Source: Gophersports.com
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:47:00 PM EST
Published: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:52:08 PM EST
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:47:00 PM EST
Published: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:52:08 PM EST
Senior Tom Buske (Apple Valley, Minn.) pitched his first career complete game, as he led the Minnesota baseball team (36-16) to a 12-3 victory over Purdue (25-26) in its second game of the Big Ten Tournament at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio.
Buske saved Minnesota's bullpen for the second game of the day, as he went a career-high nine innings, gave up seven hits, three runs, walked two and struck out four. Buske picked up the win to move to 9-3. The nine wins were the most by a Golden Gopher pitcher since 2003 when Glen Perkins had the same total.
The win for the Golden Gophers gave them at least one win in their last 15 Big Ten Tournament appearances. John Anderson has led Minnesota to at least one victory in 23 of his 25 Big Ten Tournament appearances.
Offensively, the Golden Gophers were led by Derek McCallum (Shoreview, Minn.) who was 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs and four RBI. With the four RBI, McCallum moved his total to 76 RBI, which is fourth on the Minnesota single-season list. McCallum's home run was the 16th of the season moving him into a tie for fifth on the Golden Gopher single-season list. The 16 home runs are also the most by a Minnesota player since 1999.
Junior Eric Decker (Cold Spring, Minn.) also reached base five times, and was 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, while senior Matt Nohelty (Rothschild, Wis.) reached base four times, and went 2-for-4 with three runs, an RBI and two stolen bases.
AJ Pettersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) also went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI, while Michael Kvasnicka (Lakeville, Minn.) finished 2-for-5 with a home run, a run and two RBI. Nick O'Shea (Blaine, Minn.) also collected three hits, as he went 3-for-6 with a run and an RBI.
All nine Gopher hitters reached base on the day, and six players had multi-hit games.Purdue starter Matt Morgan took the loss to fall to 6-5, as he gave up eight hits, six runs, walked four and struck out four in 4.2 innings.
Minnesota got on the board first with a single run in the top of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Nohelty led off with a single, stole second and moved to third on a bunt by Pettersen. McCallum plated Nohelty with an infield RBI single to get the Golden Gophers on the board first.
Purdue pushed two runs across in the bottom of the first to take a 2-1 lead. Brandon Haveman led off double off the glove of O'Shea, and moved up to third reached first on an error. John Cummins plated Haveman with a fielder's choice RBI ground out to tie the game. The next two Boilermakers drew walks to load the bases, and Eric Charles plated Cummins with an RBI single to give the Boilermakers a one-run lead.
The Boilermakers moved their lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the third on a solo home run by John Cummins.Minnesota reclaimed the lead in the top of the fourth with three runs to make it 4-3. Nohelty drew a one-out walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved up on a single by Pettersen that dropped in when Purdue outfielder lost his balance. McCallum followed by lining a three-run homer to right center field to give the Golden Gophers a one-run lead back.
The Golden Gophers added two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 6-3 lead. O'Shea led off with a single, and Decker plated him with an RBI triple to center field to give Minnesota a 5-3 lead. Morgan retired the next two hitters to keep Decker at third, but Nohelty came up with a clutch RBI double against Purdue reliever Connor Sestak to give the Golden Gophers a three-run lead.
Minnesota pushed a single run across the plate in the top of the sixth to give the Golden Gophers a 7-3 lead. McCallum led off the inning with a walk, and moved to second on a single by Kvasnicka. After a double play, McCallum moved to third and came home to score on an RBI single by O'Shea.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Purdue loaded the bases for Eric Charles with two outs. Charles hit a soft ground ball to third base, but Geason barehanded the ball and made a great off-balance throw to get the third out.
The Golden Gophers added three runs in the top of the seventh to push the lead out to 10-3. After reaching on a fielder's choice, Nohelty stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by the catcher. Nohelty came home to score on an RBI single by Pettersen to make it 8-3. Two batters later, Kvasnicka crushed a two-run homer off the scoreboard to put Minnesota up 10-3.
Minnesota added a pair of runs in the top of the eighth to make it 12-3, when Kyle Geason (Eden Prairie, Minn.) brought home a run on an RBI ground out and Justin Gominsky (Mahtomedi, Minn.) when Pettersen reached on an error by the shortstop.
