Maine shuts out Jackrabbits, 6-0

Sunday, February 26

Delray Beach, Fla.

8 a.m.

South Dakota State University

2-4

Maine

3-3

South Dakota State

Maine

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

2/26/2017 2:49:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Three Maine pitchers combined to shut out South Dakota State, 6-0, in the Jackrabbit baseball team's finale at the Delray Invitational Sunday morning.

With the loss, SDSU ended the three-day tournament with an 0-4 record and dropped to 2-4 overall.

Tyler Schwanz set the tone at the plate for Maine by leading off the bottom of the first inning with a home run to left-center field.

The Black Bears added three more runs against SDSU starter Brady Stover in the third inning. Danny Casals drove in the first run with a base hit and Christopher Bec and Brandon Vicens followed with run-scoring doubles to chase Stover from his collegiate debut.

That would prove to more than enough offense for Maine starter Nick Silva, who struck out seven, walked only one and scattered five hits in six shutout frames. Eddie Emerson struck out two over two innings, with Zach Winn finishing up with a scoreless ninth inning.

Maine's final two runs came in the fifth inning on run-scoring singles by Vicens and Caleb Kerbs. Vicens was one of five Black Bears to post two hits.

The Jackrabbits collected seven hits, including two by Skyler Wenninger.

Stover struck out four, walked two and surrendered five hits over 2 2/3 innings. Quinn Reimers and Chris Halbur each struck out two batters in relief, with Bryce Hanson added 3 K's over 2 1/3 innings as Jackrabbit pitchers combined for a season-high 11 strikeouts.

UP NEXT
* SDSU will open a slate of four games at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis with a March 6 doubleheader against Waldorf. First pitch is slated for 9:30 p.m.

NOTES
* The Jackrabbits dropped to 1-3 all-time against Maine, with all games played in the state of Florida
* SDSU committed three errors in the game, while Maine was errorless
* Matt Johnson hit safely in all four games of the Florida trip, going a combined 7-for-14 (.500 batting average) with a home run, two doubles and five runs batted in
* Newt Johnson was the only other Jackrabbit to record a hit in all four games, ending the weekend 5-for-14 (.357 batting average)
* Halbur made his team-leading third appearance of the season and has not allowed a run over four innings, striking out five

MAINE 6, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 0
SDSU 000 000 000 0-7-3
UM 103 020 00X 6-11-0
SDSU: Brady Stover, Bryce Hanson (3), Quinn Reimers (6), Chris Halbur (7) and Luke Ringhofer. UM: Nick Silva, Eddie Emerson (7), Zach Winn (9) and Christopher Bec.
W-Silva (1-0). L-Stover (0-1). Save-none.
HR: Tyler Schwanz (1).

-GoJacks.com-