SUPERIOR, Wis. – Despite an hour delay to Friday's game due to thunderstorms in the forecast, the Yellowjacket baseball team was able to complete the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) sweep of North Central with an 8-0 victory at the NBC Sports Complex.
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Game Notes
- Superior scored a pair in the first inning after a single off the bat of Wylee Lottman (Kerkhoven, Minn./Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg). After a Rams error in center field, both Tanner Voight (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater) and Paddy Kelly (Andover, Minn./Andover) came around to score for an early 2-0 lead.
- In the bottom of the second, Carter Thielke (Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls) bunted to third base for a leadoff single, and in the next at bat, Isaac Johnson (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo) roped a double down the left field line to plate Thielke.
- Noah Dagostino (Andover, Minn./Andover) would utilize the left field line this time driving home Kelly and Brian O'Dwyer (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove), who both reached on one-out singles to lead 5-0.
- The bats were neutralized until the bottom of the seventh inning, where a pair of hit batsmen got the frame started. Owen Farrington (White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake Area) singled to center field to plate Sybrant and Thielke followed with a single through the left side.
- Later a sacrifice fly off the bat of O'Dwyer gave the Yellowjackets their eighth and final run of the contest.
- Zach Romans (Saint Michael, Minn./Saint Michael) was masterful on the mound, allowing just one hit in the top of the fifth inning with 11 strikeouts in nine innings. His record moves to 3-3.
- The Yellowjacket trio of Kelly, Dagostino and Thielke led with two hits apiece. Dagostino led with two RBIs on the day.
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The Yellowjackets (18-11, 9-3 UMAC) will pause UMAC action as they take on St. Scholastica Wednesday. First pitch at Wade Stadium is set for 4 p.m.
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