Alvernia Box Score | Pitt-Bradford Box Score

FT. MYERS, Fla. – Saint John's baseball recorded two more wins in a pair of nine-inning games against different opponents on Tuesday, March 6, in Ft. Myers, Fla.

SJU (4-0 overall) started the day with a narrow 2-1 win over Alvernia (Pa.) and followed that with a 13-1 victory over Pitt-Bradford.

Saint John's 2, Alvernia 1
Junior centerfielder Max Jackson (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the ninth inning with a two-out, RBI single on a 2-2 count with the bases loaded.

Junior outfielder Jack Wingerd (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) tied the game at 1-1 with a solo home run, his second homer in as many days, in the sixth inning.

Junior Jake Dickmeyer (Woodbury, Minn.) allowed the one run, a solo homer with two outs in the fourth, on five hits in seven innings of work. He struck out three and did not walk a batter. Dickmeyer led all of NCAA Division III with zero walks issued in 64 innings last season.

Senior Ben Etzell (Greenbank, Wash./Coupeville) struck out two in two innings of hitless relief to earn the win.

Alvernia (3-3 overall) posted a 30-15-2 record last season.

Saint John's 13, Pitt-Bradford 1
SJU received another strong outing from its starting pitcher, junior Bennett Wiggins (St. Anthony, Minn.), and the offense totaled 20 hits in the win.

Wiggins allowed the one run, a solo home run for the Panthers (4-1 overall) in the seventh inning, on five hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked one. Junior Alex Budde (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) allowed one hit in two innings of relief.

Wingerd went 4-for-5 with a triple, four runs scored and three RBI. Jackson and sophomore shortstop Jack Schramel (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) each went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the game.

The Johnnies play a doubleheader against U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.) at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday, March 7.