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DULUTH, Minn. – The ninth-ranked St. Scholastica baseball team wrapped up a three-game sweep of the University of Minnesota-Morris Cougars with a seven-inning, 12-2 win Saturday at Wade Stadium.
CSS upped their record to 29-3 overall, and now own a 14-0 record in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). The Saints earned their 22nd consecutive victory; they are now one win away from tying the program's all-time consecutive wins mark held by the 2000 club. Morris fell to 6-20 (5-10 UMAC).
Saints first baseman #Sean Claugherty#
(Sr.- Oakdale, Minn./Tartan) extended his hitting streak to 26 games, putting him second all-time in program history; he is now only behind assistant coach
Justin Harriman's record of 42 consecutive games. Claugherty kept the streak alive in the final at-bat of the afternoon, when he ripped a double into the left-center alley, scoring #Kyle Jensen#
(Fr.- Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake). Jensen had doubled earlier in the inning, scoring #Joe Link#
(Jr.- Woodbury, Minn.).
Saints bats were out early, with a five-run second inning on top of a three-run first. In the second, Link singled up the middle, scoring shortstop #Andy Manos#
(Jr.- White Bear Lake, Minn.). #Brian Peterson#
(Jr.-Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Hill-Murray) crossed home on an RBI-groundout by #Brian Marshik#
(Jr.- Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View). #Catcher
Kyle Moody (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS )#
(So.- Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo) connected on a two-run double to right field, pushing across #Steve Gerten#
(Sr.- West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley) and #Scott Greening#
(Jr.-Antigo, Wis./Mesabi CC).
Link had a hot day at the plate for the Saints, going four-for-five, with a single, a pair of doubles, and a triple. His single was part of the five-run Saints second.
#Jeff Adams#
(Sr.-Two Harbors, Minn.) earned the win on the mound for the Saints. He pitched four innings, giving up one Cougar hit and striking out five. #David Barningham#
(Jr. Bayfield, Wis./Washburn) and #Josh Retka#
(Jr.-Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) appeared in relief for Adams, combining for only two Cougar hits.
The Saints will play Northwestern College in a make-up game on Tuesday in St. Paul. It will be one, nine inning game starting at 4 p.m.
