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No. 3-ranked St. Thomas survived a pair of seventh inning threats to win 3-2 and 3-1 over the Scots at UST in a matchup of last year's MIAC co-champs. The Tommies extend their winning streak to 15 games and improve to 12-0 in conference action (24-4 overall), while Macalester is 17-14 on the year, 7-5 in the MIAC.
Macalester game one starter
Nick Meerson (Sr., Los Angeles, Calif. / Harvard-Westlake) (7-2) pitched another standout game and three Scots pitchers held the Tommies to only four hits in game two.
In the opening game, unbeaten Tommie ace Steve Maher (9-0) had a perfect game going into the final inning, but the Scots made him work for the victory.
Graham Brown (Sr., Annandale, Minn.) walked to become Mac's first base-runner when leading off the seventh and scored when
Ross Bronfenbrenner (So., San Anselmo, Calif. / Marin Academy) followed with a triple. Bronfenbrenner cut the lead to one when he scored on a ground out.
With a runner on first after a strikeout / wild pitch,
Garrett Salzman (Sr., Glendale, Calif. / St. Francis) kept the rally alive with a single, but a double play on a close call ended the game with the tying run at third.
UST scored three unearned runs in the second inning of the nightcap, but reliever
Nathan Kelleher-Crew (So., Cool, Calif. / Golden Sierra) kept the Scots in the battle with three hitless innings of relief pitching. Macalester broke up another UST shutout bid in the seventh when
Nick Mar (Fy., Sacramento, Calif. / McClatchy) led off with a bunt single and scored on a Brown hit before the Tommies got the final out.
The first game was played in just 1:20 and game two was completed in 90 minutes.
Macalester returns to action Saturday (April 21) when it plays an MIAC twinbill at Concordia-Moorhead.
