SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Ethan Fleming and Celestino Rodriguez each drove in two runs during a 10-run first inning and Minot State remained alive in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament with a 13-6 victory over St. Cloud State on Thursday at Karras Park.
 
With the win, Minot State improves to 33-15 and earned a return game against Northern State on Friday (May 11) at 3:30 p.m. at Karras Park. The Beavers opened the tournament against Northern State and the Wolves handed the Beavers a 13-6 loss.
 
Minot State wasted no time in jumping on the Huskies in the Beavers second game of the day. The 10 runs scored by Minot State in the first inning tied a season high. It matched Minot State's 10 runs scored in the sixth inning of a 27-12 win over Minnesota Duluth.
 
Trevaun Smith was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and advanced to second when Michael Borst reached on a fielding error.
 
Wyatt Schlosser reached on an infield single to load the bases and Rodriguez delivered the Beavers first run with a sacrifice fly to center scoring Smith.
 
Darrel Doll brought home Borst with a double to right upping the Minot State lead to 2-0.
 
Justin Demary drew a walk to load the bases and Kyle Williamson followed by drawing another walk to plate Schlosser with the third run of the inning.
 
Following a pitching change, Dustin Wilcox drew the Beavers third straight walk to force in Doll increasing the lead to 4-0.
 
Fleming then roped a double to left that brought home Demary and Williamson and pushed the lead to 6-0.
 
Smith came to the plate for the second time in the inning and hit an RBI single scoring Wilcox and increasing the Beavers advantage to 7-0.
 
Borst reached on another throwing error, which scored Fleming with the eighth run of the inning. Schlosser tacked on an RBI single and Rodriguez capped the outburst with an RBI groundout.
 
It was more than enough offense for Minot State starter Jaymon Cervantes who went 7.0 innings and allowed three runs while striking out 10 to improve to 6-0 on the season. His 10 strikeouts was one shy of his season high of 11 registered against Minnesota Crookston.
 
St. Cloud State scored a run in the third inning and two runs in the fourth inning, but Williamson answered that with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
Rodriguez reached on an error to open the inning and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Doll was hit by a pitch, and after a fielder's choice grounder, Williamson ripped his sixth home run of the season increasing the Minot State lead to 13-3.
 
St. Cloud State scored three runs over the final two innings to close out the scoring.