DULUTH, Minn. – St. Scholastica right-hander Dallas Miller pitched 7.1 innings of two-hit ball to help the Saints to a 5-2 win over the UW-Superior baseball team in non-conference play at Wade Stadium Monday.
 
Miller kept the Yellowjackets off balance all day, striking out 12 while carrying a no-hitter two outs into the fifth inning. He struck out the side in the first and fourth innings, walked two and hit two batters.
 
The Saints (3-2) got all the offense they needed in the bottom of the first inning off of UWS starter Elliot Danhoff (Gladstone, Mich./Gladstone), taking a 3-0 lead. The first four batters of the inning reached safely as Matt Tautges and Mitchell Novak, singled and Luke Schemenauer walked to load the bases.
 
Cody Venske coaxed a second consecutive walk, forcing in Tautges from third for a 1-0 lead. A fielder's choice to third base by Jake Schelonka scored Novak for the second run. After Schelonka stole second, Zach Harding lifted a fly ball to center that chased Schemenauer in from third to make it 3-0.
 
St. Scholastica added a run in the bottom of the third when Alex Haapajoki lashed a double down the left-field line, scoring Schelonka who reached on a dropped fly ball in right by Isaac Grothe (East Bethel, Minn./St. Francis) with one out.
 
Isaac Fugere (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East) broke up the no-hit bid with a single to right in the fifth, but Grothe struck out on three pitches to end the inning. UWS fanned 13 times in the contest.
 
The 'Jackets finally got to Miller (1-1), knocking him out of the game in the eighth. Grothe started the inning with a five-pitch walk, but was erased on a Ben Rhodes (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) fielder's choice. Jerry Gooley came on in relief of Miller and gave up a single to center field by Brandon Rolf (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area), putting runners on first and second with one out.
 
Next up, Bryce Flanagan (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd) flied out to center, moving the runners up, and then, with Nick Shea (Pengilly, Minn./Greenway) on as a pinch hitter, Gooley uncorked a wild pitch to bring Rhodes in and make it 4-1. Shea, though, ended the frame with a bouncer to first base.
 
The Saints got the run back in their half of the inning off of Kaleb Beane (Tallahassee, Fla./Leon), who relieved Brenden Kruger (Cottage Grove, Minn./Hastings), on a one-out fielder's choice by Novak.
 
Superior started a one-out rally in the ninth as Sam McNosky (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle) singled to center field off of Tautges and Nick Zezulka (St. Anthony, Minn./St. Anthony Village) reached on an error at second base. A Fugere ground ball moved the runners to second and third and a dropped third strike gave UWS life, allowing McNosky to scamper home from third, but Tautges induced Rhodes to hit a fly to right field to end the game.
 
Danhoff worked five innings and fell to 1-2 on the year. He allowed four runs, three earned, six walks and four hits while throwing 119 pitches.
 
Rolf went 2-for-4, extending his hitting streak to 10 with his fifth multiple-hit game of the season. Haapajoki was 2-for-3 with two doubles, a walk and RBI for CSS.
 
UWS (7-6) is back in action at St. Olaf in a doubleheader at Mark Almli Field in Northfield, Minn., on Saturday. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.