Purdue Fort Wayne
1-13
Saint Louis
6-7
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Spencer, Mitchell (1-1)
L: HARRIS, T. (1-3)
S: Myer, Jacob (1)
Batting:
3B: Lang, Jack 1
HR: Bickel, Jarrett 1
RBI: Lang, Jack 1 ; Lake, Garett 1 ; Bickel, Jarrett 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Lang, Jack 1 ; Hart, Isaiah 2 ; Bickel, Jarrett 1
SB: Lake, Garett 1
CS: Lang, Jack 1
HBP: Blackford, Braedon 1 ; Hann, Karter 1
PO: Lake, Garett 1 ; Higgins, Ben 1
Batting:
2B: FITZGERALD, K. 1
HR: FITZGERALD, K. 1
RBI: FITZGERALD, K. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: FITZGERALD, K. 1
CS: FITZGERALD, K. 1
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Bickel Hits Two Home Runs in Split at Saint Louis
3/13/2022 3:35:00 PM | Baseball
ST. LOUIS – The Mastodon baseball team out-hit Saint Louis in both games on Sunday (March 13) but came away with a split with the Billikens. Purdue Fort Wayne won game one 4-1 and fell in the nightcap 5-2.
GAME 1 | Purdue Fort Wayne 4, Saint Louis 1
The Mastodons never trailed in the opener. Jarrett Bickel opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the third inning.
It wound up being all the offense the 'Dons would need. Sophomore Mitchell Spencer (1-1) started on the mound and picked up the win for the 'Dons. The right-hander went six innings, giving up one run on three hits, allowing three walks and striking out three.
Purdue Fort Wayne put up two runs in the fifth, punctuated with an RBI triple off the bat of Jack Lang, which brought the score to 4-0 in favor of the Mastodons. Lang finished 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI. Garett Lake was also 2-for-4. He drove in Lang in the fifth.
Jacob Myer earned the save for the 'Dons, his first as a Mastodon.
GAME NOTES
» The Mastodons recorded 10 hits, to the Billikens' five.
» Kyle Fitzgerald led Saint Louis offensively, going 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and an RBI.
» Trevor Harris started for the Billikens. He suffered the loss and is now 1-3. He went 4.1 innings.
GAME 2 | Saint Louis 5, Purdue Fort Wayne 2
Senior Justin Miller (0-4) started and took the loss on the mound for Purdue Fort Wayne. He went 5.0 innings with four strikeouts, allowing four runs and four walks. Kyle Maurer went 2.2 innings, surrendering one run without allowing a hit, walking two and striking out four out of the pen.
Bickel hit his second home run of the day with a leadoff shot in the third. It put the 'Dons up 1-0. Saint Louis tied it with a single run in the fourth and then took the lead for good with three in the fifth. Tyler Fogarty hit a two-run home run for the Billikens in the fifth.
GAME NOTES
» Bickel led the Mastodons at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a single in addition to his home run.
» Alex Evenson went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the eighth inning.
» The 'Dons didn't commit an error in either game on Sunday.
» The Mastodons out-hit the Billikens 8-6.
» Purdue Fort Wayne pitchers limited Saint Louis to just 1-for-12 (.083) with runners in scoring position.
» Logan Schmitt went the required 5.0 innings to get the win. He is 3-1.
» Cameron Pferrer picked up his second save of the year, going the final 2.2 for Saint Louis.
» The 'Dons are now 1-14. Saint Louis is 7-7.
UP NEXT
» The Mastodons host Dayton on Wednesday (March 16) in the 2022 home opener at Mastodon Field. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
