BISMARCK, ND – University of Mary lefthander Austin Wagner and a pair of relievers combined to toss a 1-hit shutout in a 10-0 Marauders home win over the University of Minnesota Duluth. The Bulldogs bounced back to out-slug the Marauders 13-9 in game two to earn a split of the Northern Sun doubleheader.
 
The Marauders and the Bulldogs are scheduled to wrap up their weekend series with a single 9-inning game Sunday, April 25, at Municipal Ballpark. First pitch is slated for 12 noon. However with inclement weather forecast for the morning the start time could be pushed back. Please check GoUMary.com and the Marauders twitter account @umarysports for any scheduling updates.
 
GAME ONE University of Mary 10 University of Minnesota Duluth 0
Austin Wagner was untouchable. The native of Fond du Lac, WI, pitched a perfect five innings, retiring all 15 hitters he faced to earn his first win with the Marauders. With his fastball consistently in the lower 90s, Wagner punched out a season-high eight Bulldogs in the game. He set down two hitters on fly balls and the other five on ground outs.
 
Mitch Oehme and Anthony Leedle closed out the game for the Marauders with a scoreless inning each. Both recorded two strikeouts. Oehme allowed a hit and Leedle walked a batter, the only baserunners o the game for the Bulldogs.
 
PIVOT POINT
The game was fundamentally over in the first inning. Wagner needed just three pitches to retire the first two hitters of the game before striking out the third. UMary then plated three runs in the bottom of the inning. Tyrus Barclay led off with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored the game's first run on a Derek Shoen single to center. Two batters later Ty Jones blasted a home run over the left field wall to give UMary an insurmountable lead.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Tyrus Barclay | 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI
• Derek Shoen | 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI
• Calvin James | 2-for-3, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• Ty Jones | 2-for-3, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB
• Austin Wagner | 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 8 K

 
STAT OF THE GAME
Austin Wagner needed just 57 pitches to record all 15 outs. In his last seven innings pitched – all against UMD – Wagner has struck out 12 hitters without allowing a walk.
 
GAME TWO UMD 13 UMary 9
Limited to one hit in the opener, the Bulldogs posted 12 hits and benefitted from nine walks in the second game to earn a split on the day. The Marauders, nine runs down in the second inning, also registered 12 hits and rallied to within 9-7.
 
PIVOT POINT
A 3-run home run by Anders Brown started the UMD surge as the Bulldogs scored four in the first and five in the second to build a 9-0 advantage that UMary was unable to overcome.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Derek Shoen | 3x3, 2B, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Dakota Finley | 2x4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Alec Battest | 2x4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
• Braxton Inniss | 2x5, 3B, 1 R
• James Martin | 2x5
• Daniel Turner | 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 4 K
• Liam Sommer | 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• UMD Anders Brown | 1x3, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB

 
STAT OF THE GAME
Five different Marauders had at least two hits in the game.
 
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