Purdue was led by Haveman who went 3-for-5 with a run, while Cummins was 1-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBI.
Buske saved Minnesota's bullpen for the second game of the day, as he went a career-high nine innings, gave up seven hits, three runs, walked two and struck out four. Buske picked up the win to move to 9-3. The nine wins were the most by a Golden Gopher pitcher since 2003 when Glen Perkins had the same total.
The win for the Golden Gophers gave them at least one win in their last 15 Big Ten Tournament appearances. John Anderson has led Minnesota to at least one victory in 23 of his 25 Big Ten Tournament appearances.
Offensively, the Golden Gophers were led by Derek McCallum (Shoreview, Minn.) who was 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs and four RBI. With the four RBI, McCallum moved his total to 76 RBI, which is fourth on the Minnesota single-season list. McCallum's home run was the 16th of the season moving him into a tie for fifth on the Golden Gopher single-season list. The 16 home runs are also the most by a Minnesota player since 1999.
Junior Eric Decker (Cold Spring, Minn.) also reached base five times, and was 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, while senior Matt Nohelty (Rothschild, Wis.) reached base four times, and went 2-for-4 with three runs, an RBI and two stolen bases.
AJ Pettersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) also went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI, while Michael Kvasnicka (Lakeville, Minn.) finished 2-for-5 with a home run, a run and two RBI. Nick O'Shea (Blaine, Minn.) also collected three hits, as he went 3-for-6 with a run and an RBI.
All nine Gopher hitters reached base on the day, and six players had multi-hit games.Purdue starter Matt Morgan took the loss to fall to 6-5, as he gave up eight hits, six runs, walked four and struck out four in 4.2 innings.
Minnesota got on the board first with a single run in the top of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Nohelty led off with a single, stole second and moved to third on a bunt by Pettersen. McCallum plated Nohelty with an infield RBI single to get the Golden Gophers on the board first.
Purdue pushed two runs across in the bottom of the first to take a 2-1 lead. Brandon Haveman led off double off the glove of O'Shea, and moved up to third reached first on an error. John Cummins plated Haveman with a fielder's choice RBI ground out to tie the game. The next two Boilermakers drew walks to load the bases, and Eric Charles plated Cummins with an RBI single to give the Boilermakers a one-run lead.
The Boilermakers moved their lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the third on a solo home run by John Cummins.Minnesota reclaimed the lead in the top of the fourth with three runs to make it 4-3. Nohelty drew a one-out walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved up on a single by Pettersen that dropped in when Purdue outfielder lost his balance. McCallum followed by lining a three-run homer to right center field to give the Golden Gophers a one-run lead back.
The Golden Gophers added two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 6-3 lead. O'Shea led off with a single, and Decker plated him with an RBI triple to center field to give Minnesota a 5-3 lead. Morgan retired the next two hitters to keep Decker at third, but Nohelty came up with a clutch RBI double against Purdue reliever Connor Sestak to give the Golden Gophers a three-run lead.
Minnesota pushed a single run across the plate in the top of the sixth to give the Golden Gophers a 7-3 lead. McCallum led off the inning with a walk, and moved to second on a single by Kvasnicka. After a double play, McCallum moved to third and came home to score on an RBI single by O'Shea.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Purdue loaded the bases for Eric Charles with two outs. Charles hit a soft ground ball to third base, but Geason barehanded the ball and made a great off-balance throw to get the third out.
The Golden Gophers added three runs in the top of the seventh to push the lead out to 10-3. After reaching on a fielder's choice, Nohelty stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by the catcher. Nohelty came home to score on an RBI single by Pettersen to make it 8-3. Two batters later, Kvasnicka crushed a two-run homer off the scoreboard to put Minnesota up 10-3.
Minnesota added a pair of runs in the top of the eighth to make it 12-3, when Kyle Geason (Eden Prairie, Minn.) brought home a run on an RBI ground out and Justin Gominsky (Mahtomedi, Minn.) when Pettersen reached on an error by the shortstop.
Purdue was led by Haveman who went 3-for-5 with a run, while Cummins was 1-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBI.
