St. John's University Athletics
Sunday, March 17
Queens, N.Y. (Jack Kaiser Stadium)
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St. John’s Completes Sweep of Kansas, 11-3
3/17/2019 4:23:00 PM | Baseball
Johnnies set season highs for runs and hits in Sunday matinee
QUEENS, N.Y. – After winning a pair of low-scoring affairs on Friday and Saturday, the St. John's baseball team exploded for its best offensive showing of the season on Sunday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium, downing Kansas, 11-3, and securing a sweep of the Jayhawks.
Sunday completed the first sweep in St. John's history of a team currently in a power five conference that never once counted itself as a member of the BIG EAST. St. John's logged multiple sweeps over the likes of Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech and West Virginia during their time as conference foes.
The Red Storm (7-9) tallied season highs for runs scored and hits (15), as four Johnnies recorded multi-hit efforts on the afternoon. Rudy Aguilar led the way for St. John's, going 5-for-5 with three doubles, four RBIs and two runs scored. Aguilar, who raised his season-long batting average by 78 points, became just the second Johnnie in six years to register five hits in a single game, joining Frank Schwindel, who accomplished the feat in 2013, and Josh Shaw, who went 5-for-8 last year at Xavier in the Red Storm's 34-7 victory over the Musketeers.
Carson Bartels went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs, as did Wyatt Mascarella, who logged the second triple of his St. John's career. Mitchell Henshaw went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Ryan Markey and Ryan Hogan each recorded a hit and drove in a run against the Jayhawks (13-6), while Brandon Miller and Mike Antico also added base knocks.
The Red Storm pitching staff held its opponent to three or fewer runs for the seventh-straight game and capped a weekend that saw the Jayhawks cross the plate just four times. Jeff Belge earned his first victory of the season, throwing five innings of two-hit ball to record the win. The 6-foot-5 southpaw struck out eight for the second-straight game and walked five. Only one of Belge's two runs was earned.
Joe Kelly allowed just two hits in 2.1 frames of one-run relief before Turner French struck out four of the five batters he faced and Ethan Routzahn shut the door by fanning the final batter of the game.
St. John's struck first in the home half of the opening frame, as Markey and Hogan tallied consecutive RBI singles to put St. John's ahead 2-0 after one.
After Kansas knotted the score at two in the top of the third, St. John's retook the lead for good the following inning. Aguilar kicked things off with a one-out double down the left field line before coming home on a Bartels base knock to right. After another single from Miller gave St. John's runners on the corners, Mascarella brought them both home with a two-run triple to right, putting St. John's ahead 5-2 heading into the fifth.
Following a 1-2-3 inning from Belge, the Johnnies exploded for three more runs in the home half. With one out and runners on first and second, Aguilar ripped his second two-bagger of the day down the left field line, scoring both runners and putting the Red Storm on top 7-2. After an Antico single gave the Red Storm men on the corners, Bartels lifted a sac fly to center, scoring Aguilar from third and putting St. John's ahead 8-2 after five.
Kansas cut into the lead with a single run in the top of the sixth before St. John's regained the ground with a two-run bottom of the frame. After the Jayhawks walked the bases loaded, Aguilar stepped to the plate and delivered his second two-run hit of the day, this time slapping a single into right and putting the Johnnies ahead 10-3.
The Johnnies added their final run of the game in the seventh, as Mascarella singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch before coming home on a Henshaw ground rule double to left center.
St. John's, the winner of four straight and five of its last six, will continue its homestand on Tuesday with a 3 p.m. outing against Marist at Jack Kaiser Stadium.
Sunday completed the first sweep in St. John's history of a team currently in a power five conference that never once counted itself as a member of the BIG EAST. St. John's logged multiple sweeps over the likes of Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech and West Virginia during their time as conference foes.
