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University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Falls to Indiana 3-2
3/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The Minnesota baseball team (14-7, 1-1) dropped a 3-2 decision to Indiana (8-15, 1-1) on Saturday, Mar. 28 at Sembower Field.
Minnesota senior starter Tom Buske (Apple Valley, Minn.) had a strong outing, but took a tough-luck loss to fall to 4-1 as he went 6.1 innings, gave up five hits, two earned runs, walked two and struck out six batters. Luke Rasmussen (Northfield, Minn.) came in and pitched one shutout inning, while Cullen Sexton (Plover, Wis.) also pitched two thirds scoreless innings.
Offensively, the Golden Gophers were led by redshirt freshman AJ Pettersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) who reached base three times, and was 2-for-3 in the game. Junior Derek McCallum (Shoreview, Minn.) was 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. McCallum has now driven in a run in six straight games, and has tallied 14 RBI in the last five games for the Golden Gophers.
Kyle Geason (Eden Prairie, Minn.) was 1-for-3 with a run, while Kyle Knudson (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Matt Nohelty (Rothschild, Wis.) each went 1-for-4. Michael Kvasnicka went 0-for-3 with a walk to snap his 25-game hitting streak that dated back to 2008.
Indiana starter Eric Arnett hurled a complete game, as he pitched nine innings, gave up six hits, two runs, walked two and struck out 10 Golden Gophers.
The game was supposed to start at 11 a.m. (CT), but was delayed by two hours due to rain. When the game finally started, Minnesota took an early lead on a two-out solo home run by McCallum in the top of the first inning to put the Golden Gophers ahead 1-0.
In the bottom of the second inning, Buske pitched around a leadoff double by Alex Dickerson as he struck out the next two batters and got Tyler Rogers to ground out to first to end the inning.
The Golden Gophers pushed their second run across the plate in the top of the third inning to take a 2-0 lead. Geason got things started with a single up the middle, and moved to second on an infield single by Nohelty. Pettersen loaded the bases with walk with one out, McCallum plated Geason with a fielder's choice RBI ground out to move the score to 2-0. Arnett limited the damage by getting Kvasnicka to pop out to end the inning.
Indiana got a single run back in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Minnesota lead to 2-1. Kipp Schutz got things started when he reached on an error by the third baseman to star off the inning. With one out, Tyler Rogers reached when a pop up dropped in short center field. Evan Crawford reached on an error to load the bases, and Vince Gonzalez drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home Schutz to cut the Minnesota lead to 2-1.
The Hoosiers took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the sixth when Dickerson hit a two-run homer to left field to push Indiana ahead 3-2.
In the top of the seventh inning, Justin Gominsky drew a two-out walk to keep the inning alive. Geason followed by hitting a deep fly ball to left field that nearly gave the Golden Gophers the lead, before Schutz tracked it down at the warning track to end the inning.
Indiana looked like it was going to add to the lead when Crawford led off the bottom of the seventh with a double to right field, and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. Crawford was tagged out at the plate when pinch-hitter Chris Hervey missed a suicide squeeze bunt attempt. After Hervey's base hit, Rasmussen retired Jerrud Sabourin to end the inning.
Minnesota mounted its last threat in the top of the eighth when Pettersen reached on a one-out single, and Kvasnicka drew a two-out walk to make it first and second. Arnett came back to strike out Knudson to get out of the jam.
The Hoosiers were led by Dickerson who reached base three times, and was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two RBI and one run. Crawford also 2-for-3 on the day. Josh Phegley and Schutz each scored a run on the game.
Minnesota will be back in action when it faces Indiana in the series finale on Sunday, Mar. 29 at 12 p.m. (CT). That game can be heard live on KLBB (1220 AM) and on gophersports.com.
Minnesota senior starter Tom Buske (Apple Valley, Minn.) had a strong outing, but took a tough-luck loss to fall to 4-1 as he went 6.1 innings, gave up five hits, two earned runs, walked two and struck out six batters. Luke Rasmussen (Northfield, Minn.) came in and pitched one shutout inning, while Cullen Sexton (Plover, Wis.) also pitched two thirds scoreless innings.
Offensively, the Golden Gophers were led by redshirt freshman AJ Pettersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) who reached base three times, and was 2-for-3 in the game. Junior Derek McCallum (Shoreview, Minn.) was 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. McCallum has now driven in a run in six straight games, and has tallied 14 RBI in the last five games for the Golden Gophers.
Kyle Geason (Eden Prairie, Minn.) was 1-for-3 with a run, while Kyle Knudson (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Matt Nohelty (Rothschild, Wis.) each went 1-for-4. Michael Kvasnicka went 0-for-3 with a walk to snap his 25-game hitting streak that dated back to 2008.
Indiana starter Eric Arnett hurled a complete game, as he pitched nine innings, gave up six hits, two runs, walked two and struck out 10 Golden Gophers.
The game was supposed to start at 11 a.m. (CT), but was delayed by two hours due to rain. When the game finally started, Minnesota took an early lead on a two-out solo home run by McCallum in the top of the first inning to put the Golden Gophers ahead 1-0.
In the bottom of the second inning, Buske pitched around a leadoff double by Alex Dickerson as he struck out the next two batters and got Tyler Rogers to ground out to first to end the inning.
The Golden Gophers pushed their second run across the plate in the top of the third inning to take a 2-0 lead. Geason got things started with a single up the middle, and moved to second on an infield single by Nohelty. Pettersen loaded the bases with walk with one out, McCallum plated Geason with a fielder's choice RBI ground out to move the score to 2-0. Arnett limited the damage by getting Kvasnicka to pop out to end the inning.
Indiana got a single run back in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Minnesota lead to 2-1. Kipp Schutz got things started when he reached on an error by the third baseman to star off the inning. With one out, Tyler Rogers reached when a pop up dropped in short center field. Evan Crawford reached on an error to load the bases, and Vince Gonzalez drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home Schutz to cut the Minnesota lead to 2-1.
The Hoosiers took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the sixth when Dickerson hit a two-run homer to left field to push Indiana ahead 3-2.
In the top of the seventh inning, Justin Gominsky drew a two-out walk to keep the inning alive. Geason followed by hitting a deep fly ball to left field that nearly gave the Golden Gophers the lead, before Schutz tracked it down at the warning track to end the inning.
Indiana looked like it was going to add to the lead when Crawford led off the bottom of the seventh with a double to right field, and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. Crawford was tagged out at the plate when pinch-hitter Chris Hervey missed a suicide squeeze bunt attempt. After Hervey's base hit, Rasmussen retired Jerrud Sabourin to end the inning.
Minnesota mounted its last threat in the top of the eighth when Pettersen reached on a one-out single, and Kvasnicka drew a two-out walk to make it first and second. Arnett came back to strike out Knudson to get out of the jam.
The Hoosiers were led by Dickerson who reached base three times, and was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two RBI and one run. Crawford also 2-for-3 on the day. Josh Phegley and Schutz each scored a run on the game.
Minnesota will be back in action when it faces Indiana in the series finale on Sunday, Mar. 29 at 12 p.m. (CT). That game can be heard live on KLBB (1220 AM) and on gophersports.com.
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