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St. Scholastica began their slate of games over their spring trip in Fort Pierce, Fla., with an 8-5 win over Elizabethtown (Pa.) College on Sunday afternoon.
Starter Jake Gaub (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./South St. Paul HS) picked up the win for the Saints (2-1) pitching four and a third innings and allowing 4 runs on only 3 hits, walking 4 and striking out 7. Steve Gerten (West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) came on in relief in the fifth inning and finished the game out allowing 1 run on 6 hits while striking out 8 in the final four and two-thirds innings.
Leadoff batter and preseason All-American Blake Eller (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd HS) was 3-for-4 in the game with 3 RBI, 1 stolen base, and 3 runs scored. Darrin Carlson (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS) had a 3-for-5 day at the plate including a double and 2 RBI.
First baseman Sean Claugherty (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS) had only one hit in the game but the sophomore made it count banging out a solo homerun, his second homer of the season.
St. Scholastica jumped out quickly on the Blue Jays, scoring one run in the bottom of the first then plating three more in the bottom of the second to give Gaub a nice 4-run cushion.
Elizabethtown picked up a run in the third, two more in the fourth, then another in the fifth but St. Scholastica scored four runs over the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings to maintain their lead and eventually deal Elizabethtown (3-1) their first loss of the season.
