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Spartans Hand Rochester 8-4 Loss in Region XIII Tourney

By Craig Olson, 05/17/19, 7:45AM CDT

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M State collected 8 runs on 11 hits Thursday at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud, handing Rochester an 8-4 setback in the Region XIII Tournament and advancing to a 3:00pm contest Friday against Century College.

Winning pitcher Eric Salvesen improved his season record to 6-2 as he went 7 innings, allowing 7 hits and 4 earned runs, while striking out six batters.  Matt Hagen and Skylar Mursu each pitched an inning of scoreless relief for the Spartans.

Rochester led 4-0 after two innings, but M State put up three runs in the third and tied the game with a single run in the sixth.  The Spartans took the lead with a pair of seventh inning runs and added a couple of insurance runs in the eighth.

Offensive leaders for M State were Jake Dykhoff (3-5, 2RBI, R), Matt Pietsch (3-5, RBI, R, 2 2B), Austin Oetter (2-2, 2B, BB, RBI, R), Ryan Schmitz (1-4, 2B, BB, RBI, R) and Devin Bush (1-4, 3B, R).