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FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The ninth-ranked St. Scholastica baseball team won its fifth straight game with a 15-3 victory over Oswego State (N.Y.) this afternoon in Fort Pierce, Fla.

The Saints improve to 8-1 overall and 5-0 down in Florida, while the Lakers fall to 3-2 overall.

After two scoreless innings and a quick two outs in the top of the third, the Saints got a runner aboard with two outs. #Sean Claugherty# (Jr.-Oakdale, Minn./Tartan) then got the scoring started for the Saints with a RBI-triple into the gap that drove in #Kyle Wojtysiak# (Sr.-Proctor, Minn.). #Paul Kolodge# (Jr.-Cloquet, Minn.) followed with a single to plate Claugherty and make the score 2-0.

The Lakers cut that lead in half in the bottom of the third with a run-scoring single. CSS extended the lead to 3-1 in the top of the fifth on a RBI fielder's choice by Sean Claugherty (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS), in which, #Chad Peterson# (So.-New Brighton, Minn./St. Anthony Village) beat the throw home. #Jake Gaub# (Sr.-Inver Grove Heights, Minn./South St. Paul) then had a RBI-single to score Claugherty to make it 4-1. The Lakers threatened in the bottom of the inning as they loaded the bases with no outs. Saints' pitcher #Matt Lewis# (So.-Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) then induced a ground ball and CSS got the force out at home. He then got the next batter to ground into a double play to end the threat.

With the bases loaded in the sixth, Sean Claugherty (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS) drew a walk to force in #Tom Juberian# (Fr.-Park Rapids, Minn.) to make the score 5-1. Paul Kolodge (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet Senior HS) then was hit by a pitch to make the score 6-1. Kyle Wojtysiak (Proctor, Minn./Proctor HS) scored on a wild pitch and two batters later #Nick Lee# (Sr.-Carlton, Minn.) drew a RBI-walk to make it 8-1. #Brandon Peterson# (Fr.-Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley) had a RBI fielder's choice and two runs later scored on an Oswego error to make it 11-1. Kyle Wojtysiak (Proctor, Minn./Proctor HS) tied a NCAA Division III record in the inning by getting hit by a pitch twice. That has occurred four times previously.

Paul Kolodge (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet Senior HS) scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh to make it 12-1. The Lakers scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to make it 12-3 and extend the game. In the ninth, Chad Peterson (New Brighton, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS) had a RBI-single to make it to 13-3. #Michael Harris# (So.-Andover, Minn.) also drew a bases loaded walk and #Kyle Moody# (Fr.-Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo) was hit by a pitch to force in another run to make the final score 15-3.

Matt Lewis (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) gets the win on the mound as he pitched six innings, scattered 10 hits, and allowed just one run. Sean Claugherty (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS) had three RBIs and three runs scored to lead the CSS offense.

The Saints will play two, nine-inning games tomorrow. They will begin with La Roche College (Pa.) at 8:30 a.m. That game can be heard on ESPN Radio 560-WEBC. They will play right away again against Ursinus College (Pa.) at noon. That game may or may not be on the radio depending what Duluth East hockey does tonight.