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Baseball Tripped Up by Bethany Lutheran

Red Hawks also beaten by St. Joseph's College

Andrew Krushelynski
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LAKELAND, Fla. – Bethany scored six runs on three 2-out hits and the Vikings went on to defeat Rensselaer, 7-4. Bethany improves to 8-3, while the Red Hawks fall to 1-4 on the young season.

RPI scored single runs in each of the first two innings for a 2-0 lead, including a run-scoring double by Scott Robinson (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen), but the Vikings came back with two runs in their half of the third on a two-out single to center by Justin Schwecke (Buffalo Lake, MN/Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop). Bethany added two more runs in the fourth on a two-out hit to center by Trent Sonnicksen (Blue Earth, MN/Blue Earth Area) for a 4-3 lead.

The Vikings went up 6-3 in the sixth with their third two-out, two-run single, this time off the bat of Steve Hoostal (Burnsville, MN/Burnsville). Schwecke opened the seventh with a triple literally off the top of the centerfield fence and scored on an infield out.

Junior Nick Johnson (Indianapolis, IN/Lawrence North) went six strong innings to earn the win in his first collegiate start, scattering five hits with six strikeouts against three earned runs scored.

RPI junior Ryan Washburn (Gansevoort, NY/Schuylerville) suffered the, despite 5.2 innings of strong relief. Offensively, the Red Hawks saw eight players collect hits, including Robinson, who had two and an RBI, and junior Andrew Krushelnyski (Bloomfield Hills, MI/Brother Rice), who also had three runs batted in.

In Rensselaer's game on Tuesday against St. Joseph's College of NY, the Red Hawks allowed just four earned runs but lost, 17-11, in a game that lasted 4:20. Among RPI's top performers was Nic Marchese (Tampa, FL/Chamberlain), who was 3 for 3 with a double, two home runs, a walk, two hit by pitches, two RBI and four runs scored.

Mike Cziesko (Stevenson Ranch, CA/William S. Hart) was 4 for 5 with two doubles, two runs scored and a pair of RBI, and Robinson also collected four hits, including a double, with an RBI. Freshman Dan Duval (Middletown, MA/Masconomet) suffered the loss on the mound.
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