Simpson downs Beloit behind 18 hits, big second inning

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Behind 18 hits and a big five-run second inning, the Simpson College baseball team defeated Beloit 10-5 on Monday morning.

The Storm (3-6) followed their five-run second with a run in the third and two runs in both the seventh and ninth innings. Ian Baldwin, Will Carlock and Matthew Marquez all registered three hits at the plate, while Brady Held, Lucas Juhl and Bennett Wadstrom each chipped in two. Baldwin, Ty Cowley and Zach Fuller led the team with two RBIs each and Carlock scored three runs.

Dante Dolash improved to 1-0 on the season, allowing two runs on six hits with two strikeouts and a walk in 5.2 innings of work. Mitchell Roeder struck out three and allowed three runs on three hits in 1.1 innings and Dylan Schlee recorded his third and fourth scoreless inning in Florida, giving up one hit while striking out three and walking two.

Simpson scored all five of its second inning runs with two outs recorded. Wadstrom drove home the first run with a single and Cowley followed with a two-run double. Cowley advanced to third on a base hit from Baldwin before scoring on a double steal to make the score 4-2. Held capped off the scoring with an RBI single that brought Baldwin home from second.

Fuller blasted his first career home run in the top of the seventh inning to put the Storm ahead 8-2 and Baldwin plated two with a single in the ninth after Beloit (2-2) capitalized on a home run and double in the eighth to cut Simpson's lead to three, 8-5.

Simpson's 18 hits were the most since recording 19 against Carthage on March 5, 2022.

The win is Simpson's fifth in a row over the Buccaneers as the Storm improve to 5-1 in the all-time series.

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Simpson will take on St. Scholastica in another early morning single game on Tuesday at 8 a.m. CT. The meeting will be the first between the two squads since 2005.