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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, April 18
Erv Huether Field
1:00 PM
South Dakota State University
23-14, 10-7
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Omaha
17-18, 10-7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
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| Omaha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
| South Dakota State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
Jackrabbit winning streak snapped
4/18/2015 5:58:00 PM | Baseball
Omaha grabbed the lead with a six-run fourth inning and held off South Dakota State's comeback bid, ending the Jackrabbits' eight-game winning streak with an 8-6 Summit League baseball victory Saturday afternoon at Erv Huether Field.
The Mavericks, who moved back into a tie with SDSU for second place in the league standings, improved to 17-18 overall and 10-7 league play. The Jackrabbits dropped to 23-14 overall and 10-7.
South Dakota State scored two batters into the home half of the first inning as Paul Jacobson tripled to left-center field and scored on a groundout by Zach Coppola. Coppola later set the Jackrabbit single-season stolen base record, ending the day with 29.
Omaha tied the game with a two-out rally in the third inning. Cole Gruber walked and moved to third on a single by Clayton Taylor before scoring on a base hit by Alex Mortensen.
The Mavericks sent 10 men to the plate in the fourth inning, scoring six times. Omaha's Daniel Jewett opened the inning by reaching on an error. Jewett and Mark Handberg scored the respective tying and go-ahead runs when Alex Schultz chopped a double down the left-field line. Gruber and Ryan Cate each added two-run singles later in the frame.
SDSU countered with three unearned runs in the home half of the fifth. The first two runs scored on errors, with Matt Johnson lining a single to right to score Luke Ringhofer and cut the deficit to 7-4.
The Jackrabbits tallied another run in the seventh when Coppola led off with a single, stole his third base of the game and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Reid Clary.
Reliever Andrew Clemen kept the Jackrabbits in the game with six solid innings of relief. The junior right-hander retired 10 straight Omaha batters in one stretch before allowing a run in the top of the ninth as Taylor led off with a triple and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Mortensen.
Clary, who was 3-for-4, accounted for the final SDSU run with a solo home run on the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth. The Jackrabbits brought the tying run to the plate after a two-out walk to Anthony Schneider, but Maverick reliever Brett Sasse struck out Cody Sharrow to end the game.
UNO starter Zach Willamsen struck out seven and walked three over five innings in a winning effort. Cole Volkers followed with three innings of one-run relief before giving way to Sasse in the ninth.
Jackrabbit starter Chris Anderson lasted only three-plus innings after struggling with his control to start the fourth. Anderson walked three, hit two batters and struck out two. Clemen fanned four and walked one in his relief stint.
Each team finished with 10 hits. Taylor was 3-for-5 to lead the Mavericks, while Jacobson tied for the SDSU team lead with three hits in five trips to the plate.
The two teams are scheduled to play the series finale at 1 p.m. Sunday.
NOTES: Omaha leads the season series, 4-1, and the all-time series 76-64-1 … SDSU's eight-game winning streak tied for third-longest in the Jackrabbits' Division I era (since 2005) … Coppola is 29-for-29 on stolen-base attempts this season … the previous Jackrabbit single-season mark of 26 stolen bases was set by Darrell Bren in 1988 … Coppola has reached base safely in 31 consecutive games and Eric Danforth extended his streak to 25 … Danforth recorded his second – and team's third -- outfield assist of the series as he retired Gruber on the basepaths in the first inning … SDSU ranks among the nation's leaders with 17 outfield assists, including eight by Coppola, five by Paul Jacobson and three by Danforth … the Jackrabbits have homered in five of their last six games
OMAHA 8, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 6
UNO 001 600 001 8-10-3
SDSU 100 030 101 6-10-1
UNO: Zach Williamsen, Cole Volkers (6), Brett Sasse (9) and Collin Leif. SDSU: Chris Anderson, Andrew Clemen (4) and Luke Ringhofer.
W-Williamsen (6-4). L-Anderson (4-2). Save-Sasse (2).
HR: SDSU-Reid Clary (2).
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Pitching:
W: Zach Williamsen (6-4)
L: Anderson, Chris (4-2)
S: Brett Sasse (2)
Batting:
2B: Alex Schultz 2
3B: Clayton Taylor 1
RBI: Alex Schultz 2 ; Cole Gruber 2 ; Alex Mortensen 2 ; Ryan Cate 2
SF: Alex Mortensen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alex Schultz 1 ; Cole Gruber 2 ; Clayton Taylor 1 ; Isaac Holt 1 ; Daniel Jewett 1 ; Mark Handberg 1 ; Collin Leif 1
SB: Cole Gruber 1 ; Isaac Holt 1 ; Daniel Jewett 1
HBP: Cole Gruber 1 ; Collin Leif 1
Batting:
2B: Clary, Reid 1
3B: Jacobson, Paul 1
HR: Clary, Reid 1
RBI: Coppola, Zach 1 ; Clary, Reid 2 ; Johnson, Matt 1
SF: Clary, Reid 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Coppola, Zach 2 ; Ringhofer, Luke 1 ; Clary, Reid 1 ; Danforth, Eric 1
SB: Coppola, Zach 3
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
1
AB
4
R
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H
1
RBI
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