University of Minnesota Athletics
Sunday, April 21
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Photo by: Brad Rempel
Gophers Fall on Getaway Day, 5-2
4/21/2019 2:45:00 PM | Baseball
MINNEAPOLIS – The Gopher Baseball team started strong but could not hold on as Oklahoma took the rubber match of the three game series 5-2 with five unanswered runs for the Sooners at Siebert Field on Sunday morning.
Minnesota (17-20) clubbed three doubles in the first two innings to scrape across a pair of runs, with Jordan Kozicky and Riley Smith each providing an RBI. Joshua Culliver (2-3) cruised through the first four frames, but Brady Harlan, who came on as a defensive replacement in right field earlier in the game, snuck a three-run home run just over the right field fence to give Oklahoma (27-14) a lead.
Culliver came out for the sixth but got just one out, finishing with 5.1 innings on the day as Oklahoma plated its fourth run with a pair of doubles. Left-hander Levi Prater (6-3) stranded six Gophers in his 6.2 innings of work, ending his day with five walks and four strikeouts and five hits allowed.
Jeff Fasching relieved Culliver in the sixth, stranding a pair of runners and working a scoreless seventh. Brett Schulze closed out the final 2.0 innings for Minnesota, allowing one run on one hit while striking out two. Jason Ruffcorn tossed a scoreless ninth inning for the second time in the series, earning his 10th save of the year.
UP NEXT
Minnesota heads out on the road for the first time in eight games as the Gophers take on Indiana in a return to Big Ten play. The Maroon & Gold swept a three-game series against a ranked Hoosier team last year at Siebert Field. The series begins Friday in Bloomington, Indiana. First pitch is set for 4:35 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
Minnesota (17-20) clubbed three doubles in the first two innings to scrape across a pair of runs, with Jordan Kozicky and Riley Smith each providing an RBI. Joshua Culliver (2-3) cruised through the first four frames, but Brady Harlan, who came on as a defensive replacement in right field earlier in the game, snuck a three-run home run just over the right field fence to give Oklahoma (27-14) a lead.
Culliver came out for the sixth but got just one out, finishing with 5.1 innings on the day as Oklahoma plated its fourth run with a pair of doubles. Left-hander Levi Prater (6-3) stranded six Gophers in his 6.2 innings of work, ending his day with five walks and four strikeouts and five hits allowed.
Jeff Fasching relieved Culliver in the sixth, stranding a pair of runners and working a scoreless seventh. Brett Schulze closed out the final 2.0 innings for Minnesota, allowing one run on one hit while striking out two. Jason Ruffcorn tossed a scoreless ninth inning for the second time in the series, earning his 10th save of the year.
UP NEXT
Minnesota heads out on the road for the first time in eight games as the Gophers take on Indiana in a return to Big Ten play. The Maroon & Gold swept a three-game series against a ranked Hoosier team last year at Siebert Field. The series begins Friday in Bloomington, Indiana. First pitch is set for 4:35 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Prater, Levi (6-3)
L: Culliver, Josh (2-3)
S: Ruffcorn, Jason (10)
Batting:
2B: Ware, Brylie 2 ; Lindsly, Brady 1
HR: Harlan, Brady 1
RBI: Lindsly, Brady 2 ; Harlan, Brady 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Ware, Brylie 2 ; Lindsly, Brady 1 ; Zaragoza, Brandon 1 ; Harlan, Brady 1
SB: Tredaway, Tanner 1
HBP: Tredaway, Tanner 1
PO: McKenna, Conor 1
Batting:
2B: Mezzenga, Ben 1 ; Kozicky, Jordan 1 ; Wassel, Jack 1
RBI: Kozicky, Jordan 1 ; Smith, Riley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mezzenga, Ben 1 ; Wassel, Jack 1
PO: Raabe, Zack 1
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