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Jackrabbits win series at Fort Wayne
4/29/2018 6:36:00 PM | Baseball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Newt Johnson drove in three runs and Anthony Schneider scored four times to lead South Dakota State to an 11-5, Summit League series-clinching victory over Fort Wayne in college baseball action Sunday afternoon at Mastodon Field.
In winning for the ninth time in their last 12 Summit League games, the Jackrabbits improved to 12-24 overall and 10-8 in league play. Fort Wayne fell to 10-27 overall and 6-15 in The Summit League.
SDSU led wire to wire, jumping out to a 2-0 first-inning lead on Johnson's two-run single to left field, which came after Johnson's at-bat was extended by a dropped foul ball. Schneider and Nick Smith scored on the play.
The Mastodons scored in the bottom of the second to pull to within 2-1, but SDSU scored the next five runs with a three-run fourth inning and two-run sixth. The fourth inning was highlighted by a sacrifice fly by Smith, which was sandwiched around runs scoring on an error and wild pitch. In the sixth, Schneider plated Skyler Wenninger with a double to left-center, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Tony Kjolsing.
Jackrabbit starter Brady Moxham picked up his first win in an SDSU uniform by pitching six strong innings. The sophomore right-hander from Oakville, Montana, struck out two, walked two and allowed two runs on four hits.
Alex Marro finished the game with two scoreless innings, striking out two.
SDSU continued to put runs on the board in the late innings, putting two across in the seventh, followed by single runs in the eighth and ninth. Singles by Wenninger and pinch-hitter Logan Holtz plated the seventh inning runs, while Gus Steiger recorded a run-scoring single in the eighth.
Johnson accounted for the final run of the game for SDSU with the team's third sacrifice fly of the game in the ninth.
The Jackrabbits held a 14-10 advantage in hits and were led by Kjolsing's 3-for-5 afternoon at the plate. Schneider, Josh Falk and Steiger each notched two hits. Zak Kellogg was one of three Fort Wayne players with two hits and drove in a pair of runs.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to play their first true home game of the season, hosting Omaha in the opening game of a three-game Summit League series Friday at Erv Huether Field. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
NOTES
* SDSU won the season series, 5-1, and holds an all-time record of 52-14 against Fort Wayne
* Schneider became the first Jacrkabbit since Newt Johnson in a March 18, 2017, game at Omaha to score four times
* Johnson upped his team-leading RBI total to 32 and now has a team-best nine multi-RBI games
* Johnson has reached base safely in 29 consecutive games
* Smith went 0-for-4 to have his team-best 14-game hitting streak come to an end, but he did draw a ninth-inning walk to reach base safely for the 21st consecutive game
* The Jackrabbits stole a season-high seven bases, including two by Kjolsing, who upped his team-leading individual total to 15
* Kjolsing ended the series 7-for-13 (.538 batting average) at the plate with a pair of three-hit games
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In winning for the ninth time in their last 12 Summit League games, the Jackrabbits improved to 12-24 overall and 10-8 in league play. Fort Wayne fell to 10-27 overall and 6-15 in The Summit League.
SDSU led wire to wire, jumping out to a 2-0 first-inning lead on Johnson's two-run single to left field, which came after Johnson's at-bat was extended by a dropped foul ball. Schneider and Nick Smith scored on the play.
The Mastodons scored in the bottom of the second to pull to within 2-1, but SDSU scored the next five runs with a three-run fourth inning and two-run sixth. The fourth inning was highlighted by a sacrifice fly by Smith, which was sandwiched around runs scoring on an error and wild pitch. In the sixth, Schneider plated Skyler Wenninger with a double to left-center, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Tony Kjolsing.
Jackrabbit starter Brady Moxham picked up his first win in an SDSU uniform by pitching six strong innings. The sophomore right-hander from Oakville, Montana, struck out two, walked two and allowed two runs on four hits.
Alex Marro finished the game with two scoreless innings, striking out two.
SDSU continued to put runs on the board in the late innings, putting two across in the seventh, followed by single runs in the eighth and ninth. Singles by Wenninger and pinch-hitter Logan Holtz plated the seventh inning runs, while Gus Steiger recorded a run-scoring single in the eighth.
Johnson accounted for the final run of the game for SDSU with the team's third sacrifice fly of the game in the ninth.
The Jackrabbits held a 14-10 advantage in hits and were led by Kjolsing's 3-for-5 afternoon at the plate. Schneider, Josh Falk and Steiger each notched two hits. Zak Kellogg was one of three Fort Wayne players with two hits and drove in a pair of runs.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to play their first true home game of the season, hosting Omaha in the opening game of a three-game Summit League series Friday at Erv Huether Field. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
NOTES
* SDSU won the season series, 5-1, and holds an all-time record of 52-14 against Fort Wayne
* Schneider became the first Jacrkabbit since Newt Johnson in a March 18, 2017, game at Omaha to score four times
* Johnson upped his team-leading RBI total to 32 and now has a team-best nine multi-RBI games
* Johnson has reached base safely in 29 consecutive games
* Smith went 0-for-4 to have his team-best 14-game hitting streak come to an end, but he did draw a ninth-inning walk to reach base safely for the 21st consecutive game
* The Jackrabbits stole a season-high seven bases, including two by Kjolsing, who upped his team-leading individual total to 15
* Kjolsing ended the series 7-for-13 (.538 batting average) at the plate with a pair of three-hit games
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