Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Game 1 - Wayne State 6 Bemidji State 5

Game 2 - Wayne State 12 Bemidji State 8

            Junior left fielder Travis Miller went a combined 4 for 9 with two homers and five RBI to lift Wayne State College in a Northern Sun Conference baseball sweep Monday afternoon over Bemidji State at the BSU Baseball Field in Bemidji, Minnesota.  Scores of the games were 6-5 and 12-8.  WSC is now 15-19 and 13-11 in league play while the host Beavers drop to 5-29 and 3-15 in NSIC games.
            The opener saw the Wildcats overcome a four-run deficit in the first inning while using a two out rally in the top of the seventh to score two runs for a 6-5 win.
            BSU roughed up Wildcat starter Aidan Breedlove for four runs on five hits in the first inning to take an early 4-0 lead.
            Breedlove then held the Beavers to just two hits over the next five innings while WSC started their comeback in the third inning with three runs. 
            Alex Logelin's two-run double scored Tanner Simons (single) and Bryce Bisenius (single) with Logelin later scoring on a CJ Neumann RBI double to make the score 4-3.
            WSC tied the contest in the fifth when Colin Chick singled and scored on a Simons sacrifice fly.
            The score remained 4-4 until the seventh inning.  With two outs and no runners on base, WSC used back-to-back doubles from Simons and Bisenius to take a 5-4 lead, then Travis Miller's RBI single brought home pinch runner Jackson Petersen for a 6-4 Wildcat advantage.
            Sophomore reliever Lawson Zenner came on in the seventh and despite allowing three singles and one run the right hander struck out the side in between to pick up his fourth save of the season in a 6-5 win.
            WSC ended with 13 hits in the game with five different player producing two hits each.  Simons was 2 for 3 with a double and two runs scored while Chick went 2 for 3 with a double and run scored.  Bisenius finished 2 for 4 with a double and RBI while Miller and Andrew Hanson each went 2 for 4 with a pair of singles.
            Breedlove (2-5) earned the pitching win, working six innings and allowing four runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and one walk.  Zenner pitched the final frame and notched his fourth save of the year giving up one run on three hits with three strikeouts.
            The second game saw freshman left hander Aaron Ras fire six shutout innings while junior left fielder Travis Miller belted a pair of two-run homers to help the Wildcats complete the sweep with a 12-8 win over the Beavers.
            WSC used two-run blasts from Miller in the first and third innings, both scoring Bisenius after singles, to give the Wildcats a 4-0 lead after three innings.  A fifth inning leadoff homer from Simons in the fifth put the 'Cats in front 5-0.
            In the sixth innings, WSC added two runs as Logelin walked and scored on a Peyton Barnes fielder's choice for the first run while Jake Lorenzini (bunt single) scored on a Simons sacrifice fly to right field for a 7-0 WSC lead.
            WSC took an 8-0 lead in the seventh when Andrew Hanson singled and scored when Garrett Graveline reached on a Bemidji State error.  The Wildcats produced four more runs in the eighth, highlighted by Logelin's two-run double and an RBI double from Lorenzini. 
            Bemidji State avoided the shutout in the final two innings thanks to a combined six Wildcat errors and nine walks.  The Beavers came up with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and another four in the ninth.
            Miller paced Wayne State's 15-hit attack with a pair of two-run homers, going 2 for 5 with four RBI and three runs scored.  Peyton Barnes finished 3 for 6 while Simons was 2 for 4 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored.  Bisenius, Hanson and Lorenzini each chipped in two hits in the win.
            Ras improved to 4-1 on the season with six shutout innings, allowing just three hits with six strikeouts and five walks.  Brady Johnson and Jordan Mehl worked in relief with Zenner called on to get the final out after BSU rallied in the ninth to make the score 12-8.  
            The Wildcats will be at home Wednesday afternoon hosting Concordia-St. Paul in an NSIC doubleheader beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex in Wayne.