PASADENA, Calif. – The Macalester College baseball team took on California Institute of Technology today in Pasadena. The game was close, but the Scots fell, 5-3. The Scots are now 1-1 this season.
 
Senior Matt Odom (Glendale, Calif./St. Francis) started the Scots off strong in the first, hitting a solo home run to right field to take a 1-0 lead. However, the Beavers were able two get three runs in the second. At the top of the fifth, Sophomore Stephen Paulsen (Middleton, Wis./Middleton) hit an RBI-single to center field scoring fellow sophomore Tristan Jones (Fairfield, Conn./Green Farms Academy). Junior Hayes Waddell (North Hampton, N.H./Winnacunnet) then stepped up to the plate, smashing an RBI-double to bring in sophomore Raymond McCaskey (Colorado Springs, Colo./Manitou Springs) and tie the game, 3-3. However, the Beavers were able to pick up two more runs and take the game, 5-3. Waddell and sophomore Evan Kang (Sherman Oaks, Calif./Village Christian) both went 2-for-4 on the day.
 
The Scots round out their California trip on Sunday Feb 25 with a pair of games. Macalester will play University of Minnesota-Morris again at 10:00 a.m. CST and then California Lutheran at 2:00 p.m. CST. Both games will be in Thousand Oaks, Calif.