Apr 15, 2025
Picture by Jake McNeill Southwest Minnesota State College shortstop Brock Woitalla makes a throw towards first base in the course of the second sport of a Northern Solar Intercollegiate Convention baseball collection in opposition to Minnesota Crookston at Legion Subject in Marshall on Saturday.
MARSHALL — A robust pitching efficiency from Ryan Chmielewski gave the Southwest Minnesota State a 1-0 win over Minnesota Crookston to begin a three-game Northern Solar Intercollegiate Convention collection on Saturday. That momentum didn’t carry over to the remainder of the collection, nonetheless, because the Mustangs fell 7-5 in Saturday’s second sport and 9-4 in Sunday’s finale.
Chmielewski was named the NSIC’s Pitcher of the Week on Monday after throwing 6 1/3 shutout innings, putting out 5 batters with three hits and no walks within the win. No runners reached second base within the sport, and he now hasn’t allowed a run over his final 14 innings.
“He was touchdown his breaking ball for a strike, his changeup was good, he was simply competing,” SMSU head coach Jeremy Ische mentioned. “That’s what Ryan’s been doing for us, not simply this 12 months however in his freshman and sophomore 12 months… He offers the workforce an awesome likelihood to win.”
Cory Bantam was additionally honored on the weekly launch as among the many prime performers of the week, hitting a 3-run homer in a win over Wayne State on Wednesday and recording successful in every sport in opposition to Crookston over the weekend. He went 10 of 19 with two doubles and 4 RBIs on the week.
GAME 1
SMSU 1,
UMC 0
Chmielewski dominated the primary 6 1/3 innings of the primary sport of the doubleheader on Saturday, putting out 5 Golden Eagles whereas holding them scoreless. He didn’t stroll a batter and restricted them to 3 singles.
Levi Lampert gave SMSU its lone run within the backside of the primary inning, sending the sport’s fourth pitch over the right-field wall for a solo homer, his tenth of the season.
Lampert’s homer was the sport’s lone extra-base hit. Jared Cortez and Bantam additionally singled for SMSU whereas Kyler Miller accounted for 2 of the Golden Eagles’ 4 hits.
Josh Dykhoff pitched all six innings for Minnesota Crookston. Named NSIC Pitcher of the Week on March 31, Dykhoff struck out eight Mustangs on Saturday whereas permitting one earned run on 4 hits.
Cameron Jensen relieved Chmielewski within the seventh inning, permitting one hit whereas getting the ultimate two outs to earn his fourth save of the season.
The sport’s solely runner in scoring place got here within the prime of the seventh when Americo Sculati singled with one out. SMSU put Jensen on the mound, and and Sawyer Satrom acquired to first on a fielder’s alternative and superior to second on an Aaron Wensloff single, however a Kobe Senn come out ended the sport.
GAME 2
UMC 7,
SMSU 5
Crookston tied the sport at three runs apiece within the fifth inning with a Dylan Debilzen RBI single and claimed the lead within the sixth on a Dykhoff solo dwelling run. The shot to middle subject was Dykhoff’s second of the sport after he additionally hit a two-run homer within the prime of the primary.
The Golden Eagles continued to construct on the lead with an RBI single by Danny Wensloff later within the sixth and retained the lead for the remainder of the sport.
“It was free bases, for us,” Ische mentioned when requested concerning the distinction between Saturday’s first and second video games. “We let their greatest participant beat us. Their three-hole hitter had two dwelling runs… These two huge swings by their three-hole man and us giving them 9 free bases on the mound with walks or hit-by-pitches, that’s the distinction. They gave us two, and so they cashed in a bit of greater than we did.”
Carter Lang hit an RBI single to attain Cortez within the sixth and Owen Latendresse hit a double to attain Bantam within the eighth. But, a hit-by-pitch and a stroll with the bases loaded within the seventh with Jerod Cyrus on the mound stored the Golden Eagles forward all through.
After his double, Latendresse stole third and almost scored on an Evan Behn fielder’s alternative. But, it was confirmed after evaluation that he was tagged out as he dove towards the plate.
Austin Dent was charged with the loss for SMSU, falling to 0-1 after permitting one earned and one unearned run on two hits, a stroll and no outs. Shay Endres left the sport with a no-decision after permitting three earned runs on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts over 5 innings.
Cortez, Bantam and Latendresse every recorded a double and a single on the plate whereas Caleb Gardow added one other double.
Latendresse gave SMSU its first run of the sport within the fourth when he singled in Cortez. Bantam then scored on a wild pitch and Lang hit a sacrifice fly to attain Latendresse for a 3-2 lead.
Isaac Roers improved to 3-2 on the season for Crookston after giving up one earned run on three hits over 1 1/3 inning of reduction. Kyle Odenbach didn’t get a call after permitting three earned runs on 4 hits over the sport’s first 5 innings, whereas Nate Grafsgaard elevated his save complete to 6 after pitching two scoreless innings with three strikeouts and successful to shut out the sport.
GAME 3
UMC 9,
SMSU 4
A four-run ninth inning cemented Crookston’s win in Sunday’s collection finale. The Golden Eagles led by a run heading into the ultimate body, however a Dykhoff RBI single, a two-run single by Connor Bushbaum and one other RBI single by Senn made the rating 9-4. Three of the Golden Eagles’ 4 runs within the body got here with two outs.
Carter Petron fell to 4-3 with the loss, permitting three earned and two unearned runs on 5 hits and three walks over six innings. He additionally struck out six batters.
In three frames of reduction, Jensen gave up 4 earned runs on six hits and a stroll.
SMSU fell into an early gap when a Miller dwelling run, a Senn bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, and an Aaron Wensloff RBI single gave the Golden Eagles a 3-0 lead. Miller additionally hit a second homer within the sixth, driving in two runs for a 5-0 benefit.
SMSU almost got here all the best way again within the sixth inning. Floor outs by Cortez and Bantam scored Hammrich and Lampert, and Latendresse scored on a handed ball. A Lang RBI single introduced SMSU inside a run and a Woitalla stroll put the go-ahead run on first, however Gardow struck out to finish the inning.
Behn led the workforce on the plate with two hits and a stroll whereas Crookston was led by Miller’s three hits — together with a pair of dwelling runs — for 3 RBIs. Dykhoff and Debilzen every additionally singled twice.
Nate Benning earned the win for the Golden Eagles, bettering to 3-2 with 5 scoreless innings. He struck out six batters whereas limiting SMSU to at least one hit and a stroll. Joey Connelly, Caden Edwards and Grafsgaard every additionally pitched a scoreless inning of reduction.
MARSHALL — Coming off a pair of stellar pitching performances in a doubleheader sweep of Sioux Falls on …
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