St. Paul baseball: Cardinals get win in Sacred Heart tournament
The St. Paul baseball team went 1-2 in the Sacred Heart Tournament last week.
Schulenburg 9, SP 1
It was rough start for the Cardinals in the tournament in their opening against Schulenburg. St. Paul got just one run on two hits and committed five errors on defense in a 9-1 loss.
Schulenburg outscored St. Paul 2-0 in the first inning, 4-0 in the second, 2-1 in the third box and added one more run in the fourth inning.
Joseph Peters and Brody Biehunko each got one run; Zeke Rodriguez scored one run.
Blaine Humes pitched one innings with two runs and three walks; Carter Novak worked four innings, four hits, seven runs, three walks and one strikeout.
Nate Boedeker had five putouts.
St. Paul hitting/base running — Joseph Peters 1-3, 1 RBI; Brody Biehunko, 1-2; Zeke Rodriguez, 1 run.
St. Paul pitching — Blaine Humes, 1 IP, 2 runs, 2 batters hit, 3 walks; Carter Novak, 4 IP, 4 hits, 7 runs,2 batters hit, 3 walks, 1K.
St. Paul fielding/defense — Nate Boedeker, 5 putouts; Jack Leonard, 2 putouts, 1 assist; Rodriguez, 2 putouts; Cody Malinovsky, 1 putout, 1 assist; Novak, 1 putout, 1 assist; Holden Jacobs, 1 putout; Humes, 1 putout; Jack Ehrig, 1 putout; Peters, 1 assist.
SCH 242 10x x 9 4 0
SP 001 00x x 1 2 5
St. Paul 5, Austin Hill Country 0
Rodriguez pitched a three-hit shutout and struck out 11 batters as St. Paul blanked Austin Hill Country 5-0.
St. Paul scored one run in the first and third innings before plating three runs in the fourth.
At the plate, Carter Novak was 2-for-3 with one run; Boedeker hit 2-for-3 and Rodriguez scored two runs.
Boedeker had three putouts in the field.
St. Paul hitting — Carter Novak 2-3, 1 run, 2 stolen bases; Nate Boedeker, 2-3, 1 stolen base; Jack Ehrig, 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Nate Boedeker, 2-3, 1 stolen base; Jack Leonard, 1 run, 2 stolen bases; Zeke Rodriguez, 2 runs.
St. Paul pitching — Rodriguez, 6 IP, 3 hits, 11K.
St. Paul fielding/defense —Nate Boedeker, 3 putouts; Joseph Peters, 2 putouts, 2 assists; Leonard, 1 putout, 1 assist; Blaine Humes, 1 putout; Evan Rothers, 1 assist.
SP 101 300 x 5 6 0
AH 000 000 x 0 3 3
St. Pius 2, St. Paul 0
A run in the first and in the third inning was all St. Pius needed to blank St. Paul 2-0.
The teams combined for nine hits.
Rodriguez, Joseph Peters, Brody Biehunko and Cody Malinovsky had one hit each.
Jack Leonard went 2 1/3 innings on the mound, five hits, two runs, three walks and five strikeouts.
Malinovsky worked 2 2/3 innings with one batter hit and four strikeouts.
Rodriguez and Biehunko each made two putouts.
St. Paul hitting/base running — Zeke Rodriguez, 1-3; Joseph Peters, 1-3; Brody Biehunko, 1-2; Cody Malinovsky, 1-1, 1 stolen base.
St. Paul pitching — Jack Leonard, 2.1 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 3 batters hit, 3 walks, 5K; Malinovsky, 2.2 IP, 1 batter hit, 4K.
St. Paul fielding/defense — Rodriguez, 2 putouts; Biehunko, 2 putouts; Blaine Humes, 1 putout; Carter Novak, 1 assist; Peters, 1 assist.
SP 000 000 x 0 4 0
Pius 101 00x x 2 5 0