Baseball Tames Prairie Fire in Sweep
Mar 26, 2019
Box Score Game One Box Score Game Two
DUBUQUE, Iowa – The University of Dubuque baseball team bounced back after dropping a series over the weekend by sweeping the Knox College Prairie Fire in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon by scores of 8-0 and 4-2.
Game One
Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Knox College........ 000 000 000 - 0 2 4 Dubuque, Univ. of... 101 132 00X - 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------- |
How It Happened
-Jack Lasswell and Kellen Mitchell teams up twice within the first three innings to give UD the early 2-0. In the first Mitchell plated Lasswell on a fielder’s choice and in the third it came by way of small ball with a safety squeeze.
-Luke Carroll delivered an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth to extend the UD lead to 3-0 through four.
-In the fifth, despite having just one hit, the Spartans plated three runs, taking advantage of two Knox errors and being aggressive on the base paths.
-First Knox hit off Schneiderman did not come until there was one out in the sixth inning.
-Jack Lasswell stayed hot and drove in Luke Carroll with an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth, before scoring his third run of the game on a Kellen Mitchell line out to left field to put the game out of reach.
At the Plate
Jack Lasswell: 2-4, 3 R, 1 RNO
Kellen Mitchell: 0-2, 1 R, 3 RBI
JJ Valencia: 2-4, 1 RBI
On the Mound
Nathan Schneiderman (W): 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
Doug Knight: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Game Two
Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Knox College........ 200 000 000 - 2 2 1 Dubuque, Univ. of... 003 000 01X - 4 8 2 ------------------------------------------- |
How it Happened
-Knox took their first lead of the doubleheader in the top of the first of game two, scoring two runs after a sloppy start from UD defensively, which committed two errors in the frame.
-The Spartan bats got going in the bottom of the third, which started by Daulton Kvenvold reaching on an error by the shortstop. Kvenvold scored after stealing second and a single to center by Jacob Sonnefeldt. Two more runs came around on a two out double off the bat of Kellen Mitchell to give UD the 3-2 lead.
-UD was able to finally tack on an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth when Jordan Goldstein singled to plate pinch runner Max Snowden.
-After giving up two unearned runs in the first inning, Carlson retired 22 Knox batters in a row to end his afternoon on the mound after eight innings before handing the ball to Nick Sewruk to close out the game in the ninth.
At the Plate
Kellen Mitchell: 1-4, 2 RBI
Jordan Goldstein: 2-4, 1 RBI
Ian Meyer: 2-4
On the Mound
Tyler Carlson (W): 8.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Nick Sewruk (S): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
