Jacks drop heartbreaker in 11 at DBU

Saturday, February 15

Dallas, Texas

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

0-2

Dallas Baptist

2-0

South Dakota State

DBU

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

2/15/2020 9:26:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DALLAS, Texas – Dallas Baptist's Jackson Glenn drove in two runs with a double in the bottom of the 11^th inning, lifting the Patriots to an 8-7 victory over South Dakota State in baseball action Saturday afternoon at Horner Ballpark.

DBU improved to 2-0 on the young season, while the Jackrabbits dropped to 0-2.

Jace Grady, who collected three of DBU's 12 hits, opened the home half of the 11^th inning by drawing a walk against Jackrabbit closer Bret Barnett. Austin Bell followed with a bunt single and the Patriots loaded the bases on a walk to Andres Sosa. Glenn then lined his double to right field to plate both Grady and Bell.

Glenn's heroics marked the second late-inning rally for the Patriots and came after the Jackrabbits grabbed a 7-6 lead in the top of the 11^th. Josh Falk led off with a single and pinch-runner Jamie Berg moved up two bases on a pair of wild pitches before Luke Ira reached on an infield single that plated Berg.

DBU sent the see-saw game into extra innings with a run in the bottom of the ninth. Grady led off the frame with a double and scored on a base hit by Sosa, who was 2-for-4 and helped the Patriots build a 5-1 lead by capping a five-run third inning with a three-run home run.

The Jackrabbits began to erase the deficit with back-to-back home runs in the top of the fourth to pull to within 5-4. Matt Krambeck connected on a two-run home run to left, while Drew Beazley followed with a blast to left-center that knocked out DBU starter Chandler Arnold.

With SDSU reliever Brett Mogen keeping the Patriots off the board, the Jackrabbits gained a 6-5 lead in the top of the seventh on a two-run single by sophomore right-fielder Ryan McDonald. McDonald's hit to left field scored both Gus Steiger and Braeden Brown.

Steiger was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles to lead the Jackrabbits' 10-hit effort. His first double of the game came in the first inning, after which he scored on a wild pitch to give SDSU the early lead.

Jackrabbit starter Rick Atkins allowed five runs on five hits over 3 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two in his collegiate debut.

Mogen fanned three batters and walked three in his four scoreless innings of work. The senior right-hander from Dell Rapids allowed only two hits.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits and Patriots close out their three-game series at 1 p.m. Sunday.

NOTES

Dallas Baptist leads the all-time series, 5-1, and has won the last four meetings
Steiger recorded the 44^th multi-hit game of his career
Krambeck's home run was his first as a Jackrabbit
SDSU stole three bases in the game – two by Brown and one by Steiger
Of the Jackrabbits' 13 hits so far in the series, six have been for extra bases (four doubles, two home runs)

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