University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
10-10
High Point
16-6
Berkland Homers Twice in Minnesota's 12-1 Victory Over High Point
3/21/2025 8:45:00 PM | Baseball
MINNEAPOLIS- Junior Drew Berkland put together a stellar showing at the plate Friday, hitting two home runs to help lead the Minnesota Golden Gophers past the High Point Panthers 12-1.
Sophomore Cole Selvig (2-2) started on the mound and picked up the win for Minnesota (10-10). The right-hander went six innings, giving up one run on four hits, allowing one walk and striking out six. Sophomore Will Whelan also made an impact on the mound for the Golden Gophers, throwing three scoreless innings while allowing no hits, with no walks and four strikeouts.
Berkland went 3-for-5 at the plate, supplementing his two home runs with five RBIs. Senior Parker Knoll added to Berkland's awesome power-hitting performance by going 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and four RBI. Junior Jake Elbeery also helped out for the Golden Gophers, going 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and an RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Golden Gophers scored in six different innings on the way to the win. Minnesota broke a 0-0 tie and took the lead for good at 1-0 in the first inning The big hit for the Golden Gophers in the inning was a three-run home run off the bat of Berkland.
GAME NOTES
» The Golden Gophers got two home runs off the bat of Berkland.
» Minnesota got three-hit games from both junior Kris Hokenson and Berkland.
» Selvig struck out six Panthers hitters.
» The Golden Gophers had three players put together games with multiple extra-base hits.
» Berkland and Knoll drove in at least four runs for Minnesota.
» Minnesota's highest scoring inning was the second, when it pushed five runs across.
» Minnesota took a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Selvig put together six innings of one-run ball for the Golden Gophers.
» Five Golden Gophers had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» Minnesota hitters hit four home runs in the ballgame.
» The Golden Gophers had a total of 15 hits.
» The Golden Gophers out-hit the Panthers at a 15-4 clip.
» Sophomore Jack Spanier stole two bases in Friday's game.
» Minnesota went 6-for-13 (.462) with runners in scoring position.
» Minnesota pitchers faced 31 High Point hitters in the game, allowing three ground balls and 12 fly balls while striking out 10.
» Berkland led the Golden Gophers at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Selvig, Cole (2-2)
L: WALTON (4-2)
S: Whelan, Will (1)
Batting:
2B: ECHAZARRETA 1
RBI: ECHAZARRETA 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DURSCHLAG 1
CS: ECHAZARRETA 1
HBP: HAMMOND 1
PO: DURSCHLAG 1
Batting:
2B: Elbeery, Jake 1 ; Neels, Weber 1 ; Perry, Jake 1 ; Knoll, Parker 1
HR: Berkland, Drew 2 ; Elbeery, Jake 1 ; Knoll, Parker 1
RBI: Richter, Easton 1 ; Berkland, Drew 5 ; Elbeery, Jake 1 ; Perry, Jake 1 ; Knoll, Parker 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Spanier, Jack 1 ; Richter, Easton 1 ; Berkland, Drew 2 ; Elbeery, Jake 1 ; Neels, Weber 1 ; Hokenson, Kris 2 ; Hellum, Brayden 1 ; Perry, Jake 1 ; Knoll, Parker 2
SB: Spanier, Jack 2
HBP: Neels, Weber 1 ; Knoll, Parker 1
