Game 1 - Wayne State 4 Minnesota Duluth 3

Game 2 - Wayne State 4 Minnesota Duluth 2 

            Mike Bisenius was 3 for 5 with a home run and three runs scored while Wayne State pitching struck out 17 Minnesota Duluth batters Saturday as the Wildcats completed a four-game sweep of the Bulldogs with 4-3 and 4-2 wins Saturday afternoon in Northern Sun Conference baseball played at Bulldog Park in Duluth, Minnesota.  WSC is now 18-10 on the season and 9-5 in league play while UMD falls to 9-17 and 2-10 in the NSIC.
            The first game saw WSC make the most of their three hits, taking advantage of three Bulldog errors and eight walks by UMD pitchers to record a 4-3 win.  After UMD took a 1-0 lead in the first, WSC tied the score in the top of the second as Travis Parsons walked and later scored on a Brett Keim RBI single up the middle.  UMD regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the third, but WSC answered in the top of the fourth to tie the score at 2-2 as Bisenius singled and came across to score on a UMD error.
            Wayne State took their first lead of the game in the sixth inning at 3-2 when Jake Ritzdorf was hit by a pitch and scored when Braulio Acosta reached base on a Bulldog error.  The 'Cats pushed the lead to 4-2 in the seventh when Bisenius singled and scored when Justin Beranek reached on a throwing error by UMD pitcher Andy Yetzer.  The Bulldogs made things interesting in the bottom of the seventh, scoring once while loading the bases before Wildcat reliever Jerad Barth got UMD's Max Ryan to strike out ending the game was WSC held on for the 4-3 win.
            WSC had just three hits in the win, two singles by Bisenius and a single from Keim.  Barth (1-1) was the winning pitcher in relief of starter Tom Doran.  Doran worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits with three strikeouts while Barth pitched the final 2 2/3 innings and gave up one run on three hits with five strikeouts and two walks.
            The second game saw Bisenius homer while WSC reliever Trevor Reeves struck out eight UMD batters in stellar innings of relief as the Wildcats defeated Minnesota Duluth 4-2 to complete the four-game series sweep.
            The 'Cats opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning as Braulio Acosta singled and scored on a Travis Parsons single and Mike Bisenius walked and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Jake Ritzdorf for a 2-0 early lead.  UMD cut the lead to 2-1 in the second, but Bisenius blasted his fifth home run of the season over the centerfield fence in the top of the third to give WSC a 3-1 lead.
            UMD scored in the bottom of the sixth to trim the Wildcat advantage to 3-2, but WSC scored in the seventh when Beranek led off the inning with a single and later scored on a Luke Abkes RBI single to close out the scoring giving WSC the 4-2 win.
            WSC had seven hits in the second game as Parsons finished 2 for 4 with an RBI.  Bisenius homered while C.J. Nolen doubled and scored.  Freshman Nick Ragan worked the first five innings on the mound, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits with one strikeout and two walks, while junior reliever Trevor Reeves shut the door on the Bulldogs in relief, working the final four innings allowing just two hits and no runs with eight strikeouts and one walk.
            Wayne State is on the road again Wednesday afternoon for a Northern Sun Conference doubleheader at Minnesota State beginning at 1:30 p.m.