cameron Bagshaw- MSU Gage Yost- MSU Devin Marton- MSU Noah Balandran – MSU |
1.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.2 |
2 4 0 0 0 |
1 5 3 3 0 |
1 5 3 3 0 |
1 0 2 4 0 |
2 0 0 0 1 |
