ABERDEEN, S.D. – A total of 11 errors resulted in 14 unearned runs scored by Northern State in two games against the Minot State University baseball team on Friday.
The Wolves beat the Beavers twice with scores of 13-2 and 12-2 in games one and two, respectively.

With dominant pitching in game one, Nick Hoffard was on the mound for all seven innings allowing just three hits, MSU scored two unearned runs of its own. In game two the Wolves starting pitcher lasted another seven innings with relief coming in for one inning as the game lasted just eight innings.

Celestino Rodriguez (1B, Fr., Crystal Lake, Ill.) led the Beavers with a total of three hits and one RBI between the two games. Rodriguez hit one of four doubles recorded for MSU in the second game while also recording the first stolen base of his career at Minot State.

Jordan Schulz (OF, Jr., Strasbourg, Saskatchewan) and Caleb Fornshell (2B, So., Minot, N.D.) recorded two hits apiece. Schulz recorded one hit in each game while Fornshell went 2-for-3 in his lone game played.

Minot State will play Northern State in a doubleheader tomorrow, April 23 starting at 12 p.m.

About Minot State
Minot State University is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) and NCAA Division II offering 14 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletics programs. The NSIC is a premier NCAA DII, 16-member conference featuring teams in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. The Beavers are the only public NCAA Division II institution in the state of North Dakota.