Pliner
Derek Dravis
1
Winona State WSU 23-20
3
Winner Minnesota State MSU 37-10
Winona State WSU
23-20
1
Final
3
Minnesota State MSU
37-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Winona State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1
Minnesota State MSU 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 3 8 0

W: Kline, C (9-1) L: Gendron, Kyle (2-5)

1
Winona State WSU 23-21
11
Winner Minnesota State MSU 38-10
Winona State WSU
23-21
1
Final
11
Minnesota State MSU
38-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Winona State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3
Minnesota State MSU 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 11 18 1

W: Larson, Jimmy (6-3) L: Herber, Brett (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Warriors swept by Mavericks to open three-game series

MANKATO, Minn. – Minnesota State silenced the Winona State bats on Friday to open the final weekend of the regular season by scores of 3-1 and 11-1 to begin a three-game set. The hot-hitting Warriors were held to just seven total hits on the day while WSU pitching surrendered 26 hits to the Mavericks over the twinbill. 
 
Winona State drops back to eighth place in the NSIC after the sweep (23-21, 15-16) while Minnesota State (38-10, 28-7 NSIC) extends its current winning streak to nine games. 
 
Kyle Gendron (2-5) got the start for the Warriors in the opener and breezed his way through the MSU lineup the first time through the order. As the page turned in the fourth, the Mavericks figured out the freshman right-hander, plating a pair in the inning. Minnesota State broke the seal with a two-out RBI double to center and added a second run in the next at-bat to put the Warriors in a 2-0 hole.
 
Winona State was limited to just two hits through the first six innings until Tanner Williams led off the top half of the seventh with a solo home run. By then, the Warriors comeback bid was an even steeper task as the home team had added an insurance run earlier in the frame.
 
In the finale, the Mavericks scattered 10 runs (eight earned) over the first five innings off pitcher Brett Herber (2-2). The senior surrendered three in the first and one apiece in the second and third creating an early five-run deficit for WSU. 
 
Winona State threatened to close the then three-run gap in the second inning, manufacturing two runners in scoring position with two outs. The runners were ultimately stranded in what proved to be one of the Warriors' best scoring chances of the ballgame.
 
The Warriors continued to struggle to reach base through the middle innings as a lone Andrew Pliner single is all the Warriors had to show in the fourth inning. 
 
The Mavericks hung a five spot on the scoreboard in the fifth frame to claim a 10-0 advantage ahead of Pliner's solo homer to lead off the top of the seventh to right field. 
 
Mankato finally pushed across the game-ending run in the eighth inning off the Warrior bullpen to claim the run-rule victory.
 
Derek Baumgartner, Derek Martin, and Pliner each had a pair of hits in today's twinbill. Outside of that trio of hitters, the Warriros' were hamstrung by 17 strikeouts offensively on the day. 
 
Winona State closes out the regular season tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m. against Minnesota State looking for a win before heading to the NSIC Tournament.
 
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