Marshall 9, Waseca 0

WASECA — The Marshall baseball team had five pitchers throw a combined shutout in the first game of its Saturday Big South Conference doubleheader, and Trae Bailey’s homer led the Tigers at the plate as they downed Waseca 9-0.

After Andrew Stelter drew a leadoff walk, Bailey crushed a two-run home run over the right field wall to give the Tigers an early 2-0 lead. JR Vierstraete and Noah Pieper also reached on an error and a walk, respectively, and Tyler Kraft sent them both home with a two-run single to make the score 4-0.

Eli Alcorn and Kraft each pitched a pair of perfect innings for the Tigers, including four strikeouts for Alcorn in his start and Kraft struck out one in relief. Noah Frazee, Logan Phillippe and Clay Jones each also threw a shutout inning, with Phillippe holding the Bluejays without a hit or walk in the fifth.

The Tigers continued to fire away at the plate with a run in the second, third and fourth innings. After a scoreless fifth, they closed out the game with another run in the sixth and seventh.

Six different Tigers accounted for the Tigers’ six hits. Stelter and Ethan Weedman were the lone Tigers to reach base twice, including a single and a walk for Weedman and two walks for Stelter. Bailey and Levi Maeyaert each drove in a pair of runs, and JR Vierstraete logged a double and an RBI.

BOX SCORE

BATTING

A. Stelter: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 R, SB; El. Weedman: 0-1, BB, HBP, RBI, R; T. Bailey: 1-4 (HR), 2 RBI, R; J. Vierstraete: 1-4 (2B), RBI, 2 R, SO; L. Maeyaert: 1-4, 2 RBI; N. Pieper: 0-2, BB, R; C. Alcorn: 0-0, BB, R; Et. Weedman: 1-2, BB, R; K. Frana: 0-0, BB; T. Kraft: 1-3, 2 RBI, SB, SO; A. Lee: 1-3, RBI, 2 SO.

PITCHING

E. Alcorn: 2 IP, 4 SO; T. Kraft: W, 2 IP, SO; N. Frazee: IP, H, BB, SO; L. Phillippe: IP, SO; C. Jones: IP, H, SO.

Marshall 10, Waseca 1

WASECA — JR Vierstraete hit the second home run of the day for the Marshall baseball team in the second game of its doubleheader against Waseca on Saturday. He finished the day driving in three runs, and Andrew Lee threw six stellar innings on the mound to help the Tigers to a 10-1 win.

Vierstraete came up to the plate with one out in the fourth after Andrew Stelter singled and Eli Weedman walked. He took advantage of having the two runners on, sending a three-run homer to left field for a 6-1 Marshall lead.

Lee threw the first six innings for Marshall, striking out seven batters while surrendering one earned run on three walks and a pair of hits. Noah Pieper closed out the game with a scoreless seventh, striking out three batters while giving up a pair of walks.

Stelter was hit by a pitch before scoring the go-ahead run on a Trae Bailey groundout in the first. The Tigers tacked on another pair of runs in the third when Vierstraete walked and Levi Maeyaert singled, and Pieper and Tyler Kraft each hit RBI singles to bring the score to 3-0.

Maeyaert finished the game with a double, two singles and two RBIs. Stelter also had a pair of hits, including a triple, while Tyler Kraft singled twice.

Waseca first got on the board with a run in the top of the fourth, but Marshall continued to pull away behind three runs in the bottom of the frame and four more in the fifth.

Kraft singled before scoring on an RBI triple in the fifth, and Eli Weedman walked before Vierstraete reached on an error to push across one run and Maeyaert singled in another two.

Marshall improves to 11-2 on the season and next takes on Worthington on Monday. The game was still in progress at the time of print.

BOX SCORE

BATTING

A. Stelter: 2-3 (3B), 2 HBP, RBI, 2 SB, 3 R; El. Weedman: 0-2, 2 BB, 2 R, SO; T. Bailey: 0-3, RBI, SO; J. Vierstraete: 1-2 (HR), BB, HBP, 3 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB; L. Maeyaert: 3-4 (2B), 2 RBI, R; N. Pieper: 1-4, RBI; K. Frana: 0-0, BB; T. Kraft: 2-3, RBI, R; Et. Weedman: 0-2, BB.

PITCHING

A. Lee: W, 6 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 3 BB, 7 SO; N. Pieper: IP, 2 BB, 3 SO.