Macalester vs. St. John's box scores: Game 1 | Game 2

The Scots took on one of the five conference leaders and were defeated by St. John's 9-7 and 9-0 Tuesday at Nicholson Field. Macalester played a solid game in the opener, but a three-run homer in the top of the seventh by SJU was too much to overcome.

Bobby De Meulenaere (Jr., Elk Grove Village, Ill. / Elk Grove), Nate Wilson-Traisman (Sr., Eugene, Ore. / South Eugene) and Robert Williams (So., West Covina, Calif. / Northview) all collected three hits on the day for Macalester, while Williams hit his fourth home run of the season in the bottom of the seventh inning in the opener to pull the Scots to within two runs.

Williams drove in four runs and De Meulenaere drove in two on a 3-for-4 performance. Williams leads the team with 34 RBI in 33 games and has an 11-game hitting streak.  Wilson-Traisman crossed the plate three times.

Eric Robinson (Sr., San Francisco, Calif. / The Urban School) rolled through the first four innings on the mound, holding St. John's to just one run until the visitors took a 4-3 lead with three fifth-inning runs.
 
Mac started the game off with three first-inning runs on a Mitch Glasser (So., Chicago, Ill. / The Latin School) single, Nate Wilson-Traisman double, Devin English (Sr., Annapolis, Md. / DeMatha) hit-by-pitch, two-run Williams double, and a Garrett Salzman (So., Glendale, Calif. / St. Francis) sacrifice fly.

The Scots regained the lead 5-4 with a couple runs in the bottom of the fifth, getting four hits, including a bases-loaded De Meulenaere double to plate Wilson-Traisman and English.

SJU, however, crossed the plate two times in the sixth and three more times in the seventh, and held off a Macalester rally in the bottom of the seventh.

Unlike the back-and-forth opener, the nightcap was all St. John's, which scored sixth unearned runs in the second and held the Scots to five hits on the game.

Mac drops to 17-15-1 overall and 4-10 in the MIAC. St. John's is one of three teams six games over .500 and at 11-5 (18-15 overall), along with St. Thomas and Concordia, and is in the thick of the race for the league crown.

The Scots host Bethel Saturday (May 1) at 12 noon.