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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, March 29
Greeley, Colo.
11 a.m. MT
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Northern Colorado
Jacks, UNC split doubleheader
3/29/2008 1:00:00 AM | Baseball
GREELEY, Colo. ? Tyson Fisher's three-run home run capped a five-run seventh inning and gave South Dakota State the lead for good as the Jackrabbits won the first game of a baseball doubleheader, 9-7, against Northern Colorado Saturday afternoon at Jackson Field. UNC came back to win Game 2, 13-6, to salvage a split of the twinbill.
SDSU moved to 7-16 overall, while UNC ended the three-game series with an 8-19 overall record.
In the opener, the Jackrabbits trailed 6-4 entering the seventh inning. Freshman Billy Stitz opened the inning with a leadoff home run off UNC starter T.R. Keating, which was followed by consecutive singles from Jesse Ayala and Nick Adams. With Sean Peery on in relief, the two runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Tim Hanigan. Korby Mintken was then intentionally walked to load the bases, but before Fisher could complete his at-bat, the tying run scored on a balk. Fisher later homered to left center to clear the bases and put the Jackrabbits ahead 9-6.
Northern Colorado came back to put a run on the board in the seventh inning against Jackrabbit reliever Jared Koch, but Kirby Morsching pitched two scoreless innings to preserve the Jackrabbit victory with his second save of the season.
Trailing 3-0, SDSU gained a one-run lead with a four-run fifth inning. Adams, who was 3-for-5, singled with the bases loaded to score Jesse Ayala and Stitz, while Tony Martin also scampered home on the play after an error. The final run of the inning also scored on an error.
UNC gained the lead on a two-run home run by Andy Mees in the fifth inning, and built its advantage to 6-4 in the sixth on a solo home run by Erik Hegstad.
UNC 13, SDSU 6
Northern Colorado was able to put together the big innings in Game 2, breaking a 4-all tie with a five-run sixth inning and sealing the victory with four runs in the eighth.
The Jackrabbits grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as
After SDSU starter Robert Butler left the game due to injury following the first inning, UNC scored three times off reliever Christian Larson in the bottom of the third on only one hit ? a double by Kevin Sandberg to plate the final run of the frame. Back-to-back walks to open the inning came back to haunt the Jackrabbits, along with an error that allowed a run to score. Another run scored on a wild pitch.
SDSU knotted the game at 3-all in the fifth inning on a leadoff homer by Stitz and an RBI single by Mintken.
The Bears regained the lead in the home half of the fifth on a Chad Murray run-scoring double, only to see the Jackrabbits come back to tie the game in the sixth as Craig Parry scored on a wild pitch.
UNC took control in the home half of the sixth. Zach Weber, the fourth of seven Jackrabbit pitchers in the game, allowed a one-out double and walk before exiting. Both runners came around to score on a double by Sean Zyer, with Mees contributing a sacrifice fly and Cory Morales capping the scoring with a two-run home run against Koch.
The Jackrabbits countered with two runs in the seventh inning as Fisher homered for the fourth consecutive game with a two-run shot to center field. UNC, however, put the game away a four-run eighth inning that included a two-run double by
Hits were even at 11 in Game 2.
SDSU's scheduled home opener against
SERIES NOTES: Northern Colorado ended an eight-game losing streak to the Jackrabbits with its Game 2 victory ... SDSU now leads the all-time series, 19-15 ... Fisher ended the three-game series 4-for-14 (.286 avg.), but hit three home runs and drove in nine ... of SDSU's 50 hits in the series, 20 went for extra bases (eight doubles, three triples and nine home runs) ... the Jackrabbits won two of three games despite their starting pitchers combining to throw only 5 2/3 innings ... Parry had his 10-game hitting streak end in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader ... Mintken notched his team-leading 12th multi-hit game of the season in Game 2 ... a doubleheader was played Saturday due to impending inclement weather forecast for Sunday in Colorado
Game 1:
SDSU 000 040 500 9-10-1
UNC 120 021 100 7-14-2
SDSU: Isaac Johnson, Matt Baerlocher (2), Sam Pieczynski (6), Jared Koch (6), Kirby Morsching (8) and Tony Martin. UNC: T.R. Keating, Sean Peery (7), Cody Henry (9) and Erik Whinery.
W-Koch (2-1). L-Keating (2-4). SV-Morsching (2).
HR: SDSU-Tyson Fisher (4), Billy Stitz (2); UNC-Andy Mees (2), Erik Hegstad (2).
Game 2: Northern Colorado 13,
SDSU 100 021 200 6-11-1
UNC 003 015 04X 13-11-0
SDSU: Robert Butler, Christian Larson (2), Matt Baerlocher (5), Zach Weber (6), Jared Koch (6), Sam Pieczynski (7), Kirby Morsching (8) and Tony Martin. UNC: Dan Kazell, Sean Peery (6), Cody Henry (8), Jon Klausing (9) and Erik Whinery.
W-Peery (2-2). L-Weber (0-1).
HR: SDSU-Tyson Fisher (5), Billy Stitz (3); UNC-Cory Morales (1).
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