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South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, April 23
Cedar City, Utah
3 p.m. MT
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Jacks, Thunderbirds split twinbill
4/23/2010 8:00:00 PM | Baseball
CEDAR CITY, Utah - South Dakota State used a balanced offensive attack to win the opening game of a doubleheader, 13-5, but Southern Utah's Kyle Melling pitched a complete game in the nitecap as the two teams split a Summit League baseball doubleheader Friday afternoon.
The Jackrabbits moved to 22-13 overall and 7-4 in league play with the split. SUU, which won Game 2, 4-2, moved to 12-26 on the season, 5-6 in The Summit League play.
SDSU broke a 3-all tie in Game 1 with a seven-run fifth inning, highlighted by a grand slam by Billy Stitz. Andrew Melton plated the first run of the frame by drawing a bases-loaded walk. John Lee added a run-scoring double and the final run of the inning scored on an RBI groundout.
Trailing 2-0 after the first inning, Lee put the Jackrabbits on the board with his sixth home run of the season, a solo shot to center field to lead off the second inning. SDSU gained a 3-2 lead in the third inning on a two-run single by Joel Blake, before Marcus Romero knotted the game with a leadoff home run in the home half of the third.
The Jackrabbits tacked on a pair of runs in the seventh inning on run-scoring singles by Eric Cain and Zach Briggs. Blake closed out the scoring for SDSU with a solo home run in the eighth.
SUU's final two runs came on Joe Goldenberg's third home run of the series, a two-run blast in the bottom of the eighth.
Blake Treinen remained unbeaten for SDSU, improving to 4-0 with a seven-inning start. The right-hander struck out six, walked four and allowed five hits. Blaine Alberta pitched the final two innings.
Lee led the Jackrabbits' 17-hit attack with a 4-for-6 effort at the plate. Stitz was 3-for-7 with four RBI, while Blake was 3-for-6 with three RBI.
In Game 2, Melling struck out three and did not walk a batter in going the distance for the Thunderbirds in a seven-inning contest.
SDSU took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Stitz singled and scored on Jesse Sawyer's double to left field.
SUU scored both its second-inning runs on a home run by designated hitter Tyler Hogge, then added single runs in the third and fourth innings on a Goldenberg RBI double and solo home run by Braden Warren, respectively.
The Jackrabbits trimmed the deficit to 4-2 in the fifth on an RBI single by Stitz that scored Andrew Melton, who led off the inning with a triple.
Freshman starter Stephen Bougher fanned six, walked two and allowed nine hits in five innings of work for SDSU as he fell to 1-3 on the season.
SUU held a 10-8 advantage in hits, including two by Bo Cuthbertson, Bucky Aona and Goldenberg. The Jackrabbits received a pair of hits from Stitz and Cain.
The series concludes Saturday with first pitch slated for 1 p.m. Mountain Time (2 p.m. Central).
NOTES: Southern Utah leads the all-time series, 7-6 ... the Jackrabbits played errorless defense in both games ... Stitz upped his season hit total to 64 and career total to 187 ... Stitz moved into tie with Cole Irish (1993-96) and Nick Adams (2005-08) for eighth place on the SDSU career doubles chart with 41 ... SDSU reached double figures for runs scored for the 15th time in Friday's opener ...the Jackrabbits have lost only one series all season, dropping two of three games at Dallas Baptist (Texas) April 2-3 ... Trever Vermeulen lowered his earned run average to 1.02 by pitching a scoreless sixth inning in Game 2 ... Vermeulen made his 20th appearance of the season - all in relief - to move into a tie for ninth place on the Jackrabbit single-season charts
Game 1: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 13, SOUTHERN UTAH 5
SDSU 012 070 210 -- 13 17 0
SUU 201 000 020 -- 5 8 3
SDSU: Blake Treinen, Blaine Alberta and Zach Briggs, Nick Andrews (8). SUU: Cody Eliason, Adam Dell (5), Brandon Romero (5), K.C. Sandstrom (9) and Taylor Shaw.
W-Treinen (4-0). L-Eliason (1-6). SV-none.
HR: SDSU-Billy Stitz (2), John Lee (6), Joel Blake (7); SUU-Marcus Romero (1), Joe Goldenberg (9).
Game 2: SOUTHERN UTAH 4, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2
SDSU 100 010 0 -- 2 8 0
SUU 021 100 x -- 4 10 0
SDSU: Stephen Bougher, Trever Vermeulen (6) and Zach Briggs. SUU: Kyle Melling and Joe Goldenberg.
W-Melling (2-2). L-Bougher (1-3). SV-none.
HR: SUU-Tyler Hogge (1), Braden Warren (1).
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