BOX SCORE
NORTHFIELD, Minn. – After having game two of Wednesday's doubleheader against the College of St. Scholastica suspended due to darkness, the Carleton College baseball team recorded the final three outs on Sunday to notch a a 9-4 win.
The Knights (6-13, 4-3 MIAC) and Saints (14-10, 3-5 MIAC) had completed eight full innings on Wednesday before the sun set, with Carleton leading 9-3 with three outs to get. The squads wrapped up their meeting at St. Olaf's Mark Almli field after a Scholastica/Olaf double header concluded.
Sam Chutkow was on back the mound for the Knights, picking up where he left off from Wednesday's action. The righthander first faced red-hot Damian Tamayo Vera, who slugged his fifth home run of the day, after hitting four in the two games against the Oles. The Saints followed with a bunt single and a pair of flyouts, and then loaded the bases with two outs. Chutkow was not fazed by the tying run being on deck, and delivered a game-ending strikeout to complete a save that spanned 3.0 innings and over 90 hours.
Ryan Kessner got the start and threw 6.0 innings on Wednesday, allowing three runs, walking one, and striking out four. He picked up the win to move to 2-1 on the year. Chutkow's 3.0-inning save saw him concede just one run while striking out three. It was the righty's third career save, moving him into a tie for second place in recorded team history. (see below)
On the game,
Nathan Barnhart went 2-for-3 with two walks, scoring a pair of runs.
Ryan Chang went 2-for-4.
Will Schnepf went 2-for-5 with his first home run of the season, driving in four runs.
Adam Rubin went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.
Jackson Darke registered two hits in four at-bats.
Wednesday's Recap
Kessner shut down the potent Saints offense in the first inning, punching out two. Schnepf fully flipped the momentum with a booming three-run home run in the bottom of the frame.
Max Israel responded with a second-inning solo shot for Scholastica, but Carleton added two more runs in the second with a trio of hits.
Kessner did not allow another run until the fifth, when the visitors strung together three singles to cut the Knights' lead to 5-2. Barnhart drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the inning to push the lead back to four runs. Finley Spicer knocked a homer to left field in the following half-inning, pulling the Saints back within 6-3.
Chutkow relieved Kessner to start the top of the seventh, and the Saints loaded the bases against him. The Knights erased the threat, however, after Seeber, fresh into the game as a defensive substitute, made a leaping grab at second and doubled up the closest runner.
After Chutkow put up another zero in the top of the eighth, Barnhart led off the Carleton half of the inning with a single.
Sam Gossard walked, and Chutkow helped himself with an RBI single through the infield. Schnepf scored Gossard with a single into left, and an error allowed Chutkow to score and take the score to 9-3. The game was halted there due to darkness, before the Knights picked up the win Sunday.
Most Career Saves by Carleton Pitchers:
1. 4 – John Nielson – 1988-91
2. 3 – Tony LePage – 2000-03
2. 3 – Paul Dimick – 2009-2012
2. 3 – Kevin Johnson – 2011-15
2. 3 – Cody Bohlman – 2013-16
2. 3 –
Sam Chutkow – 2022-present
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton wraps up another suspended game on Monday, April 13, against St. Olaf College. That game is tied 8-8 after five complete innings, and the final four frames will be played at the Knights' Mel Taube Field with a projected 3:30 p.m. start.
