WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A pair of four-run innings powered the Lawrence University baseball team to a 9-2 nonconference win over St. Olaf College on Monday.
The Vikings scored four times in the fifth to take control and four more runs in the ninth to seal the win.
Matt Holliday went 3-for-3 with a run batted in and three runs scored to pace Lawrence’s 15-hit attack. Holliday also pitched the first six innings, giving up seven hits and two runs while striking out two and walking one, to get the win. Dan Rothbauer worked the final three innings to pick up his first collegiate save.
Andrew Lauber, Travis Weber, Carl Olsen, Anthony Ortiz and Zach Rabideau all had two hits for the Vikings (2-6). Lauber drove in three runs, and Weber drove in a pair.
The Vikings grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second when Holliday was hit by a pitch and later scored on Olsen’s single. Lawrence then pulled away in the fifth.
Singles from Ortiz and Rabideau put two runners aboard, and Rothbauer and Holliday followed with run-scoring singles to put the Vikings up 3-0. Weber followed with a two-run double to put the Vikings up 5-0.
The Oles (2-3) struck back for two runs in the bottom of the fifth, but the Vikings sealed the win with four runs in the ninth.
Nolan Spencer’s double, Rabideau’s single and an intentional walk to Holliday loaded the bases with one out. Lauber then smacked a two-out, three-run triple to put the Vikings up 8-2. Olsen followed with a single to score Lauber to complete the scoring.
Thomas Peterson worked the first five innings and took the loss for St. Olaf.