Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 TULSA, Okla. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team traveled to Tulsa, Okla. and dropped its 2014 opener to St. Thomas, but would defeat UW-La Crosse in the nightcap.

CSS 2, #9 St. Thomas 9
The Saints began its season against regional rival University of St. Thomas. The game was delayed 45 minutes due to rain.

The Tommies got the scoring started early in the bottom of the first. With two outs in the inning, an infield single drove in one run and two batters later a two-run double by Jack Hogan made it 3-0 St. Thomas.

After the Tommies added another run in the second, the Saints got their first hits and run of the season in the fourth. Jesse Heaton (Heyworth, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic HS ) led off the inning with a single and later Jordan Risse (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS ) drove him in with a RBI single to make it 4-1.

In the bottom half of the frame a hit by pitch, balk, error and wild pitch began the inning for the CSS defense, which spelt trouble. The Tommies would get five runs in the inning to make it 9-1.

The only other run scored in the contest was on a Padraic Getchell (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS (North Dakota) ) RBI single in the seventh that scored Mike Policano (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS ) to make the final score 9-2.

Mickie Keuning (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Angelo State)) picked up the loss for the Saints, while Colin Wendinger earned the win for the Tommies. Freshman Sean Imes (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen HS ) pitched four solid innings in relief in his colleague debut, striking out three and scattering five hits.

Tyler Duex (Bloomer, Wis./Chippewa Falls HS (UW-Superior) ) in his Saints debut had two of the team's six hits. Jack Hogan was 3-for-4 with four RBIs for the Tommies.

CSS 4, UW-La Crosse 0
The Saints and Eagles didn't get underway until 9:20 p.m. Friday night. It was junior pitcher Andy Davis (Chippewa Falls, Wis./McDonell HS ) that was the story in the nightcap, pitching eight scoreless innings and striking out five.

The scoring started in the top of the third when Heaton reached on a La Crosse error, stole second and then was driven in on a Parker Olson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minn.-Duluth)) RBI single to make it 1-0 CSS.

The Eagles stranded runners in scoring position in the bottom frame and the Saints would have the bases loaded with one out and come away with nothing in the top of the fourth.

However, CSS added to its lead in the sixth. With the bases loaded and no outs this time, the Saints would get three across in the inning. Heaton had a sacrifice fly to score Shayne Ciernia (Eagan, Minn./Breck HS ). Duex followed with a run-scoring single as Sam Christofferson (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS ) came across. Brian Minks (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS ) then scored on an Eagle error to make it 4-0 St. Scholastica.

After Davis departed at the end of the eighth, Thomas Rogers (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS ) came in to pitch the ninth and preserved the shutout as the Saints won their first of the season 4-0.

Olson and Ciernia each had a pair of hits to lead the CSS offense. Joe Miller pitched six innings in the loss for the Eagles (0-2). La Crosse committed three errors in the contest.

Tomorrow the Saints and Eagles will play at 4 p.m. and then the Saints will wrap up play against Buena Vista University (Iowa) at 7 p.m. The Beavers were the only team to go 2-0 on day one. All of the action can be seen live on Saints Sports Net.