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Blaise Fairbanks
5
Winner Bethany Lutheran BLC 7-11, 1-0 UMAC
0
Minnesota Morris UMM 2-10, 0-1 UMAC
Winner
Bethany Lutheran BLC
7-11, 1-0 UMAC
5
Final
0
Minnesota Morris UMM
2-10, 0-1 UMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bethany Lutheran BLC 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 6 0
Minnesota Morris UMM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2

W: Dallas McBroom (1-2) L: Head, Michael (1-2)

8
Winner Bethany Lutheran BLC 8-11, 2-0 UMAC
5
Minnesota Morris UMM 2-11, 0-2 UMAC
Winner
Bethany Lutheran BLC
8-11, 2-0 UMAC
8
Final
5
Minnesota Morris UMM
2-11, 0-2 UMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bethany Lutheran BLC 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 12 1
Minnesota Morris UMM 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 5

W: Adam Fjerstad (2-3) L: Wehr, Joe (0-1) S: Logan Nissen (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Cougar Baseball Swept by Bethany Lutheran

Bethany Lutheran defeats Minnesota Morris, 5-0 and 8-5

MORRIS, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris baseball team (2-11, 0-2 UMAC) dropped its Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) opening series against the Bethany Lutheran Vikings (8-11, 2-0 UMAC) Saturday afternoon. Bethany Lutheran picked up a 5-0 win in the opener before topping the Cougars 8-5 in the finale.

Senior Blaise Fairbanks went 4-for-7 on the day, which included a key three-run double in the third inning of the second game to tie the game at 5-5.

Game One Recap

Bethany Lutheran took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first and never looked back. The Vikings then scored a run in the fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth to secure the 5-0 win.

Game Two Recap

After taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning, Bethany Lutheran scored four runs in the second inning to extend its lead to 5-0.

Trailing 5-0 heading into the bottom of the third, the Cougars scored five runs to things up at 5-5. For the Cougars in the third, Alex Baumann singled down the left field line to get Minnesota Morris on the board. Three batters later, Nick Peterson drew a walk to bring home Logan Graves. With the bases still loaded, Fairbanks doubled to left field to score Peterson, Blake Haugen and Baumann, which tied the game at 5-5.

The tie game didn't last long as the Vikings scored a run in the top of the fourth to take a 6-5 lead. Bethany Lutheran then scored twice to make it 8-5 in the top of the sixth.

Minnesota Morris will now host Crown in a UMAC doubleheader on Monday, April 8, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The series was originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, at Crown, but was moved to Morris.

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