The Red Storm (7-9) tallied season highs for runs scored and hits (15), as four Johnnies recorded multi-hit efforts on the afternoon. Rudy Aguilar led the way for St. John's, going 5-for-5 with three doubles, four RBIs and two runs scored. Aguilar, who raised his season-long batting average by 78 points, became just the second Johnnie in six years to register five hits in a single game, joining Frank Schwindel, who accomplished the feat in 2013, and Josh Shaw, who went 5-for-8 last year at Xavier in the Red Storm's 34-7 victory over the Musketeers.
Carson Bartels went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs, as did Wyatt Mascarella, who logged the second triple of his St. John's career. Mitchell Henshaw went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Ryan Markey and Ryan Hogan each recorded a hit and drove in a run against the Jayhawks (13-6), while Brandon Miller and Mike Antico also added base knocks.
The Red Storm pitching staff held its opponent to three or fewer runs for the seventh-straight game and capped a weekend that saw the Jayhawks cross the plate just four times. Jeff Belge earned his first victory of the season, throwing five innings of two-hit ball to record the win. The 6-foot-5 southpaw struck out eight for the second-straight game and walked five. Only one of Belge's two runs was earned.
Joe Kelly allowed just two hits in 2.1 frames of one-run relief before Turner French struck out four of the five batters he faced and Ethan Routzahn shut the door by fanning the final batter of the game.
St. John's struck first in the home half of the opening frame, as Markey and Hogan tallied consecutive RBI singles to put St. John's ahead 2-0 after one.
After Kansas knotted the score at two in the top of the third, St. John's retook the lead for good the following inning. Aguilar kicked things off with a one-out double down the left field line before coming home on a Bartels base knock to right. After another single from Miller gave St. John's runners on the corners, Mascarella brought them both home with a two-run triple to right, putting St. John's ahead 5-2 heading into the fifth.
Following a 1-2-3 inning from Belge, the Johnnies exploded for three more runs in the home half. With one out and runners on first and second, Aguilar ripped his second two-bagger of the day down the left field line, scoring both runners and putting the Red Storm on top 7-2. After an Antico single gave the Red Storm men on the corners, Bartels lifted a sac fly to center, scoring Aguilar from third and putting St. John's ahead 8-2 after five.
Kansas cut into the lead with a single run in the top of the sixth before St. John's regained the ground with a two-run bottom of the frame. After the Jayhawks walked the bases loaded, Aguilar stepped to the plate and delivered his second two-run hit of the day, this time slapping a single into right and putting the Johnnies ahead 10-3.
The Johnnies added their final run of the game in the seventh, as Mascarella singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch before coming home on a Henshaw ground rule double to left center.
St. John's, the winner of four straight and five of its last six, will continue its homestand on Tuesday with a 3 p.m. outing against Marist at Jack Kaiser Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Belge, Jeff (1-3)
L: Eli Davis (2-2)
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Batting:
2B: Skyler Messinger 1
3B: Conner VanCleave 1
RBI: Jaxx Groshans 1 ; Casey Burnham 1
SH: Dylan Ditzenberger 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dylan Ditzenberger 1 ; James Cosentino 1 ; Conner VanCleave 1
SB: Skyler Messinger 1
CS: Dylan Ditzenberger 1 ; Casey Burnham 1
HBP: Rudy Karre 2
Batting:
2B: Henshaw, Mitchell 1 ; Aguilar, Rudy 3
3B: Mascarella, Wyatt 1
RBI: Bartels, Carson 2 ; Mascarella, Wyatt 2 ; Henshaw, Mitchell 1 ; Markey, Ryan 1 ; Hogan, Ryan 1 ; Aguilar, Rudy 4
SH: Markey, Ryan 1
SF: Bartels, Carson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bartels, Carson 2 ; Miller, Brandon 2 ; Mascarella, Wyatt 2 ; Henshaw, Mitchell 1 ; Markey, Ryan 1 ; McGeehan, Sean 1 ; Aguilar, Rudy 2
HBP: McGeehan, Sean 1
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RBI
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H
2
RBI
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