ST. PAUL - The Martin Luther College baseball team saw its season come to a close with a pair of losses at University of Northwestern-St. Paul (UNW) by the scores of 10-0 and 29-6 on Saturday.
UNW 10, MLC 0Â
The Eagles jumped in front early and cruised to a 10-0 win in game one.
UNW scored at least one run in five of its six times at bat, which was more than enough support which was more than enough support for their ace on the mound, Owen Boerema.Â
Boerema entered the day with an ERA under 1.0 in conference play and allowed only two hits in seven innings en route to his fourth shutout in seven conference starts.
Mason Cox and
Tony Sahatjian accounted for the two MLC hits.
Andrew Deisinger (0-4) allowed nine runs (seven earned) on 11 hits in six innings in defeat on the mound for the Knights.
UNW 29, MLC 6
The Knights showed the fatigue of playing their seventh game in four days as the Eagles took game two 29-6.
MLC scored three times in the opening frame to take the early lead, but UNW came back to tie the game 3-3 in the second inning, and then scored 25 runs off four MLC pitchers in the next three innings.
Carter Seltz provided two runs for the Knights with his first career home run in the sixth inning. Seltz, Cox and
Zach Klement each accounted for two hits for MLC
Jonas Lindemann (1-3) started on the mound for MLC and allowed 10 runs in three innings of work.
The Knights completed their season with a record of 3-28 overall and 3-18 in UMAC play. UNW improved its record to 23-11 overall and 17-4 in league play, clinching the conference championship with the two victories.Â
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