NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College baseball team snapped its five-game losing streak with 3-2 and 13-7 wins over Hamline University to sweep the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at Mark Almli Field.

Senior Breckin Hadley broke a 2-2 tie with a solo home run in the sixth inning of game one for St. Olaf (12-20, 7-7 MIAC), which also got a complete game from junior Sam Hruska on the mound. After the teams combined for 11 first-inning runs in game two, sophomore Josiah Utsch and first year Tate Williams held Hamline (12-22, 4-12 MIAC) in check to help the Oles complete the sweep.

St. Olaf will host first-place Bethel University on Senior Day at Mark Almli Field starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.

St. Olaf 3, Hamline 2 | Box Score

Hruska tossed his second complete game of the season and improved to 3-0 on the season after Hadley's late home run propelled the Oles past the Pipers. Hruska gave up just two runs (one earned) on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts in the win.

Junior Cole Pleimann, senior Frank Lavin, and first year Dex Pudduck combined for six of St. Olaf's eight hits with two hits apiece.

Hamline opened up a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and third innings before the Oles tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the third. Pudduck started the inning with an infield hit and senior Jack Pettit was hit by a pitch before a balk advanced both runners 90 feet. Sacrifice flies by seniors Mason Buck and Henry Black scored Pudduck and Pettit later in the inning.

St. Olaf loaded the bases in the fifth but could not break the tie, but Hadley led off the bottom of the sixth with a first-pitch, tie-breaking home run for the eventual winning run. Hamline got the tying run to second base with one out and to third with two outs in the seventh before Hruska got a ground ball to first to end the game.

St. Olaf 13, Hamline 7 | Box Score

After an 11-run first inning, St. Olaf and Hamline were locked at 7-7 before the Oles scored three runs in the seventh and three more in the eighth to complete the sweep. Six Oles had multi-hit games in the nightcap, as St. Olaf racked up 15 hits in the victory.

Pudduck led the 15-hit attack by going 3-for-4 with one run scored and three RBI. Pettit, junior Kanen Kreafle, Lavin, Hadley, and senior Brendan Goldman picked up two hits apiece, with Pettit, Kreafle, Lavin, and Goldman driving in multiple runs.

After Hamline scored five runs in the top of the first, Utsch and Williams combined to hold the visitors to two runs (one earned) on four hits with four walks and four strikeouts over the final 8.2 innings. Williams earned his first collegiate win with 5.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

The Pipers put up a five-spot in the top of the first, but the Oles answered with six runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, with all six runs coming after the second out. Kreafle started the scoring with a two-run triple before Lavin hit a two-run shot to left center for his team-leading seventh home run of the season. Goldman added a run-scoring single later in the frame before another run scored on a balk.

Hamline tied the game at 6-6 in the top of the third before Pettit delivered a two-out, run-scoring single in the home half of the inning to put the Oles back ahead. The Pipers tied the game again in the fifth and the 7-7 tie lasted until St. Olaf scored three times in the bottom of the seventh.

After a hit batter, a Hadley single, and a sacrifice bunt put two runners in scoring position with one out, Pudduck delivered a two-run single, stole second, and scored on Pettit's triple to right. The Oles added three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth, scoring on a ground out by Hadley and singles by Goldman and Pudduck.