St. Cloud scored a pair of runs in the first inning after putting a pair of runners in scoring position with no outs.  A leadoff single and double were followed by two sacrifice flies for the Huskies for a 2-0 lead.  Brandon Arnold made it 3-0 in the third inning with an rbi-single after a leadoff walk and wild pitch gave SCSU a runner at second with no outs.  Arnold scored his second run of the game later in the inning when Reese Gregory lifted his second sacrifice fly to right field.
 
Upper Iowa led off the fourth inning with a walk to Luis Ravelo and a single by Mitch Moser.  After a pair of outs, the Peacocks had runners on the corners when Eric Cottrell shot a single through the right side of the infield to plate Ravelo and pull the home team within three, 4-1.
 
The Huskies scored an unearned run in the sixth inning after a Peacock error in the outfield opened the door to start the frame.  Eric Loxtercamp singled through the left side to drive in the run and give SCSU a 5-1 lead. St. Cloud added their final run to take a 6-1 lead in the top of the seventh with an unearned run off reliever Dan Cwiertniak.
 
Ryan Diers improved to 4-0 on the hill with a complete game allowing just one run on two hits to the Peacocks while striking out 10 batters.
 
Zach Carstens took the loss in game one.  The junior allowed five runs, four earned, on nine hits while picking up four strikeouts in his six innings of work.
 
In game two, the Huskies jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead thanks to a two-run homerun by Zach Hoffmann with two outs; the drive soared over the right field wall.  Kyle Lieser made it 3-0 in favor of the visitors with an rbi-single on a hit and run play in the second. 
 
Upper Iowa threatened in the bottom of the second loading the bases with no outs, but the Huskies and starter Logan Spitzack got a strike out and a groundball double play to end the threat without surrendering a run.
 
St. Cloud State erupted for six runs in the third on just three hits.  The Huskies took advantage of five walks and a hit batsmen to chase UIU's starter Anthony Ruden and move out to a 9-0 lead.  The advantage grew to 12-0 in the sixth inning when St. Cloud State scored three runs on four hits.
Spitzack got the win and improved to 3-0 after throwing five innings and shutting out the Peacocks while allowing just two hits.
 
Ruden took the loss for UIU and falls to 0-3 on the season.  The sophomore allowed nine runs, seven were earned, in 2.1 innings.  Shimpei Sato threw well in relief recording four strikeouts, but he did allow three runs on six hits; all the runs came in the sixth.
 
The Peacocks will remain at home next week with six games on the slate at Robertson Woods Field including a non-conference double header with Lewis University on Wednesday at 1 p.m. and a four-game series with the University of Minnesota Crookston on Saturday and Sunday as the team returns to Northern Sun action.