Box Score

FT. MYERS, Fla. – Saint John's baseball ended its spring-break trip with an 11-6 win over Thiel (Pa.) on Friday, March 9. 

SJU (8-1 overall) erased a 5-1 deficit with six runs on seven hits in the fifth inning and added four more runs in the seventh for good measure. The Johnnies and Tomcats (1-6 overall) combined for 29 hits and 19 men left on base on the day.

Senior second baseman Brennan Swan (Plymouth, Minn./Totino-Grace) went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI from the No. 8 spot in the lineup and sophomore shortstop Michael Gruber (Glenwood, Minn./Minnewaska Area) posted a 3-for-4 performance with two runs scored and a pair of RBI from the No. 9 spot in the win.

Swan ended the trip, which consisted of nine games in five days, as the Johnnies' leader in batting average (.522) and finished second in hits (12) and runs scored (12).

Senior Nick Noack (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake) relieved junior Jake Dickmeyer (Woodbury, Minn.) and earned the win thanks to the Johnnies' six-run fifth inning. Junior Bennett Wiggins (St. Anthony, Minn.) allowed one run on four hits in three innings and junior Alex Budde (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) pitched a scoreless seventh.

The Johnnies travel to Tucson, Ariz., next weekend for seven games in four days (March 17-20).