Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's baseball rode the heroics of another walk-off home run from senior catcher Ethan Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake) to a convincing win in game two for a sweep of Macalester on Saturday, April 23, in Collegeville.

Held to one hit through the first six innings and facing a 5-1 deficit, SJU (18-14, 10-4 MIAC) scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn a 6-5 win in game one and invoked the 10-run rule with a 10-0 shutout in eight innings in the finale.

Senior right fielder Soren Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake), who earned All-MIAC honors as a freshman at Macalester in 2019, went 3-for-3 with a home run, double and a career-high six RBI in game two. His three-run homer in the fifth inning was the team's 40th of the season, which set a new program record.



Game 1
SJU found the scoreboard first with an unearned run in the third inning, but Macalester (8-17, 4-8 MIAC) answered with a two-out, RBI single off senior Nathan Brandecker (South St. Paul, Minn.) in the sixth.

The Scots' Kenny Rodriguez broke the game open with a grand slam off junior Casey Trapp (Blaine, Minn./Centennial) in the top of the seventh inning.

Junior shortstop Matthew Hayford (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) started the seventh-inning rally with a walk before sophomore third baseman Joe Becker (New Prague, Minn.) poked a 0-2 pitch into left-center for a single. Junior second baseman Owen Dauk (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) was then hit by a pitch for the second time of the game to load the bases. Dauk was plunked again in game two, his 11th of the season, and is now tied with Scott Demorett '97 for the program record (31).

Junior first baseman Max Nyrop (Alameda, Calif.) roped a 3-2 pitch into the left-center gap to score two before Ethan Roe's second walk-off homer of the month. Roe blasted a three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning April 9 against Carleton and did the same Saturday to the same spot - straightaway center field - on a 1-0 pitch with one out. The long ball was Roe's 10th of the season and 23rd of his career, and the team's 39th (tying the program record set last spring). Roe is tied with Tony Giuliani '99 for seventh in school history with 93 career RBI.

Sophomore Kody Dalen (Carver, Minn./Chanhassen) started the game and allowed six hits, with six strikeouts, in five scoreless innings.

Game 2
Soren Roe started the scoring, and his six-RBI game, with a two-run double in the second inning. He came around to score three batters later on Becker's two-out single.

Roe then connected on a 2-2 pitch for a three-run shot, his third homer of the season and seventh as a Johnnie, in the fifth inning.

Sophomore center fielder Jordan Amundson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) added to the single-season record with a solo homer, his fifth of the year, with two outs in the sixth inning.

An RBI double off the bat of sophomore designated hitter Jack Schleper (Shakopee, Minn.) made the score 8-0 in the seventh inning.

SJU loaded the bases with nobody out to start the eighth inning before sophomore pinch hitter Andrew Mahlke (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen) drove in Dauk, who recorded a leadoff single, with an RBI groundout. The Scots intentionally walked another pinch hitter - junior Jackson Amann (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan) - to re-load the bases before, who else, Soren Roe ripped a single through the left side for his sixth RBI to end the game.

Soren Roe scored three runs, while Amundson and Dauk each went 2-for-4 at the plate.

Sophomore Griffin Larson (Edina, Minn.) made the start and improved to 4-2 with the win. He surrendered six hits and struck out six in five scoreless innings. Sophomore Isaac Harrill (Eden Prairie, Minn.) struck out four and allowed two hits in three innings for his first collegiate save.

The Johnnies travel to face Saint Mary's (15-16, 7-7 MIAC) for a 2:30 p.m. doubleheader on Wednesday, April 27, in Winona.