Macalester vs. Marian box scores: Game 1 | Game 2

Macalester won the first game of a Spring Break doubleheader in Phoenix with Marian (Wis.) to improve to 8-5 on the season, but the Sabres came back to win the nightcap 11-4.

James Murrey (Jr., Western Springs, Ill. / Lyons Township) struck out a career-high 14 batters in the opening game, improving to 2-0 on the trip and 3-1 on the season. He gave up eight hits and stranded eight runners on base. Murrey's previous career strikeout best was 11 achieved in back-to-back starts last season against St. Mary's and Concordia.

The Scots received a pair of hits each from Mitch Glasser (Fy., Chicago, Ill. / Latin School), Nate Wilson-Traisman (Jr., Eugene, Ore. / South Eugene) and Robert Williams (Fy., West Covina, Calif. / Northview).

Marian opened up a 1-1 contest with four runs in the top of the fourth in the nightcap and then added six more runs in the fifth to put things away. Wilson-Traisman went 2-for-2 with a couple RBI for the Scots to boost his batting average on the season over .500 at .511.