Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Saint John's baseball earned its second consecutive sweep, 14-6  and 4-3, at St. Olaf on Saturday, April 16, at Mark Almli Field.

Senior catcher Ethan Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake) broke his tie with Jed Riegelman '04 for sole possession of SJU's program record for career home runs with a pair of long balls, his 21st and 22nd, in game one.

SJU (15-13, 7-3 MIAC) hit four home runs in game one and batted .324 (24-for-74) on the day. 

St. Olaf (8-10, 2-4 MIAC), meanwhile, batted .207 (12-for-58), including 6-for-32 (.188) with runners on base and 2-for-20 (.100) with runners in scoring position.

Game 1
Junior first baseman Max Nyrop (Alameda, Calif.) started the game's scoring with a two-run homer, his fifth of the season and 16th of his career (sixth in SJU history), in the top of the first inning.

SJU tacked on four more runs in the third inning on an RBI single from sophomore center fielder Jordan Amundson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Roe's record-breaking, three-run homer in the third inning.

STO scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the third inning and SJU did the same in the top of the fourth to make the score 8-2.

The Johnnies crossed the plate twice in the fifth inning thanks to back-to-back doubles from Nyrop and sophomore third baseman Joe Becker (New Prague, Minn.), and senior right fielder Soren Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake) registered a sacrifice fly.

A pair of home runs - a leadoff dinger from Ethan Roe and a three-run blast from junior second baseman Owen Dauk (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) - ended the Johnnies' scoring in the sixth.

Sophomore Kody Dalen (Carver, Minn./Chanhassen) earned his first win of the season (1-1 record), allowing six runs (two earned) on seven hits. He struck out seven in 6.1 innings. Junior Jack Haring (Ham Lake, Minn./Blaine) recorded the final two outs in relief.

Dauk and Nyrop, SJU's second and third hitters in the lineup, combined to go 6-for-7 with seven runs scored and five RBI.

Amundson, Ethan Roe and junior shortstop Matthew Hayford (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) added two hits apiece.

Game 2
SJU followed a similar blueprint to game one with three runs in the first inning. Nyrop stroked an RBI double, while Amundson and sophomore left fielder Rodney Erickson (St. Paul, Minn./Woodbury) recorded a pair of two-out, RBI singles.

Erickson gave SJU a 4-0 lead with a sac fly in the top of the third inning.

Sam Lavin made it a one-run game with a one-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning. Joey Glampe followed with a double, but senior Nathan Brandecker (South St. Paul, Minn.) relieved sophomore Quinn Krueger (Woodbury, Minn.) and recorded the final two outs to end the threat. The relief appearance was Brandecker's first since April 21, 2021, at Bethel.

Junior southpaw Casey Trapp (Blaine, Minn./Centennial), fresh off his 127-pitch, complete-game win on Wednesday (April 13), pitched the ninth inning for his collegiate save.

Sophomore Griffin Larson (Edina, Minn.) picked up the win in his second collegiate start. He allowed only one hit and struck out nine in five scoreless innings, but walked six.

Hayford led SJU's bats in game two with a 3-for-4 performance to end the day 5-for-7. Amundson and Soren Roe tallied two hits apiece.

Dauk and Nyrop each batted 4-for-8 with five runs scored and three RBI in the doubleheader.

The Johnnies are scheduled to travel north to Duluth on Tuesday, April 19, for a 2:30 p.m. doubleheader against St. Scholastica.