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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Athletics

THE OFFICIAL SITE OF SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CARDINAL ATHLETICS
Daniel Sherman
Kathryn Elizabeth Wristen, U of A SID Department
11
Winner Saint Mary's (Minn.) SAINT MA 3-1
8
Trine TRINE 1-4
Winner
Saint Mary's (Minn.) SAINT MA
3-1
11
Final
8
Trine TRINE
1-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Mary's (Minn.) SAINT MA 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 11 14 3
Trine TRINE 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 8 10 1

W: Tulley, Connor (1-1) L: D. Basso (0-1) S: Schork, Patrick (1)

5
Winner Trine TRINE 2-4
3
Saint Mary's (Minn.) SAINT MA 3-2
Winner
Trine TRINE
2-4
5
Final
3
Saint Mary's (Minn.) SAINT MA
3-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Trine TRINE 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 0
Saint Mary's (Minn.) SAINT MA 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 0

W: O. Mitchell (1-1) L: Rothenberger, Drew (0-1) S: C. Hufnagle (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Opens Florida Tournament with Split Against the Thunder

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Saint Mary's baseball team (3-2) opened its Florida trip on Sunday, where they played a doubleheader against Trine (2-4) and split the cloudy day series.

GAME ONE

SMU 11, TU 8

The Cardinals rallied for an 11-8 win over the Thunder at Lake Myrtle Park. Trailing by four early, the Cardinals erupted for eight runs in the seventh inning to flip the game and secure the comeback victory.

At the mound, Connor Tulley earned the win pitching four innings and striking out three. Patrick Schork sealed the game, recording his first save of the season.

Gavin Schulte powered the offense with three hits, including a home run, and four RBIs. Ryan Csida collected four hits, two doubles and a triple, while adding an RBI. Josh Costello crossed the plate three times and drove in two with a double, and Sam Knickerbocker chipped in with two doubles and two RBIs.

Trine struck first in the second inning, taking advantage of two Saint Mary's errors to plate four runs.

The Cardinals began to chip away in the fifth when Knickerbocker roped a double to right, bringing home two unearned runs to pull Saint Mary's back within striking distance.

The breakthrough came in the seventh. Schulte ignited the rally with a two-run homer to left-center, and the momentum never slowed. Costello followed with a two-RBI double, and the Cardinals continued to apply pressure with timely hits and aggressive baserunning, capitalizing on a wild pitch during the eight-run surge.

Trine was unable to answer in its final at-bat, going down in order to seal the Cardinals' comeback victory.

GAME TWO

SMU 3, TU 5

In the final game of the day, the Cardinals came up just short.

Again, Schulte paced the Cardinals with a double, an RBI, and a stolen base. Joe Anderson added two hits and a steal while turning in a steady defensive effort at second base with two assists. Costello anchored the infield at shortstop, recording four assists, and Tyson Allen-Woodcock worked four innings on the mound, allowing just one earned run on three hits while walking two.

Trine seized control early in the second inning, using a walk and a hit-by-pitch to spark a three-run rally that helped build a 4-0 advantage that put the Cardinals on their heels.

Saint Mary's mounted a response in the sixth. Csida opened the frame with a double and later scored when Jack Anderson delivered a double of his own. Daniel Sherman followed with an RBI groundout to trim the deficit to 5-3 and swing momentum briefly in the Cardinals' favor.

Despite the late push that included Schulte's run-scoring double, Saint Mary's could not fully erase the early gap. The Cardinals stranded two runners in the seventh after a leadoff single by Anderson, and key opportunities throughout the game went unfinished as the Thunder's early surge ultimately held up.

The team will play just one game tomorrow against Wartburg College at 1:30 p.m. (CT) back in Auburndale.

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