Box Score Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The 25th-ranked St. Scholastica baseball team broke open two tie games in the fifth inning with four and six runs, respectively, to sweep a doubleheader from the College of Mount St. Vincent (N.Y.) 10-0 and 11-5 today.

The Saints improve to 6-2 on the year and have scored 10 or more runs in five of the eight games. CSS improves to 3-0 against the Dolphins with the lone other meeting taking place in 2006.

The Saints threatened in the top of the first of game one, with three hits, but came away with zero runs as #Chad Peterson# (Jr.-New Brighton, Minn./St. Anthony Village) was thrown out at the plate from center field. CSS then loaded the bases with no one out in the top of the fourth, but once again came away with nothing.

CSS finally broke through in the top of the fifth as with the bases loaded and two outs, #Paul Kolodge# (Sr.-Cloquet, Minn.) was hit to force in Chad Peterson (New Brighton, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS). #Brandon Peterson# (So.-Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley) stepped to the plate and drove in both #Sean Claugherty# (Sr.-Oakdale, Minn./Tartan) and #Scott Greening# (Jr.-Antigo, Wis.) with a single. Kolodge then scored on a wild pitch to make it 4-0.

The Saints kept it going in the sixth as Sean Claugherty (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS) drove in two with a double to extend the margin to 6-0. #Tom Juberian# (So.-Park Rapids, Minn.) and #Jake Casareto# (Fr.-International Falls, Minn.) added an RBI-singles and #Griffin Bell# (Jr.-Oconomowoc, Wis.) had a two-run double to make the final 10-0.

#Jeff Adams# (Sr.-Two Harbors, Minn.) struck out seven to earn the complete-game shutout, his first of his career.

The Dolphins got on top early in game two, scoring three runs in the top of the first. The Saints got one run back in the bottom half with an infield single by Sean Claugherty (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS), scoring #Brian Marshik# (Jr.-Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View). However, the Saints left the bases loaded in the inning.

CSS cut it to 3-2 in the second as #Joe Link# (Jr.-Woodbury, Minn.) scored on a Chad Peterson (New Brighton, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS) groundout. After Mount St. Vincent added a run in the top of the third, Scott Greening (Antigo, Wis./Antigo HS (Mesabi CC)) drilled his second home run of the season to cut the Dolphin lead to 4-3. Joe Link (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) then delivered with two outs, driving in two runs to give CSS its first lead at 5-4.

The Dolphins tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the fourth off a St. Scholastica error. However, Link gave the Saints the lead back in the bottom of the fifth, driving in #Kyle Moody# (So.-Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo) to make it 6-5. Brian Marshik (Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS ) then ripped a RBI-single, Sean Claugherty (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS) drew a bases loaded walk, Scott Greening (Antigo, Wis./Antigo HS (Mesabi CC)) had a sacrifice fly, and #Steve Gerten# (Sr.-West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley) had an RBI-single to make it 10-5. Moody then was hit by a pitch to force in another run to make it six runs in the inning to extend the lead to 11-5.

That would be the final as #Jake Nystrom# (Fr.-Fargo, N.D./North) earned the win in his first collegiate action, going five innings. #Jake Snyder# (Fr.-Duluth, Minn./Central), also in his first collegiate game, pitched two scoreless innings of relief.

The Saints will face Centenary College (N.J.) for one, nine-inning game tomorrow. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. local time. All of the action can be heard live on ESPN Radio 560-WEBC.