SDSU gets past Vaqueros

Friday, February 28

Edinburg, Texas

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

2-6

Texas Rio Grande Valley

3-7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
South Dakota State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	1
UT Rio Grande Valley	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

2/28/2020 10:44:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

EDINBURG, Texas – Josh Falk supplied the offense by driving in a pair of runs while Adam Mazur and Brett Mogen turned in strong pitching performances for a South Dakota State baseball squad that opened a four-game series against UT Rio Grande Valley with a 3-1 victory Friday night.

The Jackrabbits, who ended a three-game losing streak, improved to 2-6 on the season. UTRGV dropped to 3-7.

The game was a pitchers' duel between Mazur and the Vaqueros' Kevin Stevens, both of whom worked into the seventh inning. UTRGV put the first run of the game on the board in the bottom of the fifth on a run-scoring double by Jacob Hirsch that plated E.J. Taylor.

Stevens struck out 12 in 6 1/3 innings, but walked five despite holding SDSU without a hit until the seventh inning. The lone hit Stevens allowed was to Falk, who connected on a game-tying solo home run to left-center field with one out in the top of the seventh.

Mazur, meanwhile, completed seven strong innings before settling for a no-decision. The freshman right-hander from Woodbury, Minnesota, fanned a career-high nine batters and walked only one while scattering six hits.

Drew Beazley started SDSU's game-winning rally in the top of the ninth with a triple to center field. After Luke Ira reached on a fielders choice during which Beazley safely retreated to third base, Beazley scored on a wild pitch. Falk then rolled a single up the middle to score Ira from second base for an insurance run.

Mogen, who entered the game to start the eighth inning, preserved the win by striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth.

Falk was 2-for-4 as the Jackrabbits were limited to three hits in the contest. Taylor tallied three of UTRGV's seven hits.

UP NEXT
The two teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader Saturday, starting at 3 p.m.

NOTES

SDSU won for only the second time in 34 meetings against UTRGV (previously Texas-Pan American)
Jackrabbit pitchers combined to strike out 12 batters for the second consecutive game, while Mazur's nine strikeouts are the most individually so far in 2020
Mazur has allowed one run in each of his last two starts, covering 12 innings
Mogen lowered his season earned run average to 0.77 (1 earned run in 11 2/3 innings)
Falk recorded his first multi-hit and multi-RBI game of the season
Falk's home run was the 15^th of his career – most among active Jackrabbit players

-GoJacks.com-