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Red Knights open season on winning note

By BSM Staff, 04/07/15, 7:30PM CDT

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BSM wins first game in new Metro West Conference.

RICHFIELD, Minn. -- Tyler Wyvell allowed just two hits over six innings and added a pair of doubles at the plate as Benilde-St. Margaret's opened the season with a 9-3 win over Richfield.


Riley Simonetti had a career high three hits against Richfield.

Wyvell needed just 78 pitches to get through his six innings of work, allowing a run on two hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

The Red Knights scored three times in the top of the first inning as Riley Crane led off with a walk and moved to second on a ground out. Riley Simonetti singled to put runners on the corner and Wyvell hit the next pitch down the left field line for a double.

Derek Drees had an RBI infield single in his first varsity at bat and Jack Qualen and Joseph Martino coaxed back-to-back walks to drive in the third run of the inning.

BSM also had a three-run fifth inning, taking a 7-1 lead, as Will Whitmore drove in a run when he reached on a fielder's choice, Jamison Schuh doubled in a run and Simonetti singled in a run.

Simonetti led the Red Knight offense with three hits and a pair of RBI. Wyvell and Schuh both had two hits while Whitmore drove in a pair of runs.

Next up for BSM is another Metro West Conference game, Thursday, at Robbinsdale Cooper, beginning at 4:30 p.m.