Midwest Regional - Game 2 - May 17, 2006
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St. Olaf College scored in six of the eight innings they batted, including more than one run in five of those six, as it defeated Dominican University 17-8 in a NCAA Division III first round game in Wisconsin Rapids.
St. Olaf jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning that included a two-run scoring single by Luke Gagnon. After Dominican scored in the top of the second, the game was delayed due to weather that included hail at times in the bottom half of the second inning. Once play resumed, the Oles wasted little time scoring again as Chris Terrazas hit a single with bases loaded to drive in two more runs. Terrazas went four-for-five on the day with a pair of doubles.
St. Olaf had season highs in runs scored and hits as the Oles had 24 hits on the afternoon. Brett Thoreson was perfect at the plate going five-for-five while driving in five runs. Andrew Schmiesing had two home runs as he drove in four runs in the game.
Dominican, making its first NCAA tournament appearance, scored two runs in the fifth, sixth, and eighth innings. Nate Mercado drove in a pair of runs with a home run to left field in the eighth. Designated hitter Mike Eifel also drove in a pair of runs for the Stars. St. Olaf led 10-2 in the fourth and Dominican closed to within 10-6 in the sixth, but the Oles scored five times in the bottom of the sixth to regain control.
Todd Mathison improved to 9-0 for the season as he pitched five innings allowing four runs on three hits while striking out five. Three Oles combined to pitch the final four innings. Brett Dvorak took the loss for the Stars, falling to 5-4 for the year. Dvorak pitched three innings giving up seven earned runs on 11 hits with three strikeouts.
St. Olaf will play the winner of St. Thomas and Coe on Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. Dominican will play the loser of the St. Thomas and Coe contest at 9:30 Thursday morning.
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Dominican 8 (21-20) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Mercado ss............... 5 1 1 2 0 3 1 7 3 Batchelor 2b............. 4 1 2 1 0 0 5 2 0 Kosowski cf.............. 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Higgins 3b............... 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 Sullivan rf.............. 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 Eifel dh................. 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tlusty c................. 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 Albert 1b................ 2 1 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 Hardt lf................. 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 Dvorak p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hickey p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schrader p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 32 8 7 6 5 8 24 16 7 St. Olaf 17 (29-8) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Brian Astry cf........... 5 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 Andrew Schmiesing rf..... 5 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 6 Chris Terrazas 3b........ 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 Josh Schultheis lf....... 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Anders Grinde ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brett Berry dh........... 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 Luke Gagnon 2b........... 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 John Sopiwnik p......... 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Beckman p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Hanson ph.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Andy Dimick p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T. Johnson 1b............ 5 3 2 0 0 2 12 0 3 Kyle McDermott c......... 4 0 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 Jason Hollar pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pat Wadzinski c......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Brett Thoreson ss........ 5 2 5 5 0 0 2 5 0 Josh Maus ss............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Todd Mathison p.......... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Totals................... 46 17 24 17 4 4 27 15 11 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Dominican........... 011 022 020 - 8 7 1 St. Olaf............ 321 405 20X - 17 24 2 ------------------------------------------- E - Dvorak; Gagnon 2. DP - DU 1; SOC 1. LOB - DU 7; SOC 11. 2B - Batchelor(4); Hardt(3); Terrazas 2(16); Berry(9); Sopiwnik(1); McDermott(4); Thoreson(6); Mathison(3). HR - Mercado(2); Schmiesing 2(6). HBP - Higgins 2; Tlusty; T. Johnson. SH - Eifel; McDermott. SF - Batchelor. SB - Terrazas(5). Dominican IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Dvorak.............. 3.0 11 8 7 1 3 21 22 Hickey.............. 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 6 7 Schrader............ 4.0 10 7 7 3 1 19 23 St. Olaf IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Todd Mathison....... 5.0 3 4 4 3 5 18 25 John Sopiwnik....... 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 7 9 Alex Beckman........ 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 4 5 Andy Dimick......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 Win - Mathison (9-0). Loss - Dvorak (5-4). Save - None. WP - Mathison. HBP - by Mathison (Higgins); by Mathison (Tlusty); by Hickey (T. Johnson); by Mathison (Higgins). Umpires - HP: Gary Kalkopf 1B: Andre Lanoue 2B: Chad Eischens 3B: Brandon Jackson Start: 12:58 pm Time: 2:41 Attendance: 100 Game notes: Game 2...SOC faces St. Thomas/Coe winner on Thurs. at 1 pm...DU will play loser on Thurs. at 9:30 am...SOC had season highs in runs and hits...SOC's Schmiesing had solo homer in first and three-run homer in sixth...SOC's Thoreson had two-run singles in fourth and sixth among his five hits.
