Trey Cavello and Ethan Roe_Rafael Alvarez
Senior Trey Cavello (left) and junior Ethan Roe celebrate following one of Roe's three home runs on the afternoon (image courtesy of Rafael Alvarez).
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Crown College CROWN 2-3
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Winner Saint John's Univ. SJU 1-0
Crown College CROWN
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Final
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Saint John's Univ. SJU
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Crown College CROWN 2 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 10 11 3
Saint John's Univ. SJU 1 4 4 0 0 1 1 2 X 13 15 3

W: Otto, Alex (1-0) L: Kyle Schroedle (1-1) S: Penick, Nick (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Johnnies Smack Six Homers in 13-10 Win


Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's baseball clubbed a school-record six home runs, including three from junior catcher Ethan Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake), in a 13-10 win over Crown on Sunday, March 7, in Collegeville.

The three homers - the first of his collegiate career - tied Roe with four other Johnnies, the most recent being Matt Ode '98 (April 15, 1997, at Gustavus Adolphus), for SJU's single-game record. Roe's 14 total bases, thanks to an eighth-inning double, set an SJU record. Roe finished 4-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored.

Roe's third homer of the game, a no-doubter to left to leadoff the bottom of the seventh, broke a 10-10- tie. A two-run shot from sophomore Max Nyrop (Alameda, Calif.) padded the Johnnies' lead and ended the scoring in the bottom of the eighth. Nyrop finished 3-for-4 with three RBI.

SJU (1-0 overall) totaled 15 hits, 10 for extra bases. Crown (2-3 overall), meanwhile, cracked 11 hits but was 0-for-6 with the bases loaded and left 14 men on base. The Storm's first eight runs scored with two outs.

The Johnnies threw a different pitcher each of the first seven innings until Nick Penick (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) closed the door with a two-inning save. He struck out four and did not allow a baserunner. The previous seven pitchers issued 10 free passes (seven walks and three hit batsmen). Sophomore Alex Otto (Monticello, Minn.) was credited with the win.

Junior outfielder Soren Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake) tripled in his first plate appearance and crushed a two-run homer in the third inning. Sophomore third baseman Zach Selchow (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) also went 2-for-5.

SJU erased a 5-1 deficit with four runs in both the second and third innings. Senior outfielder Trey Cavello (Minnetrista, Minn./Holy Family Catholic) started the second-inning rally with his first collegiate home run and Ethan Roe followed with his first homer of the day two pitches later.

Down 11-10 with two outs in the top of the eighth inning, Crown's Mason Brock looked to have tripled off the base of the left-field pole. The Johnnies, however, appealed to first base and Brock was called out for missing the bag, ending the inning (and scoring threat).

The Johnnies face Bethany Lutheran for a 7 a.m. doubleheader Wednesday, March 10, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. 


 
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