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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, May 7
Brookings, S.D.
1:00 PM
South Dakota State University
18-27, 12-11
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Fort Wayne
22-24, 7-16
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Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Fort Wayne evens series with Jacks
5/7/2016 5:13:00 PM | Baseball
Fort Wayne's Jackson Boyce dumped a two-run single into right field in the top of the eighth inning to send the Mastodons to a 7-5 victory over South Dakota State in Summit League baseball action Saturday afternoon at Erv Huether Field.
In evening the series at a game apiece, Fort Wayne improved to 22-24 overall and 7-16 in league play. SDSU dropped to 18-27 overall and 12-11 in The Summit League. The two teams are scheduled to play the decisive game of their three-game series at 1 p.m. Sunday.
For the second day in a row, the Jackrabbits were able to erase a five-run deficit. Fort Wayne scored a run in the first inning without a hit thanks to three walks, a hit batter and a sacrifice fly by Shane Trevino. The Mastodon lead grew to 4-0 in the second inning as Boyce, who was 3-for-4 and a home run shy of the cycle, delivered a run-scoring triple and Brandon Soat ended SDSU starter Will McAffer's outing with a two-run home run to right.
Soat ran his streak of consecutive hits in the series to eight with an RBI double in the fourth inning that followed a double by Boyce. That would be the only run allowed by Jackrabbit reliever Ethan Kenkel, who retired the last 11 batters he faced. Kenkel struck out four in 5 2/3 innings.
Fort Wayne starter Trevor Storie cruised through the first five innings before running into trouble in the sixth. After Storie retired the first two hitters in the inning, Paul Jacobson and Luke Ringhofer drew walks and both came around to score on Jesse Munsterman's double to the left-field corner. Munsterman scored on Matt Johnson's base hit to right field, cutting the margin to 5-3.
SDSU tied the game at 5-all in the seventh. Phil Velez started the rally with a single to center field and scored on fielder's choice when the throw home on a ground ball to third base was wide of the mark, allowing Velez to slide in safely. Nick Smith scored the tying run when a throw on a steal attempt at second base by Paul Jacobson sailed into center field.
The Mastodons' winning rally in the eighth began when Jackrabbit reliever Joe Erickson walked Shane Trevino on four pitches and hit Brock Logan. Landon Busch was then summoned from the bullpen and recorded two strikeouts around a walk before Boyce drove a 2-2 pitch into right field to score both Trevino and pinch-runner Evan VanSumeren.
Brandon Phelps, the losing pitcher in Friday's series opener, retired six of the seven batters he faced over two innings to earn the save.
Each team finished with seven hits. Munsterman and Velez tallied two hits each for the Jackrabbits.
FORT WAYNE 7, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 5
IPFWÂ Â Â Â 130Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 100Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 020Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7-7-2
SDSUÂ Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 003Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 200Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5-7-0
IPFW: Trevor Storie, Damian Helm (6), Mitchell Ley (6), Brandon Phelps (8) and Zak Kellogg, Jonathan Valenzuela-Reece. SDSU: Will McAffer, Ethan Kenkel (2), Joe Erickson (8), Landon Busch (8) and Luke Ringhofer.
W-Ley (2-2). L-Erickson (2-1). Save-Phelps (1).
HR: IPFW-Brandon Soat (4).
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In evening the series at a game apiece, Fort Wayne improved to 22-24 overall and 7-16 in league play. SDSU dropped to 18-27 overall and 12-11 in The Summit League. The two teams are scheduled to play the decisive game of their three-game series at 1 p.m. Sunday.
For the second day in a row, the Jackrabbits were able to erase a five-run deficit. Fort Wayne scored a run in the first inning without a hit thanks to three walks, a hit batter and a sacrifice fly by Shane Trevino. The Mastodon lead grew to 4-0 in the second inning as Boyce, who was 3-for-4 and a home run shy of the cycle, delivered a run-scoring triple and Brandon Soat ended SDSU starter Will McAffer's outing with a two-run home run to right.
Soat ran his streak of consecutive hits in the series to eight with an RBI double in the fourth inning that followed a double by Boyce. That would be the only run allowed by Jackrabbit reliever Ethan Kenkel, who retired the last 11 batters he faced. Kenkel struck out four in 5 2/3 innings.
Fort Wayne starter Trevor Storie cruised through the first five innings before running into trouble in the sixth. After Storie retired the first two hitters in the inning, Paul Jacobson and Luke Ringhofer drew walks and both came around to score on Jesse Munsterman's double to the left-field corner. Munsterman scored on Matt Johnson's base hit to right field, cutting the margin to 5-3.
SDSU tied the game at 5-all in the seventh. Phil Velez started the rally with a single to center field and scored on fielder's choice when the throw home on a ground ball to third base was wide of the mark, allowing Velez to slide in safely. Nick Smith scored the tying run when a throw on a steal attempt at second base by Paul Jacobson sailed into center field.
The Mastodons' winning rally in the eighth began when Jackrabbit reliever Joe Erickson walked Shane Trevino on four pitches and hit Brock Logan. Landon Busch was then summoned from the bullpen and recorded two strikeouts around a walk before Boyce drove a 2-2 pitch into right field to score both Trevino and pinch-runner Evan VanSumeren.
Brandon Phelps, the losing pitcher in Friday's series opener, retired six of the seven batters he faced over two innings to earn the save.
Each team finished with seven hits. Munsterman and Velez tallied two hits each for the Jackrabbits.
FORT WAYNE 7, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 5
IPFWÂ Â Â Â 130Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 100Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 020Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7-7-2
SDSUÂ Â Â Â 000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 003Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 200Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5-7-0
IPFW: Trevor Storie, Damian Helm (6), Mitchell Ley (6), Brandon Phelps (8) and Zak Kellogg, Jonathan Valenzuela-Reece. SDSU: Will McAffer, Ethan Kenkel (2), Joe Erickson (8), Landon Busch (8) and Luke Ringhofer.
W-Ley (2-2). L-Erickson (2-1). Save-Phelps (1).
HR: IPFW-Brandon Soat (4).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mitchell Ley (2-2)
L: Erickson, Joe (2-1)
S: Brandon Phelps (0)
Batting:
2B: Brandon Soat 1 ; Jackson Boyce 1
3B: Jackson Boyce 1
HR: Brandon Soat 1
RBI: Brandon Soat 3 ; Shane Trevino 1 ; Jackson Boyce 3
SF: Shane Trevino 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brandon Soat 2 ; Shane Trevino 1 ; Evan VanSumeren 1 ; Shannon Baker 1 ; Jackson Boyce 2
CS: Greg Kaiser 1
HBP: Greg Kaiser 1 ; Brock Logan 1
Batting:
2B: Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Munsterman, Jesse 1
RBI: Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Munsterman, Jesse 2 ; Johnson, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Nick 1 ; Jacobson, Paul 1 ; Ringhofer, Luke 1 ; Munsterman, Jesse 1 ; Velez, Phil 1
SB: Jacobson, Paul 1
PO: Kjolsing, Tony 1 ; Velez, Phil 1
Game Leaders
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1
RBI
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AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
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