Box Scores: Game One | Game Two

MANKATO, Minn. – After rallying for a comeback victory Friday afternoon, the 11th-ranked St. Scholastica baseball team split a two-game set with Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) rival Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday afternoon.

Game one saw the Saints take an early lead against the Vikings top starter Cody Hallahan with #Joe Link# driving in #Brian Marshik# in the first inning to put the Saints up 1-0 after one.

After Bethany Lutheran came back to tie the score in the third inning, CSS scored three runs in the third with Link again driving in Marshik for the first and #Kyle Moody# driving a two-run double to right center to put the Saints up 4-1.

Marshik finally drove in a run of his own in the fourth with a double to right center that brought #Chad Peterson# in to score. The Saints rallied for seven runs in the inning, chasing Hallahan after 3.1 innings.

Meanwhile, #Matt Lewis# worked a gem for the Saints, allowing just the one run in a complete game victory. He struck out seven and allowed seven hits on the afternoon.

Game two went the way of the Vikings as both the Saints' #Kyle Jensen# and Bethany's Aaron Siefken going the distance.

Much like game one, Brian Marshik (Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS ) walked to lead off the game and eventually came around to score on a passed ball. Link came around to score when #Brandon Peterson# hit a two-out single.

In the top of the second, Travis Fisher scored an unearned run for the Vikings in the top of the second after a two-out double. After a pair of scoreless innings, BLC got a lead-off double from Brad Lawson who eventually came in to score the tying run on a Dylan Gass RBI single.

The score held at two apiece until the top of the first when a pair of errors allowed Trent Sonnicksen to score and put the Vikings up 3-2.

The Saints threatened with singles by #David Vogelgesang# and Moody in the seventh, but a double play turned by the BLC defense closed out the game.

Jensen allowed just six hits for the Saints and one earned run. He struck out three in seven innings of work, while his mound opponent Siefken allowed seven hits but struck out five for Bethany Lutheran.

The Saints will continue on the road again Tuesday, taking on UMAC rival Northland College in a double header scheduled for 2 p.m.