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University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Blanked by Pacific 1-0 in Series Opener
3/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Pacific starter Tyler Waldron went the distance to pick up the win to move to 1-2. Waldron gave up just three hits, walked one batter and struck out 11 in nine innings of work.
Nohelty reached base twice, and was 1-for-4 on the night, while Michael Kvasnicka (
Pacific got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Adam Ching led off with a single to center field. Ching moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt, and to third on a fly out. Michael McKeever brought Ching home with two-out RBI double to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
Pacific threatened to add to its lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. With two outs, Kerry Jenkins walked and stole second and third. After Ching walked to make it first and third, Buske got Joe Oliveira to ground out to end the inning.
The Golden Gophers dodged a bullet in the bottom of the sixth inning. Pacific loaded the bases with one out against Buske. However, Mike Walker grounded a ball to the right side that Chlan made diving stab to come up with. He flipped the ball to McCallum who completed the double play to allow Buske to escape the inning unscathed.
In the top of the ninth, Nohelty hit a hot shot to third base to reach first. He moved to second on a throwing error on pickoff throw to get into scoring position. Waldron struck out the final two batters to finish his first career complete game.
Pacific was led by McKeever, who accounted for three hits, going 3-for-4 and knocking in the only run of the game. Chin reached base twice, and was 1-for-3 with a run.
