Northwestern University Athletics
Baseball Drops Two to Minnesota
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 8, 1999
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Despite three home runs and a perfect 5-for-5 day from sophomore catcher Joe Hietpas (Appleton, Wis./North), Northwestern dropped two-straight games on the road to Minnesota, 15-8 and 7-3 who has now won 31 of its last 37.
Hietpas hit his team-leading eighth, ninth and 10th home runs of the season. His two bombs in game one helped the Wildcats to a 8-7 lead by the sixth inning, but the Golden Gophers countered with eight runs, six of them unearned, in the bottom of the sixth. Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Kurella (Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin) and senior first baseman Nick Franzese (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) also hit home runs for NU.
The 'Cats dropped game two despite another Hietpas homer and a complete game effort from senior right-hander Phil Rosengren (Barrington, Ill./Rye Country Day). Minnesota made three double plays and broke the game open on a foul pole-grand slam by Aron Amundsen.
LINE SCORE
Game 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Northwestern (20-25, 7-14 Big Ten) 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 8 10 3 Minnesota (36-12, 16-5 Big Ten) 1 5 0 1 0 8 x 15 18 1LOB - NU 2, UM 7 E - (NU) Dainton, Robinson, Musselman (UM) Negen 2B - (NU) Dainton, Anderson (UM) Scanlon 2, Quinlan, Amundsen, Howard HR - (NU) Franzese, Kurella, Hietpas 2 (UM) Howard SF - (UM) Howard; SH - (NU) Robinson
Pitchers Northwestern IP H R ER BB SO Standring 5 15 10 9 1 1 (L, 5-3) Padgett 1 3 5 0 3 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Werner 4.1 7 6 6 0 3 Gangl 2.2 3 2 2 1 1 (W, 2-1)
LINE SCORE
Game 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Northwestern (20-26, 7-15 Big Ten) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 8 2 Minnesota (37-12, 17-5 Big Ten) 2 0 4 0 0 1 x 7 10 0DP - UM 3 E - (NU) Morgan, Dainton 2B - (UM) R. Brousseau, Scanlon HR - (NU) Hietpas (UM) Scanlon, Negen SB - (UM) Howard
Pitchers Northwestern IP H R ER BB SO Rosengren 6 10 6 6 3 2 (L, 2-6)
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Pautz 7 8 3 3 5 2 (W, 8-2)
COMING UP: Northwestern (Gabe Ribas/4-4, 7.02 and Zach Schara/3-4, 7.44) at Minnesota (Dan McGrath/4-0, 5.08 and Chadd Clarey/5-1, 5.94)
