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Photo by: SDSU Sports Information
Air Force takes series opener from Jacks
3/6/2020 6:31:00 PM | Baseball
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Air Force answered every South Dakota State rally and pulled away for a 15-8 victory in the opening game of a three-game baseball series Friday afternoon at Falcon Field.
The Falcons, who were playing their home opener, improved to 4-11 overall. SDSU dropped to 3-10.
SDSU started out the game with a bang, scoring four times in the top of the first inning. Braeden Brown doubled in Landon Badger and Gus Steiger for the first two runs, while Ryan McDonald scored on a wild pitch. Brown later scored on an infield single by Drew Beazley.
Air Force plated a run in the home half of the first and took the lead for good with a five-run second inning in which the Falcons recorded five extra-base hits  – three doubles, a triple and a home run. Gabriel Garcia and Brayden Altorfer each doubled in runs, while Ashton Easley had an RBI triple and Tommy Gillman capped the scoring with a two-run homer off Jackrabbit starter Adam Mazur.
SDSU pulled back to within a run on two separate occasions, scoring once in each of the fourth and fifth innings. Badger singled in the fourth-inning run and Luke Ira added a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
The Falcons scored a run in their half of the fourth on a wild pitch, then built their lead to 9-6 in the fifth on a two-run home run by Cole Blatchford.
Air Force p in the sixtut the game out of reach in the sixthh, scoring four unearned runs after the lone SDSU error of the game. Gillman singled in the first two runs en route to a 3-for-5, four-RBI performance. Garcia, who ended the afternoon 4-for-4 with four runs batted in, added an RBI triple in the sixth and finished off the scoring for Air Force with a sacrifice fly on which two runners scored.
The Falcons pounded out 19 hits, eight of which went for extra bases.
The Jackrabbits scored late runs on a sacrifice fly by Brown in the eighth and another run-scoring infield single by Badger in the ninth. Both Brown, who doubled twice, and Badger finished with four of SDSU's season-high 18 hits, with Brown driving in three runs. Matt Krambeck added three hits, including a pair of doubles.
Both Mazur and Riley McSherry worked four innings on the mound for the Jackrabbits. Mazur took the loss as he struck out two, walked one and hit two batters.
Air Force reliever Josh Leaser earned the win after limiting the Jackrabbits to a pair of runs over four innings. He struck out four and issued two walks.
UP NEXT
The middle game of the three-game series is scheduled for 1 p.m. Mountain Time (2 p.m. Central) on Saturday.
NOTES
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The Falcons, who were playing their home opener, improved to 4-11 overall. SDSU dropped to 3-10.
SDSU started out the game with a bang, scoring four times in the top of the first inning. Braeden Brown doubled in Landon Badger and Gus Steiger for the first two runs, while Ryan McDonald scored on a wild pitch. Brown later scored on an infield single by Drew Beazley.
Air Force plated a run in the home half of the first and took the lead for good with a five-run second inning in which the Falcons recorded five extra-base hits  – three doubles, a triple and a home run. Gabriel Garcia and Brayden Altorfer each doubled in runs, while Ashton Easley had an RBI triple and Tommy Gillman capped the scoring with a two-run homer off Jackrabbit starter Adam Mazur.
SDSU pulled back to within a run on two separate occasions, scoring once in each of the fourth and fifth innings. Badger singled in the fourth-inning run and Luke Ira added a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
The Falcons scored a run in their half of the fourth on a wild pitch, then built their lead to 9-6 in the fifth on a two-run home run by Cole Blatchford.
Air Force p in the sixtut the game out of reach in the sixthh, scoring four unearned runs after the lone SDSU error of the game. Gillman singled in the first two runs en route to a 3-for-5, four-RBI performance. Garcia, who ended the afternoon 4-for-4 with four runs batted in, added an RBI triple in the sixth and finished off the scoring for Air Force with a sacrifice fly on which two runners scored.
The Falcons pounded out 19 hits, eight of which went for extra bases.
The Jackrabbits scored late runs on a sacrifice fly by Brown in the eighth and another run-scoring infield single by Badger in the ninth. Both Brown, who doubled twice, and Badger finished with four of SDSU's season-high 18 hits, with Brown driving in three runs. Matt Krambeck added three hits, including a pair of doubles.
Both Mazur and Riley McSherry worked four innings on the mound for the Jackrabbits. Mazur took the loss as he struck out two, walked one and hit two batters.
Air Force reliever Josh Leaser earned the win after limiting the Jackrabbits to a pair of runs over four innings. He struck out four and issued two walks.
UP NEXT
The middle game of the three-game series is scheduled for 1 p.m. Mountain Time (2 p.m. Central) on Saturday.
NOTES
- Air Force leads the all-time series, 12-6, and has won the last four matchups
- The Jackrabbits dropped to 0-6 in games in which they have scored first
- SDSU dropped to 2-2 in series-opening games
- The Jackrabbits had their streak of hitting a home run end at five games
- Brown's four-hit game was the second of his Jackrabbit career, while Badger posted his first career four-hit game
- Brown leads the team with five multi-hit games
- SDSU's 18 hits were the most by a Jackrabbit squad since an 18-hit effort May 12, 2017, at Purdue Fort Wayne
- Colton Cox recorded a pair of hits for his first career multi-hit game
- Beazley extended his hitting streak to six games
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: LEASER, Josh (2-0)
L: Mazur, Adam (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Brown, Braeden 2 ; Krambeck, Matt 2 ; Cox, Colton 1
RBI: Badger, Landon 2 ; Brown, Braeden 3 ; Beazley, Drew 1 ; Ira, Luke 1
SH: Cox, Colton 1
SF: Brown, Braeden 1 ; Ira, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Badger, Landon 1 ; Steiger, Gus 2 ; McDonald, Ryan 1 ; Brown, Braeden 2 ; Hackman, Derek 1 ; Krambeck, Matt 1
SB: Badger, Landon 1 ; Steiger, Gus 1
CS: Beazley, Drew 1
HBP: Cox, Colton 1
PO: Badger, Landon 1
Batting:
2B: PUP, Alexander 1 ; GARCIA, Gabriel 1 ; ALTORFER, Braydon 2
3B: EASLEY, Ashton 1 ; GARCIA, Gabriel 1
HR: GILLMAN, Tommy 1 ; BLATCHFORD, Cole 1
RBI: EASLEY, Ashton 1 ; GILLMAN, Tommy 4 ; ZIMMERMAN, Cayden 1 ; BLATCHFORD, Cole 2 ; PUP, Alexander 1 ; GARCIA, Gabriel 4 ; ALTORFER, Braydon 1
SH: COVIN, Blake 1
SF: GARCIA, Gabriel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: EASLEY, Ashton 3 ; GILLMAN, Tommy 2 ; ZIMMERMAN, Cayden 1 ; BLATCHFORD, Cole 2 ; PUP, Alexander 3 ; GARCIA, Gabriel 1 ; ALTORFER, Braydon 2 ; COVIN, Blake 1
SB: ZIMMERMAN, Cayden 1 ; GARCIA, Gabriel 1
CS: ZIMMERMAN, Cayden 1 ; GARCIA, Gabriel 1
HBP: EASLEY, Ashton 1 ; ZIMMERMAN, Cayden 1
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