Padres Win For Second Day In A Row

June 3, 2012

By Max Mercy

DULUTH — The Duluth Padres defeated the Port Wing Boilers 5-4 in an Upper 13 League baseball game at Bulldog Park. Pinch-runner Nathan Windschill scored from second base on a throwing error on Corey Pavlich’s sacrifice bunt as Duluth won in the bottom of the ninth for the second day in a row.

The score was knotted 1-1 through seven-and-a-half innings before Duluth scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Port Wing scored three runs in the top of the ninth to tie the score.

Duluth’s Donny Miller (Victoria, Tex.) led off the ninth with a single and was replaced by Windschill (Maple Grove, Minn.). Nick Moran then singled, sending Windschill to second base. Pavlich, a product of Duluth Denfeld High School, put down a bunt, and the throw went wide of first base allowing Windschill to score.

Hibbing Community College’s Jesse Olson (1-1, 0.57 ERA) of Hermantown earned the win in relief of former UW-Superior pitcher Anthony Bush, a Proctor High School alumnus. Olson struck out four and allowed three unearned runs on four hits and three walks in three-and-one-third innings. Bush, who retired the first 10 batters of the game, allowed one unearned run on six hits and one walk in five-and-two-thirds innings. He had six strikeouts.

Jared Gustafson was the losing pitcher in relief of starter Derek Jardine. Jardine worked eight innings and allowed four runs (three unearned) on seven hits and two walks with 11 strikeouts. Gustafson faced three batters in the ninth without recording an out. He allowed one unearned run on two hits.

Duluth struck first with a run in the fourth on an RBI double by Denfeld alumnus Mike Lewis. Port Wing answered with a run in the sixth on an RBI single by Keith Bailey.

Duluth’s Kevin Hendrickx of Brookings, South Dakota, delivered an RBI single in the eighth, followed by a two-run single by Bob Baxton, a former St. Cloud State player, also from Denfeld.

In the top of the ninth, Jardine walked with the bases loaded for an RBI, Andrew Urbaniak had an RBI ground out, and John Tribys hit an RBI single.

Moran and Tim Nylund, both former Hibbing Community College players from Denfeld and Proctor respectively, had two hits apiece for Duluth.

Gustafson was 3-for-5 and Urbaniak was 2-for-5 for Port Wing.

Duluth is now 2-0 in league play and 4-3 overall. Port Wing dropped to 0-3 in league play.

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