Joe Becker Dugout_Graham Miller
Senior third baseman Joe Becker (image courtesy of Graham Miller)
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Winner Carthage College CART 5-3
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Saint John's Univ. SJU 4-2
Winner
Carthage College CART
5-3
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Final
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Saint John's Univ. SJU
4-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Carthage College CART 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 8 15 1
Saint John's Univ. SJU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 5 11 5

W: Ryan Scanlon (1-0) L: Hartley, Connor (1-1) S: Jake Hartman jr. (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ryan Klinkner, SJU Athletic Media Relations Director

Missed Opportunities Frustrate SJU in Trip Finale


Box Score

TUCSON, Ariz. – Saint John's baseball completed its weekend trip to Arizona with an 8-5 loss to Carthage (Wis.) on Sunday, March 9.

The Johnnies (4-2 overall) committed five errors in the field and collected 11 hits, but went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position, 4-for-21 with runners on base and left 10 men on.

Senior third baseman Joe Becker (New Prague, Minn.) finished 4-for-5 with a home run, while sophomore designated hitter Zach Helfmann (St. Louis Park, Minn.) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a triple. The triple led off the bottom of the second inning, trailing on the scoreboard 1-0, but Helfmann was stranded there.

Becker batted .786 (11-for-14) with an .842 on-base percentage, 2.271 OPS, 10 runs scored, two home runs and seven RBI in the trip's four games.

A solo home run with two outs put the Firebirds ahead in the top of the second inning and the visitors on the scoreboard added a single run in each of the next two innings for a 3-0 lead.

Junior left fielder Owen Amrhein (Waconia, Minn.) scored Helfmann from first base with an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth.

Carthage (5-3 overall), however, answered with three runs in the fifth, added an unearned run in the sixth and tacked on another in the eighth for an 8-1 lead.

Freshman second baseman Alex Matchey (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) started a three-run eighth inning on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded. Sophomore catcher Will Wareham (Lakeville, Minn./North) followed with an RBI double and sophomore center fielder Riley Schwellenbach (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) cut the Johnnies' deficit to 8-4 with an RBI groundout.

Becker led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a solo homer – his second of the season and 22nd of his career – but the Johnnies led junior first baseman Collin Kray (Little Falls, Minn.) at first base with three-consecutive strikeouts to end the game.

Senior Connor Hartley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Rosemount) took the loss (1-1 record), allowing seven runs (five earned) on 12 hits in seven innings. He struck out three and did not issue a free pass.

The Johnnies travel to the Orlando area for nine games over spring break (March 16-22). 


 
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