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Tigers complete sweep of Dakota State

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CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. -- Tyler Schmunk and Sean Bouthilette each recorded non-conference wins Saturday over Dakota State University, 3-0 and 7-0, as the Campbellsville Tigers ran their win streak to four games. The wins complete a three-game, weekend sweep of DSU, coached by former CU assistant coach Scott Hortness.

 



In game one, Schmunk retired his first five batters before giving up his one hit through four innings of work. Dakota State threatened some in the third after Schmunk gave up back-to-back walks, but the Colorado native had two ground balls and a strike out to exit the inning.

The Tigers took their first lead of the day with a leadoff double in the third by Keaton Neeb. Courtesy runner Levi McCamish was bunted to third by Shane Woodson and scored on a sac fly by Tanner Scott to give CU a 1-0 lead.

With the lead, Schmunk exited the game after the fourth with four strikeouts en route to the win.

CU put two on to start the fourth with Michael Bush being hit by a pitch and a Josh Potter single to left. Following a strikeout of Aaron Schwoebel, DSU pitcher Josh Caven had an errant pickoff move to first, scoring Bush for the Tigers' second run.

Neeb had his second leadoff hit of the day with a single in the fifth. McCamish stole second and moved to third on a Caven balk before scoring a squeeze bunt by Scott.

Matt Robertson closed the game, retiring all batters in the final three innings, despite hitting one batter in the seventh.

While both teams struggled to collect hits, scattering four through seven innings, in game one, the ball seemed to rocket off the Tigers' bats in game two of Saturday's doubleheader.

Campbellsville had 10 hits in the 7-0 win, including doubles by Scott and Schwoebel.

Tanner Nielsen led off the second game with a walk, followed by a bunt single by Bush and RBI single from Josh Potter. Bush went on to score on Schwoebel's double and Potter on a sac fly from Brandon Johnson.

The early 3-0 lead provided cushion for Bouthilette, who pitched five scoreless innings, allowing two hits, no walks and striking out eight. Mason Yates and Jeff Larabee each pitched an inning of relief work.

Nielsen added a run in the second, reaching on a one-out single and scoring on an error.

In the fourth, the Tigers loaded the bases with singles from Scott, Travis Hayes and Angelo Simmons. Scott scored on an RBI double-play ball from Nielsen.

The final two runs came in the sixth with Johnson getting hit, followed by Scott's double to start the inning. Hayes hit a sac fly to score Johnson and Scott later scored on an error.

Scott went 2-for-3 in his first two home starts this season, including two sacrifice RBIs without an official at bat in the first game.

Potter led the Tigers' offense on the weekend, hitting 5-for-10 in the three-game series against Dakota State, including a 3-for-6 Saturday.

Schwoebel and Neeb were the only other Tigers with multiple hits Saturday.

Dakota State collected only four hits in the 14 innings of play.

Campbellsville (12-4) will return to HIG Field Tuesday, March 12 to host Bryan College in a non-conference doubleheader at 1:30 p.m. EDT.



 

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