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Dominican........... 011 022 020 - 8 7 1 St. Olaf............ 321 405 20X - 17 24 2 ------------------------------------------- Dominican starters: 3/ss Mercado; 8/2b Batchelor; 18/cf Kosowski; 16/3b Higgins; 15/rf Sullivan; 14/dh Eifel; 4/c Tlusty; 24/1b Albert; 23/lf Hardt; 6/p Dvorak; St. Olaf starters: 25/cf Astry; 24/rf Schmiesing; 28/3b Terrazas; 18/lf Schultheis; 39/dh Berry; 33/2b Gagnon; 36/1b T. Johnson; 22/c McDermott; 10/ss Thoreson; 17/p Mathison; Dominican - inning 1 Mercado struck out looking. Batchelor grounded out to 2b. Kosowski struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 1 Astry grounded out to p. Schmiesing homered to right field, RBI. Terrazas singled to right field. Schultheis singled to left field; Terrazas advanced to second. Berry grounded out to ss; Schultheis advanced to second; Terrazas advanced to third. Gagnon singled to center field, 2 RBI; Schultheis scored; Terrazas scored. T. Johnson struck out. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dominican - inning 2 Higgins hit by pitch. Sullivan walked; Higgins advanced to second. Eifel grounded out to 2b, SAC; Sullivan advanced to second; Higgins advanced to third. Higgins scored on an error by 2b, failed pickoff attempt. Tlusty hit by pitch. Albert flied out to lf. Hardt reached on an error by 2b; Tlusty advanced to second; Sullivan advanced to third. Mercado struck out looking. 1 run, 0 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 2 McDermott struck out, out at first c to 1b. Thoreson singled to right field. Astry singled to second base; Thoreson advanced to second. Schmiesing walked; Astry advanced to second; Thoreson advanced to third. Terrazas singled to left field, 2 RBI; Schmiesing advanced to second; Astry scored; Thoreson scored. Schultheis flied out to rf; Schmiesing advanced to third. Terrazas stole second. Berry struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dominican - inning 3 Batchelor doubled to center field. Kosowski grounded out to ss; Batchelor advanced to third. Batchelor scored on a wild pitch. Higgins struck out. Sullivan grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 3 Gagnon flied out to lf. T. Johnson singled to right field. McDermott reached on a fielder's choice; T. Johnson advanced to second on a throwing error by p, advanced to third. Thoreson doubled to center field, RBI; McDermott advanced to third; T. Johnson scored, unearned. Astry reached on a fielder's choice; Thoreson advanced to third; McDermott out at home 3b to c. Schmiesing flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Dominican - inning 4 Eifel flied out to cf. Tlusty grounded out to ss. Albert walked. Hardt reached on a fielder's choice; Albert out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 4 Terrazas doubled to right center. Schultheis singled to left field; Terrazas advanced to third. Hickey to p for Dvorak. Berry doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Schultheis scored; Terrazas scored. Gagnon popped up to 2b. T. Johnson hit by pitch. McDermott singled to left field; T. Johnson advanced to second; Berry advanced to third. Thoreson singled to left field, 2 RBI; McDermott advanced to second; T. Johnson scored; Berry scored. Astry reached on a fielder's choice; Thoreson advanced to second; McDermott out at third 3b to ss to 3b. Schmiesing lined out to ss. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dominican - inning 5 Mercado grounded out to ss. Batchelor singled to right field. Kosowski reached on a fielder's choice; Batchelor out at second 2b to ss. Higgins hit by pitch; Kosowski advanced to second. Sullivan walked; Higgins advanced to second; Kosowski advanced to third. Eifel singled to right field, 2 RBI; Sullivan advanced to third; Higgins scored; Kosowski scored. Tlusty struck out. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 5 Schrader to p for Hickey. Terrazas walked. Schultheis grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Terrazas out on the play. Berry singled to left field, out at second lf to ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dominican - inning 6 Mathison to 2b for Berry. Sopiwnik to p for Gagnon. / for Mathison. Albert walked. Hardt doubled to center field; Albert advanced to third. Mercado struck out. Batchelor flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Albert scored. Kosowski singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; Hardt scored. Higgins flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 6 Sopiwnik singled to center field. T. Johnson singled to center field; Sopiwnik advanced to second. McDermott out at first c to 2b, SAC; T. Johnson advanced to second; Sopiwnik advanced to third. Thoreson singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI; T. Johnson scored; Sopiwnik scored. Astry walked. Schmiesing homered to right center, 3 RBI; Astry scored; Thoreson scored. Terrazas flied out to cf. Schultheis grounded out to ss. 5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dominican - inning 7 Sullivan singled to right field. Eifel grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Sullivan out on the play. Tlusty grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 7 Mathison doubled to left field. Sopiwnik doubled to center field, RBI; Mathison scored. T. Johnson struck out. McDermott doubled down the lf line, RBI; Sopiwnik scored. Hollar pinch ran for McDermott. Thoreson singled to right center; Hollar advanced to third. Astry fouled out to 1b. Schmiesing grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dominican - inning 8 Beckman to p for Sopiwnik. Wadzinski to c for Hollar. Albert struck out. Hardt walked. Mercado homered to left center, 2 RBI; Hardt scored. Batchelor grounded out to 2b. Kosowski grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Olaf - inning 8 Terrazas doubled to right field. Grinde pinch hit for Schultheis. Grinde grounded out to ss. Mathison grounded out to p; Terrazas advanced to third. Hanson pinch hit for Beckman. Hanson walked. T. Johnson reached on a fielder's choice; Hanson out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dominican - inning 9 Grinde to lf. Dimick to p for Hanson. Maus to ss for Thoreson. Higgins grounded out to ss. Sullivan struck out. Eifel grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
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