Box Score
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – Saint John's baseball completed its three-game series vs. Luther (Iowa) with a 5-1 loss on Sunday, Feb. 26, on the University of Saint Mary campus in Leavenworth, Kan.
The Johnnies (1-2 overall) left eight men on base and committed four errors in the loss.
The Norse (2-1 overall) plated two runs in the first inning and added another, thanks to a leadoff walk, in the third.
SJU found the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning when senior second baseman
Owen Dauk (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) started the frame with a double and scored on an RBI single from junior third baseman
Joe Becker (New Prague, Minn.) in the next at-bat. Luther added an insurance run in the eighth and ninth innings.
Becker and senior first baseman
Max Nyrop (Alameda, Calif.) led SJU with two hits apiece. On the weekend, Nyrop batted .583 (7-for-12) with a home run and two RBI in the three games.
Three sophomores provided the pitching for SJU. Lefty
Will Fazio (Minneapolis, Minn./Blake) took the hard-luck loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits in six innings. He struck out eight and walked two.
Tien Foudray (Excelsior, Minn./Holy Family Catholic) surrendered an unearned run in two innings of relief and
Connor Hartley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Rosemount) pitched the ninth.
SJU travels to Florida for seven games - three in Port Charlotte and four in Ft. Myers - over a span of six days (March 6-11).
