St. Paul, Minn.- The Macalester College baseball team dropped two tough games to a strong Gustavus Adolphus College. The deep pitching and stout defense of the Gusties was on full display in both games. The Scots drop to 3-6 (3-6 MIAC) after a pair of losses while Gustavus improves to 11-1 (6-1 MIAC).
In game one both teams pitched well and played strong defense. The Scots struck first in the bottom of the third inning. Sophomore
Erik Hager (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South) singled through the right tide to start the inning. After a failed back-pick from the catcher Hager advanced to second base. Junior
Anushka Fernando (Silver Spring, MD./Wheaton) then hit a deep fly out to left filed to advance Hager to third base. Junior
Anthony Palma (Moorseville, N.C./Lake Norman) doubled to right center to bring Hager in and give Macalester a 1-0 lead.
The Gusties responded in the top of the fourth with a run of their own to make the score 1-1. Gustavus would go on to score four unanswered runs through the sixth and seventh inning to ultimately win game one by a score of 5-1. Sophomore
Thomas Windels (New York, N.Y./Episcopal) did a great job on the bump for the Scots. Windels gave up one run on seven hits while striking out six batters.
Box Score Game 1
In game two, the Gusties got off to a hot start by scoring five runs in the first. Gustavus went on to score six more runs before the Scots got on the board with a run of their own.
First year
Charlie Burton (Round Lake, Ill./Round Lake) got things started in the sixth inning by reaching first after getting hit by a pitch. First year
Matt Odom (Glendale, Calif./St. Francis) then hit a single to left filed to give Macalester runners at first and second with no outs. Odom managed to come around and score later in the inning on a wild pitch. The Scots ended up dropping game two by a score of 11-1.
The Scots collected six hits in game two. First year
Jack Conner (Northborough, Mass./Algonquin Regional) went 2-for-3 with two singles during game two. Macalester tallied 11 hits on the strong pitching staff of Gustavus over the course of today's double header.
Box Score Game 2
The Scots will look to bounce back as they play a three-game weekend series against Hamline University. The Scots will play a double header Saturday, April 17 at CHS field. Game one is set to start at 1:00 pm.
