DULUTH, Minn. – After falling 10-0 in game one, the Carleton College baseball team used a one-run complete game from
Jack Curtis to snap an eight-game skid, winning game two at the College of St. Scholastica by a 2-1 tally.
Game One – St. Scholastica 10, Carleton 0
St. Scholastica (10-13, 3-6 MIAC) got things started with a first-inning run, but starter
Will Schnepf bore down for the next three frames to keep the game at 1-0. Carleton (7-11, 1-7 MIAC) could not rattle their bats as righty Zach Hlinsky tossed a three-hit seven-inning complete-game shutout for the Saints.
The hosts added three runs in the fourth to make it 4-0. In the sixth, St Scholastica used a pair of Carleton errors to plate six runs and secure the opener.
Schnepf tossed 5.0 innings, striking out four and conceding four runs.
Asher Stolberg singled, walked, and swiped a bag.
Game Two – Carleton 2, St. Scholastica 1
The Knights found their swings early in game two, with first-inning singles for
Sam Gossard,
Aaron Rice, and Schnepf delivering the first run. Carleton tacked on another in the third inning when
Jack Hommeyer reached on error,
Nathan Barnhart dropped in a single,
Andrew Sellers delivered a textbook sac bunt, and
Sam Zacks pushed a bunt up the first base line that was bobbled to allow Hommeyer to score.
St. Scholastica scraped a two-out run back in the bottom of the sixth, but Curtis hummed through the final three frames to outduel Will Forrest, who also threw all nine innings. Carleton entered the MIAC win column when Gossard tracked down a deep fly ball with a running catch for out No. 27.
Curtis hammered the zone, forced weak contact, and needed just 95 pitches to complete all 9.0 innings and earn a Carleton win. He scattered just five hits, walking two and striking out three. He only permitted base runners to reach second base in two frames, the sixth — when the Saints scored their lone run — and the second, when Curtis followed a leadoff single with two groundouts and a strikeout.
This was the Knights' first 9.0-inning complete game since Matthew Karbowski went the distance against Saint Mary's University on May 8, 2023.
Ryan Chang was 3-for-4, the only multi-hit Knights game in the twin bill.
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton visits Macalester College on Tuesday, April 15 in St. Paul, Minn. Game one begins at 2:30 p.m.