Jake Pries hit his third home run in as many games as the Huskies’ offense caught fire in a 14-7 Northwoods League win in St. Cloud on Saturday night.
In the past three games, Pries is hitting .400 with four extra-base hits and six RBIs. Dillon Paulson also hit a home run in consecutive games and had two of the Huskies’ 15 total hits, compared to St. Cloud’s nine.
After batting around and scoring four runs in the fourth inning, Duluth added at least two in each of the next three innings, scoring seven unanswered runs total.
The Huskies’ offense was helped by two wild pitches and two errors by St. Cloud, each of which led to runs. Overall, the Rox committed four errors.
St. Cloud rallied to tie the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the fourth, but Pries scored the go-ahead run with his leadoff homer in the fifth. Paulson went deep in the next at-bat to extend the lead.
The Huskies added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth before Brendan McClary drove in two via a double in the seventh, pushing the cushion to 12-4. St. Cloud scored three runs in the ninth, but its late rally fell short.
Alex Ferguson got the win for Duluth after throwing 1 1 /3 scoreless innings in relief.
The Huskies return to Wade Stadium today for a rematch with St. Cloud at 3:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Box Score
Huskies 14, Rox 7
Duluth St. Cloud
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Amaral cf 6 1 0 1 Carson rf 5 1 3 2
McClary ss 6 1 2 2 Mamarella lf 2 0 0 0
Hanford 3b 3 1 1 0 Ramirez ph 1 1 0 0
Bernard pr 2 1 2 1 Ringhofer 1b 2 1 0 0
Pries rf 6 4 3 1 Strem cf 5 1 2 0
Paulson dh 5 3 2 1 Altavilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Ambrsino 1b 3 2 1 2 Illies 1b 3 1 0 0
Long lf 4 0 1 0 Skonieczny c 1 0 1 1
In Den Klf ph 1 0 0 0 Benson ss 3 1 2 1
Milazzo lf 0 0 0 0 Bobo dh 3 1 0 0
Brown c 3 0 0 2 Bewley 2b 1 0 0 0
Moses 2b 6 1 3 3 Pope 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 45 14 15 13 Totals 33 7 9 4
Duluth 000 432 302 - 14
St. Cloud 010 300 003 - 7
2B - McClary (1), Ambrosino (8), Carson (6), Benson (10). HP - Hanford (2), Brown (4), Bobo (6). HR - Pries (5), Paulson (3). SB - Carson (5), Strem (3), Benson (3). E - Brown (2), Altavilla (2), Bewley 2 (9), Salow (4).
LOB - Duluth 14, St. Cloud 10.
IP H R ER BB SO
Duluth
DeCaster 3.2 4 4 4 5 4
Ferguson (W, 2-2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Kroger 3.2 4 3 1 3 1
Drew Molin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
St. Cloud
Salow (L, 3-3) 4.0 7 6 5 2 9
Gauvreau 1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Baumgart 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Briggs 1.2 3 3 3 2 0
Goytia 2.0 2 2 2 3 2
WP - Ferguson (1), Molin (1), Baumgart 2 (2).
T - 3:48.
NORTHWOODS LEAGUE
Second Half
North Division
W L Pct GB
St. Cloud 9 5 .643 -
Mankato 9 5 .643 -
Willmar 8 6 .571 1
x-Eau Claire 8 7 .500 1½
La Crosse 7 7 .500 2
Waterloo 6 8 .429 3
Rochester 6 8 .429 3
Thunder Bay 6 9 .400 3½
Duluth 6 9 .400 3½
x-won first half
South Division
W L Pct GB
Rockford 10 4 .714 -
x-Wis. Rapids 9 6 .600 1½
Madison 8 7 .533 2
Green Bay 7 7 .500 3
Wisconsin 7 7 .500 3
Battle Creek 7 8 .467 4
Kalamazoo 6 8 .429 4
Lakeshore 6 8 .429 4
Kenosha 4 10 .286 6
x-won first half
Friday’s Results
Duluth 6, Green Bay 4
Madison 5, Kalamazoo 1
Kalamazoo 4, Madison 1
Rochester 15, Thunder Bay 12
Battle Creek 8, Kenosha 2
Mankato 3, Waterloo 2
St. Cloud 4, Eau Claire 1
Lakeshore 1, Wisconsin 0
Wisconsin Rapids 15, Rockford 3
La Crosse 7, Willmar 6
Saturday’s Results
Duluth 14, St. Cloud 7
Thunder Bay 2, Wisconsin Rapids 1 (10 innings)
Battle Creek 8, Madison 5
Eau Claire 8, La Crosse 2
Mankato at Waterloo, night
Wisconsin at Kenosha, ppd.
Kalamazoo at Lakeshore, ppd.
Green Bay at Rockford, ppd.
Rochester at Willmar, ppd.
Today’s Games
St. Cloud at Duluth, 3:05 p.m.
Wisconsin at Kenosha, 1:05 p.m.
Madison at Battle Creek, 2:05 p.m.
Mankato at Waterloo, 3:35 p.m.
Wisconsin Rapids at Thunder Bay, 5:05 p.m.
Green Bay at Rockford, 5:05 p.m.
La Crosse at Eau Claire, 5:05 p.m.
Kalamazoo at Lakeshore, 5:05 p.m.
Rochester at Willmar, 6:05 p.m.
