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Nic Mertes batting
Nic Mertes posted two doubles and three RBIs in the second game.
5
Winner Rockhurst RU 5-4
2
Saint Anselm STA 4-2
Winner
Rockhurst RU
5-4
5
Final
2
Saint Anselm STA
4-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rockhurst RU 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 5 0
Saint Anselm STA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1

W: Hellman, Michael (2-1) L: Ryan Schworer (1-1)

4
Saint Anselm STA 4-3
10
Winner Rockhurst RU 6-4
Saint Anselm STA
4-3
4
Final
10
Rockhurst RU
6-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Anselm STA 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 0
Rockhurst RU 2 1 0 0 7 0 X 10 7 1

W: Thigpen, Jacob (1-0) L: David Hunter (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hawks sweep Saint Anselm in Florida

Rockhurst moved its winning streak to five in a row with a doubleheader sweep of Saint Anselm College, 5-2 and 10-4, in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational Sunday in Winter Haven, Florida.

Nathan Mark supplied the winning hit in the first game with a three-run double in the third inning. Blake Pickard gave the Hawks a 4-2 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth and Tommy Kraus added a run-scoring single in the seventh.

Michael Hellman (2-1) allowed two runs on nine hits and struck out nine in 7.0 innings.

In the second game, Rockhurst scored seven runs on five hits in the fifth to take a 10-1 lead. The Hawks scored two runs in the first and added another run in the second.

Nic Mertes and Connor Ellefson both finished with two hits and three RBIs. Mertes posted a run-scoring double in the second and a two-run double in the fifth. Ellefson singled home two runs in the first and had an RBI single in the fifth.

Jack Burns and Pickard collected run-scoring singles in the fifth. Jacob Thigpen (1-0) allowed three runs on five hits and struck out four in 5.0 innings.

The Hawks (6-4) close out their Florida trip with a Monday doubleheader against Findlay in Sanford, Florida.
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