Baseball splits douple dip with Carroll
Corey Kempf
Issue date: 4/7/05 Section: Sports
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After a disappointing spring break trip to Florida, the Lakeland baseball team seems to be finding their footing.
Tuesday saw the Muskies split a doubleheader with Carroll, coming back to almost steal a victory in the first game, and then running away with the second.
In the first game, a 10-9 loss, Nate Brusewitz struggled through 1.2 innings, allowing six runs to put the Muskies in a hole they couldn't completely recover from.
Down 9-3 early in the game, the Muskies rallied to make it a close game after Jon Aerts hit a pinch hit home run in the seventh inning to make it 10-8. They would add one more before being closed out.
Brett Anschutz led off the bottom half of the first with a home run, crushing the first pitch he saw off of Carroll pitcher Keith McFarlane over the center field wall.
Nick Steudel went 1-2 with a home run and four RBI, and Mike Gappa went 3-5 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.
In his first start of the season, Brett Nelson shut down the Pioneers in the second game, while the offense continued its roll in an 11-4 win.
Steudel had four hits in four at-bats, including his second home run of the day before pulling a hamstring late in the game.
Anschutz went 3-5 with a double and four runs scored.
Nelson recorded his first win of the season. In eight innings pitched, he struck out two batters, while giving up four earned runs on six hits.
The Muskies entered Tuesday batting around .200 as a team before erupting for 20 runs on 37 hits in the two games combined.
Sunday afternoon, the results were much the same as the Muskies had to win the second game to record a split in their doubleheader against St. Norbert.
In the first game, Lakeland committed five errors , including two in the Knights' five run second that broke open the game in a 7-4 Muskie loss.
Jon Aerts gave up six runs, one earned, and five walks in 3.2 innings of work. Adam Hablewitz worked 4.1 innings of solid relief, allowing one earned run and striking out seven of the 17 batters he faced.
Tuesday saw the Muskies split a doubleheader with Carroll, coming back to almost steal a victory in the first game, and then running away with the second.
In the first game, a 10-9 loss, Nate Brusewitz struggled through 1.2 innings, allowing six runs to put the Muskies in a hole they couldn't completely recover from.
Down 9-3 early in the game, the Muskies rallied to make it a close game after Jon Aerts hit a pinch hit home run in the seventh inning to make it 10-8. They would add one more before being closed out.
Brett Anschutz led off the bottom half of the first with a home run, crushing the first pitch he saw off of Carroll pitcher Keith McFarlane over the center field wall.
Nick Steudel went 1-2 with a home run and four RBI, and Mike Gappa went 3-5 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.
In his first start of the season, Brett Nelson shut down the Pioneers in the second game, while the offense continued its roll in an 11-4 win.
Steudel had four hits in four at-bats, including his second home run of the day before pulling a hamstring late in the game.
Anschutz went 3-5 with a double and four runs scored.
Nelson recorded his first win of the season. In eight innings pitched, he struck out two batters, while giving up four earned runs on six hits.
The Muskies entered Tuesday batting around .200 as a team before erupting for 20 runs on 37 hits in the two games combined.
Sunday afternoon, the results were much the same as the Muskies had to win the second game to record a split in their doubleheader against St. Norbert.
In the first game, Lakeland committed five errors , including two in the Knights' five run second that broke open the game in a 7-4 Muskie loss.
Jon Aerts gave up six runs, one earned, and five walks in 3.2 innings of work. Adam Hablewitz worked 4.1 innings of solid relief, allowing one earned run and striking out seven of the 17 batters he faced.