WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- After having Tuesday off, the Malone University baseball team returned to Chain O' Lakes Park on Wednesday for a game against St. Cloud State University.
The Huskies (6-5, 0-0 NSIC) used a big bottom of the fifth inning to get past the Pioneers (7-5, 0-0 G-MAC).
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
St. Cloud opened up the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the first.
They went on to score five more unanswered runs to push their lead out to 8-0 heading into the seventh inning.
Malone's offense got some things going in the top of the eighth.
Andrew Hanna and
Tyson Gingerich each singled to start the inning. Hanna came around to score on a St. Cloud error. Gingerich was brought home on
Cameron Martin's tenth RBI of the season to make it an 8-2 game.
Tyler Jackson worked around a leadoff triple to keep the Huskies off the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning.
The Pioneers continued to rally in the ninth. Hanna singled home
Evan Balzano to make it 8-3 game, but ultimately St. Cloud was able to get out of the inning and pick up the win.
PIONEER POINTS
- Andrew Hanna led the offense with three hits on the afternoon. He also scored once and had the one RBI.
- Tyson Gingerich and Evan Balzano each had a pair of hits for the Pioneers. Gingerich has now had multiple hits in six games this season.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Malone heads to Lake Myrtle Sports Park in Auburndale, Florida tomorrow for a doubleheader against the University of Sioux Falls.
First pitch of game one is set for 9:15 a.m.
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