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Photo by: Eric Landwehr
SDSU, UA Little Rock split twinbill
3/9/2019 11:01:00 PM | Baseball
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – South Dakota State and UA Little Rock traded big eighth innings in splitting a college baseball doubleheader Saturday at Gary Hogan Field. The visiting Jackrabbits rallied for a 9-4 victory in the opener, while UA Little Rock pulled away for a 10-3 win in Game 2.
SDSU ended the day 6-8 overall, while the Trojans moved to 4-11.
Game 1: South Dakota State 9, UA Little Rock 4
The Jackrabbits sent 11 men to the plate in the top of the eighth against the Trojan bullpen and scored six times to take their first victory of the four-game series.
Trailing 3-2, Logan Holtz began the rally with a leadoff single and later scored the tying run on a base hit by Braeden Brown. Landon Badger and Josh Falk followed with back-to-back RBI doubles, with Luke Ira and Gus Steiger each contributing run-scoring singles. The final run of the inning scored on an error.
Jackrabbit starter Ryan Froom pitched seven strong innings to earn his second win of the season. He struck out five, walked four and scattered seven hits.
UA Little Rock starter Jose Torres held SDSU in check during his seven innings of work, allowing only a pair of runs in the third inning, when Holtz tripled in a pair after Steiger doubled and Nick Smith walked.
The Trojans tied the game at 2-all with a run in the home half of the third and took a 3-2 lead in the sixth on a leadoff home run by Riley Pittman. Ryan Benavidez, who was 3-for-4, added a solo home run with two outs in the ninth for the Trojans' final run of the game.
SDSU held a 16-8 advantage in hits, with Holtz and Badger each tallying three.
Game 2: UA Little Rock 10, South Dakota State 3
The Trojans grabbed a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second innings on solo home runs by Pittman and James Gann, then put the game out of reach with a five-run eighth inning in securing the doubleheader split.
SDSU had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a two-out RBI single by Matthew Krambeck, but UA Little Rock scored the next four off Jackrabbit starter Korey Kuhlmann and didn't look back. Benavidez plated a third-inning run with a single to left center and Christian Reyes added a run-scoring single in the fourth.
The Jackrabbits pulled to within a run at 4-3 in the top of the fifth as Steiger scampered home on a wild pitch and Krambeck was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in a run.
Benavidez fueled the UA Little Rock outburst in the eighth with an RBI double and Gann added a two-run single later in the frame.
Gann and Chase Coker each were 3-for-5 to pace the Trojans' 16-hit attack. Steiger was the lone Jackrabbit with more than one hit, collecting a pair of hits in five trips.
UA Little Rock reliever McKinley Moore struck out six batters over the final 3 1/3 shutout innings to pick up the save.
UP NEXT
The two teams are scheduled to play the finale of their four-game series at 1 p.m. Sunday.
NOTES
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SDSU ended the day 6-8 overall, while the Trojans moved to 4-11.
Game 1: South Dakota State 9, UA Little Rock 4
The Jackrabbits sent 11 men to the plate in the top of the eighth against the Trojan bullpen and scored six times to take their first victory of the four-game series.
Trailing 3-2, Logan Holtz began the rally with a leadoff single and later scored the tying run on a base hit by Braeden Brown. Landon Badger and Josh Falk followed with back-to-back RBI doubles, with Luke Ira and Gus Steiger each contributing run-scoring singles. The final run of the inning scored on an error.
Jackrabbit starter Ryan Froom pitched seven strong innings to earn his second win of the season. He struck out five, walked four and scattered seven hits.
UA Little Rock starter Jose Torres held SDSU in check during his seven innings of work, allowing only a pair of runs in the third inning, when Holtz tripled in a pair after Steiger doubled and Nick Smith walked.
The Trojans tied the game at 2-all with a run in the home half of the third and took a 3-2 lead in the sixth on a leadoff home run by Riley Pittman. Ryan Benavidez, who was 3-for-4, added a solo home run with two outs in the ninth for the Trojans' final run of the game.
SDSU held a 16-8 advantage in hits, with Holtz and Badger each tallying three.
Game 2: UA Little Rock 10, South Dakota State 3
The Trojans grabbed a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second innings on solo home runs by Pittman and James Gann, then put the game out of reach with a five-run eighth inning in securing the doubleheader split.
SDSU had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a two-out RBI single by Matthew Krambeck, but UA Little Rock scored the next four off Jackrabbit starter Korey Kuhlmann and didn't look back. Benavidez plated a third-inning run with a single to left center and Christian Reyes added a run-scoring single in the fourth.
The Jackrabbits pulled to within a run at 4-3 in the top of the fifth as Steiger scampered home on a wild pitch and Krambeck was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in a run.
Benavidez fueled the UA Little Rock outburst in the eighth with an RBI double and Gann added a two-run single later in the frame.
Gann and Chase Coker each were 3-for-5 to pace the Trojans' 16-hit attack. Steiger was the lone Jackrabbit with more than one hit, collecting a pair of hits in five trips.
UA Little Rock reliever McKinley Moore struck out six batters over the final 3 1/3 shutout innings to pick up the save.
UP NEXT
The two teams are scheduled to play the finale of their four-game series at 1 p.m. Sunday.
NOTES
- UA Little Rock leads the all-time series, 4-1
- Logan Holtz notched a hit in both games, upping his hitting streak to nine games
- Holtz has reached base safely in all 13 games in which he has played this season
- Badger doubled twice in Game 1, upping his team-leading total to six
- Steiger extended his hitting streak to six games and has posted a team-best eight multi-hit games in 2019
- The Jackrabbits have not hit a home run in their last eight games
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Froom, Ryan (2-1)
L: Daily, Ethan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Steiger, Gus 1 ; Badger, Landon 2 ; Falk, Josh 1
3B: Holtz, Logan 1
RBI: Ira, Luke 1 ; Steiger, Gus 1 ; Holtz, Logan 2 ; Brown, Braeden 1 ; Badger, Landon 1 ; Falk, Josh 1 ; McDonald, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ira, Luke 1 ; Steiger, Gus 2 ; Smith, Nick 1 ; Holtz, Logan 1 ; Brown, Braeden 2 ; Badger, Landon 1 ; Falk, Josh 1
SB: Holtz, Logan 1 ; Brown, Braeden 1
HBP: Brown, Braeden 1
Batting:
2B: Benavidez, Ryan 1
HR: Benavidez, Ryan 1 ; Pittman, Riley 1
RBI: Benavidez, Ryan 1 ; Scott, Garrett 1 ; Pittman, Riley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Reyes, Christian 1 ; Benavidez, Ryan 2 ; Pittman, Riley 1
SB: Alexander, Troy 1
CS: Reyes, Christian 1
HBP: Benavidez, Ryan 1 ; Alexander, Troy 1
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