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Erik Thorvilson
Marshall Independent
0
SMSU SMSU 7-10
2
Winner Minnesota State MINNST 16-4
SMSU SMSU
7-10
0
Final
2
Minnesota State MINNST
16-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SMSU SMSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Minnesota State MINNST 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 2 0

W: Rodning, B (4-0) L: Thorvilson, Erik (0-3)

1
SMSU SMSU 7-11
2
Winner Minnesota State MINNST 17-4
SMSU SMSU
7-11
1
Final
2
Minnesota State MINNST
17-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
SMSU SMSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2
Minnesota State MINNST 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 0

W: O'Brien, C (1-0) L: Meyer, Chase (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

MSU sweeps SMSU in a pair of pitching duels

Game 1 Box
Game 2 Box

MANKATO, Minn. – Southwest Minnesota State received a pair of tremendous pitching performances, but the Mustang offense was able to muster just one run in two games, as Minnesota State swept a doubleheader from SMSU on Saturday, winning 2-0 in game one, before using a walk-off home run in the 11th inning in game two to earn a 2-1 victory.
 
The two teams will conclude the four-game series tomorrow with a doubleheader at Alumni Field in Marshall starting at 1:30 p.m.
 
MSU has now won 13 straight games and improves to 17-4 overall, 12-0 NSIC. SMSU drops to 7-11 overall, 2-6 NSIC.
 
In the nightcap, SMSU struck first in the opening frame as Tanner Strommen coaxed a two-out walk and later scored on an RBI single by Shane Sellner.
 
MSU would tie the score with a single run in the third inning.
 
The game would remained tied until the bottom of the 11th when MSU's Josh Wenzel belted a solo home run off SMSU relief pitcher Chase Meyer. It is the second walk-off home run versus SMSU this season.
 
SMSU finished with just eight hits in game two, but had several chances to take the lead late in the contest. The Mustangs left 13 runners on base, including runners in scoring position in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings. The Mustangs left the bases loaded in the 11th inning.
 
SMSU freshman starter Jeremy Stouffer was solid, tossing 6 2/3 innings, giving up one run on eight hits with three strikeouts and one walk. Mustang relief pitchers Jared Tschetter and Shawn Williams combined to pitch 3 1/3 shutout innings and did not allow a hit.
 
Cole VanderBeek and Strommen both finished with two hits, while Strommen, Derek Branson and Liam Lopez all recorded a pair of walks.
 
In game one, MSU starter Brody Rodning threw a three-hit shutout with nine strikeouts to improve to 4-0 on the season.
 
SMSU starter, Erik Thorvilson (0-3), was the tough-luck loser, tossing 5 1/3 innings, giving up two runs on two hits.  
 
MSU a scoreless game in the fourth inning with a two-out solo home run. The Mavericks then added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth.
 
VanderBeek, Strommen and Lopez recorded SMSU's three hits.
 
The Mustangs left six runners on base in the final four innings, including putting runners at second and third with one out in both the fourth and sixth innings, but failed to score.
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