ST. PAUL, Minn. –
Charlie Werts dazzled on the mound to lead the Carleton College baseball team to a 5-1 victory in game one against Hamline University, but the Knights fell 15-5 (8 inn.) in the nightcap.
Game 1 – Carleton 5, Hamline 1
Nathan Barnhart doubled to lead off the contest and touched home two batters later when
Will Schnepf laced an opposite-field RBI single.
Sam Chutkow followed up with a sacrifice fly.
Werts allowed just one hit through his first four innings of work while keeping the Pipers (9-12, 1-3 MIAC) scoreless.
Carleton (5-11, 3-1 MIAC) added on in the fifth. Barnhart was hit by a pitch to open the inning, and
Adam Rubin singled him over. Schnepf powered a double to the gap to plate Barnhart, and Chutkow doubled in both Schnepf and Rubin to make it 5-0 in favor of the Knights.
Hamline manufactured a run in the bottom of the sixth inning without the benefit of a hit, and finally chased Werts with a leadoff single in the seventh.
Dan Avillo entered and delivered his second clutch relief outing in as many days to secure the victory for Carleton.
Werts twirled 6.0 innings of three-hit ball, fanning five and allowing just one run. Avillo threw the seventh inning, allowing no hits and striking out two.
Barnhart was 1-for-2 with a double, scored twice, and reached twice via hit-by-pitch. Rubin was also 1-for-2, walked two times, and scored twice. Schnepf drove in two runs on two hits in four tries. Chutkow doubled, stole a base, and pushed across three teammates.
Game 2 – Hamline 15, Carleton 5 (8 inn.)
Carleton again scored first, netting a run in the second inning when
Tyler Vandersall walked,
Julian Shapiro singled him to second, and
Reece Wellsandt drove in Vandersall with a hit. Hamline responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the framethanks to two errors. Ryan
Burley made it 3-1 Pipers with an RBI double in the third, and the hosts took advantage of another miscue to tally a trio of fourth-inning runs. Hamline plated three more runs in the fifth for a 9-1 lead.
Ryan Chang tripled to open the sixth, and Vandersall brought him in with a sacrifice fly. Hamline responded with a sacrifice fly of its own to maintain an eight-run lead. The first four Knights hitters reached in the seventh via three hits and a walk, as Carleton brought the score back to 10-5. However, the Pipers pushed across four in the seventh and one more in the eighth to wrap the game.
Chutkow doubled twice in a 3-for-4 performance, driving in one and scoring once. Shapiro finished 1-for-2 with two walks. Wellsandt had a 2-for-4 game.
Schnepf started on the hill and struck out six in his 4.0 innings of work, allowing only one earned run.
Eli Feldman struck out two across 1.0 innings.
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton is scheduled to take on the College of St. Scholastica on Saturday, April 4, at Mel Taube Field. First pitch in game one is set for 1:00 p.m.
