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Sean Arbaut
11
Winner Minot State MINOT 4-6
2
Northwestern (Iowa) NW 0
Winner
Minot State MINOT
4-6
11
Final
2
Northwestern (Iowa) NW
0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minot State MINOT 0 4 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 11 15 4
Northwestern (Iowa) NW 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1

W: Kern, Aaron (1-1) L: Roberts (0-0)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Borst's Career Night Leads Beavers to Win

TUCSON, Ariz. – Senior Michael Borst went 4-for-4 at the plate while tallying his 175th career hit to set a new DII school record in Minot State's 11-2 win over Northwestern (Iowa) on Monday night in Tucson, Ariz.
 
The Beavers improve their win streak to three games and are now 4-6 on the season.
 
How It Happened
  • Minot State broke open the game early, hanging a crooked number with four runs on four hits in the second inning.
  • Mason Gifford walked Jake Collins singled before Gifford touched home on Geordie McDougall's RBI single.
  • Collins scored on Trevaun Smith's RBI groundout before Borst's two-RBI single brought home McDougall and Ryley Humrighouse to double the lead.
  • Northwestern plated a run in the bottom half of the inning on a sacrifice fly.
  • Minot State added a run in the fourth inning when Borst led off with a double and later stole home to make it a 5-1 game.
  • Northwestern scored its final run of the game on a wild pitch in the fourth inning.
  • RBI singles from Borst, Darrel Doll and Celestino Rodriguez helped the Beavers plate three runs on four hits in the sixth inning.
  • Minot State scored its final three runs in the seventh inning on Smith's RBI single, Doll's sacrifice fly and a Northwestern error.
 
Inside The Box Score
  • Minot State scored 11 runs on 15 and committed four errors in the field.
  • Borst led the Beavers with four hits, three RBIs and two runs scored.
  • Smith, Doll and Rodriguez knocked in a pair of RBIs.
  • McDougall posted three hits while Humrighouse recorded two hits.
  • Starter Aaron Kern improved to 1-1 on the season, tossing four innings while giving up two runs on five hits and striking out a pair of batters.
  • Aaron Bernal threw two innings of relief while Curtis Stahlecker added 1.1 innings of relief work.
  • Jack Gamba recorded the final five outs and didn't allow a Northwestern batter to reach base.
 
What's Next
The Beavers have Tuesday off before returning to action with a pair of games in Arizona on Wednesday. Minot State will take on Southwest Minnesota State at 11 a.m. before facing Rainy River Community College in an exhibition at 5 p.m.
 
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