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UNW-St. Paul take 2 from Knights

ST. PAUL — The Martin Luther College baseball team lost both games of its non-conference doubleheader at University of Northwestern-St. Paul by the scores of 2-1 and 13-2 on Friday.

UNW 2, MLC 1

Northwestern spoiled another strong start by MLC starting pitcher Andrew Mantz in a 2-1 win in Game 1.

Mantz (0-3) threw his third complete game of the season and allowed only two runs (one earned) on three hits in six innings. In each of his three complete game starts, Mantz has allowed two or fewer earned runs in each of them.

The Knights took an early lead thanks to an RBI single from Joey Behm in the first inning, but the Eagles came back with an unearned run in the bottom half to tie the game 1-1.

After the Eagles took the lead in the third inning, Mantz held them without a hit for the final three frames, but the Knights left six runners on base in the final four innings to give UNW the win.

Behm led the Knights with a pair of hits and one RBI. Tyler Roecker scored the lone run for MLC.

UNW 13, MLC 2

UNW took advantage of three MLC errors on the way to a 13-2 win in Game 2.

Andrew Deisinger (0-2) started the game and allowed nine runs (three earned) on seven hits in three innings before giving way to relievers Michael Fromm and Callahan Diersen.

The Knights scored their two runs in the second inning on RBI from Adam Westra and Alex Smothers, but the Eagles roared back with three runs in the second inning and five more in the third to take a commanding lead.

Westra finished with two of the team’s six hits, and scored one of the team’s two runs.

MLC fell to 2-12 on the season following the two defeats, while UNW improved to 9-6 with the sweep.

The Knights will return to action next Saturday, when they open UMAC play with a doubleheader at St. Scholastica. First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

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