SDSU scores early, late in 17-3 win

Friday, March 30

Orem, Utah

7 p.m. MT

South Dakota State University

Utah Valley State

3/30/2007 7:00:00 PM | Baseball

By: SDSU Sports Info

OREM, Utah ? The South Dakota State University baseball team showed little signs of rust as the Jackrabbits, playing for the first time in 12 days, opened a three-game series at Utah Valley State Friday night with a 17-3 victory.

The Jackrabbits played errorless defense, tied a season high with four home runs, including a pair by catcher Tony Martin, and received a complete-game effort from senior Matt Bowman to even their record at 11-11. UVSC dropped to 7-16.

SDSU never trailed as it scored five runs in the top of the first inning against Wolverine starter Jace Brinkerhoff. Craig Parry drove in Korby Mintken with the first run on a double. Parry later scored on a passed ball and Martin capped the rally with a three-run homer, his first round-tripper of the season.

Tim Hanigan drove in the next two Jackrabbit runs with a sacrifice fly in the third inning and a solo home run to lead off the sixth.

The Jackrabbits tacked on two more runs in the seventh as Parry scored on a wild pitch and Martin delivered a sacrifice fly that plated Tyson Fisher for the third time in the game. SDSU made it 10-1 in the eighth as Parry hit his team-leading 10^th double of the season to score Jake Rogers.

SDSU ended the scoring in the ninth, sending 12 batters to the plate in a seven-run outburst. The first three runs scored on back-to-back home runs as Martin hit his second of the game, a two-run shot to left, and Cal Lewis followed with a solo shot to put him in a tie for the team lead with five home runs. The first seven Jackrabbit batters of the inning hit safely, including Mintken and Rogers, who delivered run-scoring singles. Fisher added an RBI double later in the frame for the team's eighth hit of the inning.

The Jackrabbits out-hit UVSC, 19-7, with Parry and Lewis each tallying three hits. Martin ended the game 2-for-3 with six RBI as he was one of six SDSU players with two hits.

Utah Valley's first run came in the fourth inning, when Josh Hinckley drove in Derrick Thomas with a sacrifice fly. The Wolverines added two more against Bowman in the eighth as Thomas homered following a leadoff walk to Adam Openshaw.

Austin Heaps was 3-for-4 to lead UVSC at the plate, while Thomas was 2-for-4.

Bowman allowed seven hits and three runs as he hurled his second complete game of the season, evening his record at 2-2. The right-hander from Madera, Calif., struck out three, walked two and hit a batter.

The two teams will close out their series with a doubleheader Saturday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. Mountain Time (2 p.m. Central) at Wolverine Stadium.

SDSU 10, Utah Valley State 1
SDSU 501 001 217 17-19-0
UVSC 000 100 020 3-7-1
SDSU: Matt Bowman and Tony Martin. UVSC: Jace Binkerhoff, Kyle Kasper (8), Craig Brimhall (9), Trevor Pulley (9) and Derrick Thomas.
W-Bowman (2-2). L-Brinkerhoff (2-5).
HR: SDSU-Tony Martin 2 (2), Cal Lewis (5), Tim Hanigan (1); UVSC-Derrick Thomas (2).