WINONA, Minn. – The Yellowjacket baseball needed some good things to happen, and it received just what the doctor ordered Saturday in the form of an emotional doubleheader sweep of Northwestern. The wins, for the time being, lifted the Yellowjackets into the fourth and final playoff spot in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) entering the final week of the regular season.
 
Less than 24 hours after the sweep, the 'Jackets were back on the field, playing a non-conference game on the road at Saint Mary's.
 
Following the big wins Saturday, the Yellowjackets rested the bulk of their regulars Sunday, allowing some of the more unsung players the chance to shine.

And shine they did.
 
Wylee Arro (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown) had a big day at the plate and five pitchers combined to hold Saint Mary's to nine hits as the Yellowjackets defeated the Cardinals 8-6 at Max Molock Field Sunday afternoon.

The win was the third in a row for the Yellowjackets (18-17, 12-6 UMAC), who also moved back above the .500 mark.
 
Arro went 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in three runs, while for the second game in a row Tanner Voight (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater) drove in the go-ahead run in the Yellowjackets' final at bat.
 
Game Notes

• The Yellowjackets broke through first in the top of the second when Arro singled to center, driving in Brian O'Dwyer (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove).
• Saint Mary's pulled ahead with two runs in the bottom of the third.
• The Yellowjackets got one back in the top of the fourth when an error on an attempted double steal allowed O'Dwyer to come home.
• In the fifth the Yellowjackets took the lead for the second time in the game. Devin Frydenlund (Belleville, Wis./Belleville) came in to score on O'Dwyer's infield single. Arro followed with an infield single of his own, driving in O'Dwyer and Will Czech (Anoka, Minn./Anoka), giving the Yellowjackets a 5-3 lead.
• It stayed that way until the bottom of the seventh when Saint Mary's scored twice to tie the game.
• In the top of the eighth Mason McKellar (Nashotah, Wis./Arrowhead) scored on a sacrifice fly to make it 6-5, but in the bottom of the inning Saint Mary's again tied it.
• Voight came up with two on and one out in the ninth and drove a double to left field, scoring Arro and Czech to make it 8-6.
• Adam Jensen (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd) pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief, including a perfect ninth inning to earn his first victory of the season.
• O'Dwyer finished the day 1-for-3 and scored three times. He also drove in a run.
• Miles Kay (Albertville, Minn./Saint Michael-Albertville) started on the mound for the Yellowjackets and pitched 3.2 innings, allowing three runs on five hits. Christian Pretasky (Meadowlands, Minn./South Ridge), Reese Fleig (Washburn, Wis./Washburn) and Kevin Rahe (Princeton, Minn./Princeton) also pitched Sunday.

The Yellowjackets will be back in action Wednesday when they travel to Duluth to take on St. Scholastica. The first pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Wade Stadium.
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