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South Dakota State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 29
Brookings, S.D.
2:00 PM
South Dakota State University
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Dakota Wesleyan
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Photo by: Jason Salzman
Jackrabbits win home opener
3/29/2016 5:46:00 PM | Baseball
South Dakota State scored five times in the third inning and went on to defeat Dakota Wesleyan, 7-4, in the Jackrabbits' home baseball opener Tuesday afternoon at Erv Huether Field.
With the win, SDSU improved to 5-18 overall. DWU dropped to 13-10 on the season.
After Dakota Wesleyan scored in the top of the third inning, the Jackrabbits batted around in the home half of the frame, scoring five times. Cody Sharrow led off the inning with a triple off Tiger reliever Dustin Somerville and scored on a wild pitch. Luke Ringhofer plated the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and Jesse Munsterman followed with a run-scoring single. The fourth SDSU run scored on an error as Paul Jacobson stole third base and came home on an errant throw. Matt Johnson completed the scoring with an RBI single that brought home Munsterman.
SDSU extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth. Sharrow and Phil Velez opened the inning with back-to-back singles and each later scored on sacrifice flies from Nick Smith and Jacobson, respectively.
Jackrabbit left-hander Henry DeCaster earned the victory in relief after tossing three innings of one-run baseball. Senior Eldon Evans started for SDSU and pitched two shutout innings with three strikeouts, working out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the second with a double-play grounder back to the mound.
DWU scored single runs in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings. Dominic Sebastiani, who drove in the Tigers' run in the third inning, adding a run-scoring single in the ninth. Sebastiani was one of four different DWU players with two hits as the Tigers finished with a 12-8 advantage in hits.
Sharrow was 2-for-3 and scored two runs to lead the Jackrabbit offense. Ringhofer extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the seventh.
The Jackrabbits return to Summit League action Friday at Fort Wayne to open a three-game series. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. Eastern Time (2 p.m. Central).
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7, DAKOTA WESLEYAN 4
DWUÂ Â Â Â 001Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 001Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 011Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4-11-2
SDSUÂ Â Â Â 005Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 200Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 00XÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7-8-1
DWU: Dustin Steckler, Steven Somerville (3), Patrick Whetham (5), William Lutjen (7) and Sean Riley. SDSU: Eldon Evans, Henry DeCaster (3), Will McAffer (6), Bryce Hanson (8), Austin Kost (8), Derringer Huff (9) and Luke Ringhofer, Kolton Michalski.
W-DeCaster (1-1). L-Somerville (0-1). Save-none.
HR: none.
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With the win, SDSU improved to 5-18 overall. DWU dropped to 13-10 on the season.
After Dakota Wesleyan scored in the top of the third inning, the Jackrabbits batted around in the home half of the frame, scoring five times. Cody Sharrow led off the inning with a triple off Tiger reliever Dustin Somerville and scored on a wild pitch. Luke Ringhofer plated the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and Jesse Munsterman followed with a run-scoring single. The fourth SDSU run scored on an error as Paul Jacobson stole third base and came home on an errant throw. Matt Johnson completed the scoring with an RBI single that brought home Munsterman.
SDSU extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth. Sharrow and Phil Velez opened the inning with back-to-back singles and each later scored on sacrifice flies from Nick Smith and Jacobson, respectively.
Jackrabbit left-hander Henry DeCaster earned the victory in relief after tossing three innings of one-run baseball. Senior Eldon Evans started for SDSU and pitched two shutout innings with three strikeouts, working out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the second with a double-play grounder back to the mound.
DWU scored single runs in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings. Dominic Sebastiani, who drove in the Tigers' run in the third inning, adding a run-scoring single in the ninth. Sebastiani was one of four different DWU players with two hits as the Tigers finished with a 12-8 advantage in hits.
Sharrow was 2-for-3 and scored two runs to lead the Jackrabbit offense. Ringhofer extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the seventh.
The Jackrabbits return to Summit League action Friday at Fort Wayne to open a three-game series. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. Eastern Time (2 p.m. Central).
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7, DAKOTA WESLEYAN 4
DWUÂ Â Â Â 001Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 001Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 011Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4-11-2
SDSUÂ Â Â Â 005Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 200Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 00XÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7-8-1
DWU: Dustin Steckler, Steven Somerville (3), Patrick Whetham (5), William Lutjen (7) and Sean Riley. SDSU: Eldon Evans, Henry DeCaster (3), Will McAffer (6), Bryce Hanson (8), Austin Kost (8), Derringer Huff (9) and Luke Ringhofer, Kolton Michalski.
W-DeCaster (1-1). L-Somerville (0-1). Save-none.
HR: none.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeCaster, Henry (1-1)
L: Somerville, Steven (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Calhoon, Austin 1
RBI: Sebastiani, Dominic 2 ; Luhmann, Nolan 1
SH: Wenande, Cole 2 ; Neugebauer, Lakin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Jonah 2 ; Calhoon, Austin 1 ; Nagle, Neil 1
Batting:
2B: Smith, Nick 1
3B: Sharrow, Cody 1
RBI: Smith, Nick 1 ; Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Ringhofer, Luke 1 ; Munsterman, Jesse 1 ; Johnson, Matt 1
SF: Smith, Nick 1 ; Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Ringhofer, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Nick 1 ; Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Munsterman, Jesse 1 ; Sharrow, Cody 2 ; Velez, Phil 2
SB: Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Munsterman, Jesse 1 ; Schneider, Anthony 1 ; Sharrow, Cody 1 ; Velez, Phil 1
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