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Macalester gets hit by Division III record 13 pitches; beats Wesleyan 15-4

Box Score Macalester batters were hit by pitches 13 times and base runners stole 11 bases as the Scots rolled past  Wesleyan 15-4 in Goodyear, Arizona.  The Scots pick up their second Spring Break win and improve to 4-5 on the season.  The 13 HBP's is an NCAA Divisison III record, breaking the old mark of 11 set by Allegheny in a 2009 game against LaRoche.

Graham Brown (Sr., Annandale, Minn.) stole six bases in six tries, while Garrett Salzman (Sr., Glendale, Calif. / St. Francis) and David Melms (Jr., Wauwatosa, Wis. / Wisconsin Lutheran) each reached three times by getting hit by a Wesleyan pitch.

The Scots had five doubles on the day and received a good pitching performance from Nathan Kelleher-Crew (So., Cool, Calif. / Golden Sierra)).  Kelleher-Crew pitched eight innings and allowed just two earned runs. 

CJ Smith (So., Ashland, Wis.) and Robert Williams (Sr., West Covina, Calif. / Fairview) each collected two hits and Brown drove in three runs.  Williams scored three runs and is now batting .484 (15-for-31).  Ross Bronfenbrenner (So., San Anselmo, Calif. / Marin Academy) stole three bases and Melms stole two.  Jimmy Belfont (Jr., Olney, Md. / Our Lady of Good Counsel) was 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs.

Macalester is off tomorrow and plays a doubleheader with Wisconsin-Stout on Wednesday (March 14).



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