University of Minnesota Athletics
GOLDEN GOPHERS SHUTOUT MSU-MANKATO 6-0 AT SIEBERT FIELD
4/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Minnesota jumped ahead with a four-run third inning, highlighted by a two-run home run from senior Aron Amundson off of Maverick starter Nick Dolan (0-1). The Golden Gophers also got a RBI single from Scott Howard and a run-scoring double from Robb Quinlan.
Kobow, a redshirt freshman from Hutchinson, Minn., pitched four innings and scattered four hits with three strikeouts and a walk. Junior Brandon Kitzerow relieved Kobow and allowed two hits and no runs over the next two innings. Amundson, Bob Dewitt and Jason Shupe each pitched an inning of scoreless relief as the Mavericks failed to get a hit over the final three innings.
Minnesota increased the lead to six with solo home runs from Rick Brosseau in the fourth and Matt Scanlon in the fifth. Scanlon, the Big Ten Player of the Week, finished 3- for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored.
Dolan pitched 4.1 innings for MSU-Mankato and allowed all of Minnesota's runs on nine hits. He struck out one and walked two. Relievers Keith Meyers, Scott Hanson and Mike Landkammer held the Golden Gophers to just two hits over the final 3.2 innings.
