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Friday, May 20
Fargo, N.D.
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Tournament berth to be decided Saturday
5/20/2016 9:46:00 PM | Baseball
FARGO, N.D. – The South Dakota State University baseball team's quest to reach the Summit League tournament will go down to the final day of the regular season after the Jackrabbits dropped a 4-1 decision to North Dakota State Friday night at Newman Outdoor Field.
The winner of Saturday afternoon's game between the Jackrabbits and NDSU will move to next week's tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while the loser will have its season come to an end. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
In Friday's contest, the Bison, 29-24 overall and 12-17 in league play, scored all four of their runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Taylor Sanders started the rally with a leadoff single and moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Mason Pierzchalski. After a walk to Danny Regan, Juan Gamez's double to left field scored Sanders who slid around a tag on a close play at the plate. Logan Busch then gave the Bison the lead with a two-run single that chased SDSU starter Landon Busch. Logan Busch scored the final run of the inning on an RBI single by Ben Petersen.
Landon Busch and Bison starter Jordan Harms traded zeroes through the first six innings. Each team squandered a golden scoring opportunity – the Bison loaded the bases with one out in the first inning before Busch kept NDSU off the board with a pair of strikeouts to end the frame.
SDSU, 20-33 overall and 12-17 in the Summit, threatened in the top of the sixth as Tony Kjolsing led off with an infield single, followed by a walk to Paul Jacobson. Luke Ringhofer then stepped to the plate and launched a deep fly ball to center field that was dropped. On the play, however, Jacobson passed Kjolsing on the basepaths, resulting in the first out of the inning. Harms would go on to retire the next two Jackrabbit hitters to end the threat.
The Jackrabbits did crack the scoring column in their next at-bat on a two-out single by Kjolsing that plated Phil Velez. Kjolsing was the lone Jackrabbit with more than one hit as he collected two of SDSU's seven hits. Ringhofer singled in the fourth inning to extend his streak of reaching base safely to 45 games, tying the D-I program record set in 2015 by Zach Coppola.
Chris Choles pitched the final three innings to earn the win for NDSU. He did not strike out a batter, but walked only one and scattered four hits. Harms struck out six and walked two in his six innings.
Sanders and Brayden Resch each tallied two of NDSU's 10 hits.
Landon Busch, who retired 10 consecutive hitters in one stretch, struck out four and walked one while surrendering four runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings for SDSU.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1
SDSUÂ Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 100Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1-7-0
NDSUÂ Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 40XÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4-10-1
SDSU: Landon Busch, Greg Casper (7) and Luke Ringhofer. NDSU: Jordan Harms, Chris Choles (7) and Juan Gamez.
W-Choles (4-0). L-Busch (7-4). Save-none.
HR: none.
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The winner of Saturday afternoon's game between the Jackrabbits and NDSU will move to next week's tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while the loser will have its season come to an end. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
In Friday's contest, the Bison, 29-24 overall and 12-17 in league play, scored all four of their runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Taylor Sanders started the rally with a leadoff single and moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Mason Pierzchalski. After a walk to Danny Regan, Juan Gamez's double to left field scored Sanders who slid around a tag on a close play at the plate. Logan Busch then gave the Bison the lead with a two-run single that chased SDSU starter Landon Busch. Logan Busch scored the final run of the inning on an RBI single by Ben Petersen.
Landon Busch and Bison starter Jordan Harms traded zeroes through the first six innings. Each team squandered a golden scoring opportunity – the Bison loaded the bases with one out in the first inning before Busch kept NDSU off the board with a pair of strikeouts to end the frame.
SDSU, 20-33 overall and 12-17 in the Summit, threatened in the top of the sixth as Tony Kjolsing led off with an infield single, followed by a walk to Paul Jacobson. Luke Ringhofer then stepped to the plate and launched a deep fly ball to center field that was dropped. On the play, however, Jacobson passed Kjolsing on the basepaths, resulting in the first out of the inning. Harms would go on to retire the next two Jackrabbit hitters to end the threat.
The Jackrabbits did crack the scoring column in their next at-bat on a two-out single by Kjolsing that plated Phil Velez. Kjolsing was the lone Jackrabbit with more than one hit as he collected two of SDSU's seven hits. Ringhofer singled in the fourth inning to extend his streak of reaching base safely to 45 games, tying the D-I program record set in 2015 by Zach Coppola.
Chris Choles pitched the final three innings to earn the win for NDSU. He did not strike out a batter, but walked only one and scattered four hits. Harms struck out six and walked two in his six innings.
Sanders and Brayden Resch each tallied two of NDSU's 10 hits.
Landon Busch, who retired 10 consecutive hitters in one stretch, struck out four and walked one while surrendering four runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings for SDSU.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1
SDSUÂ Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 100Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1-7-0
NDSUÂ Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 40XÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4-10-1
SDSU: Landon Busch, Greg Casper (7) and Luke Ringhofer. NDSU: Jordan Harms, Chris Choles (7) and Juan Gamez.
W-Choles (4-0). L-Busch (7-4). Save-none.
HR: none.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Chris Choles (4-0)
L: Busch, Landon (7-4)
Batting:
RBI: Kjolsing, Tony 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Velez, Phil 1
Batting:
2B: Juan Gamez 1
RBI: Ben Petersen 1 ; Juan Gamez 1 ; Logan Busch 2
SH: Mason Pierzchalski 1 ; Paul Funk 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor Sanders 1 ; Danny Regan 1 ; Juan Gamez 1 ; Logan Busch 1
SB: Logan Busch 1
CS: Brayden Resch 1
HBP: Ben Petersen 1
Game Leaders
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