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South Dakota State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 25
Omaha, Neb.
4 p.m.
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Hard-luck Jacks fall in 11th at Creighton
3/25/2008 1:00:00 AM | Baseball
Creighton, the defending Missouri Valley Conference Tournament champion, improved to 15-6 overall. The Jackrabbits dropped to 5-15 overall as their losing streak reached eight games. Each of SDSU's last three games has been decided by one run in the opponents' last at-bat.
The victory by Creighton overshadowed a valiant comeback by the Jackrabbits, who trailed 5-0 after the first inning. In the home half of the first, the Bluejays batted around against SDSU starter Jared Koch. Ruf drove in the first two runs of the game with a home run to right field, and Steve Winkelmann followed with a solo blast on the very next pitch. Joe Servais plated the fourth run of the inning with a double and later scored on a wild pitch.
SDSU tallied its first run of the game on a solo home run by Tyson Fisher with two outs in the third inning. For Fisher, it was his second home run of the season.
After Creighton countered with a run in the bottom of the third, SDSU tied the game at 6-all with a five-run fourth inning.
The Bluejays regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the fourth, but SDSU took its first lead of the game with a two-run fifth inning. Nick Adams scored the tying run on a balk, and Ayala scored the go-ahead run on a base hit by Korby Mintken.
Creighton again tied the game in the seventh inning as Brett Mieras doubled off Jackrabbit reliever Zach Weber to score a run. Kirby Morsching later relieved Weber in the seventh and worked three more scoreless innings before giving up the game-winning home run in the 11th.
Jeremy Hauer, the sixth pitcher of the game for the Bluejays, hurled two scoreless innings of relief to earn the victory, improving to 4-1 on the season. He worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the top of the 11th to keep SDSU off the board. Bluejay pitchers recorded 12 strikeouts in the game.
Ruf ended the game 3-for-5 with three runs batted in and three runs scored. He was one of five Creighton players with two or more hits as the Bluejays out-hit the Jackrabbits, 14-13.
Hanigan was 3-for-5 to lead SDSU at the plate. Mintken and Adams each tallied two hits.
SDSU continues road action with a three-game series Friday through Sunday at
CREIGHTON 9, SDSU 8 (11 inn.)
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SDSU: Jared Koch, Zach Weber (6), Kirby Morsching (7) and Tony Martin. CU: Greg Hellhake, Josh Gow (4), Bob Lackovic (4), Pat Venditte (6), Kevin Dooley (7), Jeremy Hauer (10) and Brett Mieras.
W-Hauer (4-1). L-Morsching (0-3).
HR: SDSU-Tyson Fisher (2), Tony Martin (1); CU-Darin Ruff 2 (4), Steve Winkelmann (4).
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