Big innings lift DBU past Jacks

Sunday, February 16

Dallas, Texas

1 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Dallas Baptist

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

2/16/2020 4:48:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DALLAS, Texas – Dallas Baptist put together back-to-back big innings in the middle frames and went on to defeat South Dakota State, 13-2, Sunday afternoon at Horner Ballpark. With the seven-inning victory, the Patriots completed a sweep of the season-opening three-game series.

SDSU led 2-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth, when DBU erupted for six runs in the home half of the inning. Gus Steiger scored the first run of the game for the Jackrabbits on the back end of a double steal after reaching on an error in the top of the first.

Luke Ira came through with a run-scoring single to center field in the top of the fourth, plating Braeden Brown. Brown had half of the Jackrabbits' four hits in the contest, going 2-for-3 at the plate.

The DBU uprising in the fourth began with an RBI single by Jackson Glenn. Blayne Jones put the Patriots into the lead with a three-run homer off Jackrabbit starter Brady Stover and Jeffrey David added a two-run shot later in the inning after the first SDSU error of the series.

The Patriots tacked on five more runs in the fifth against three different SDSU pitchers, sending 10 men to the plate. Ryan Wrobleski drove in the first run with a base hit and Dan Pruitt followed with a two-run single off reliever Riley McSherry. The other two runs of the inning came across on a sacrifice fly by Christian Boulware and another run-scoring hit by David, who was one of three Patriots with two of the team's 11 hits.

Boulware drove in another run in a two-run sixth for DBU with his second hit of the game and Hayden Ebrecht notched a run-scoring single in his lone at-bat.

Stover, who breezed through the DBU lineup in the first three innings, struck out two and walked one over 4 1/3 innings. He allowed six earned runs on six hits.

DBU starter Dominic Hamel fanned nine and walked two in five innings to earn the victory. Chas Sagedahl and Ross Carver each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to open a three-game series Friday at Pacific. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Pacific Time (8 p.m. Central) at Klein Family Field in Stockton, California.

NOTES

Dallas Baptist leads the all-time series, 6-1
Freshman pitchers Nate Steenblock and Eli Sundquist combined for the final four outs on the mound for the Jackrabbits in making their collegiate debuts
Wyatt Andersen notched his first collegiate hit with a single in the seventh inning

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