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South Dakota State University Athletics
Sunday, February 21
Minneapolis, Minn. [U.S. Bank Stadium]
8:25 a.m.
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Photo by: SDSU Sports Information
KANSAS TAKES SEASON-OPENING SERIES
2/21/2021 1:33:00 PM | Baseball
MINNEAPOLIS – Kansas scored runs in bunches to defeat South Dakota State, 13-1, and claim the decisive game of a season-opening three-game college baseball series Sunday morning at U.S. Bank Stadium.
The Jayhawks, 2-1 overall, took advantage of a leadoff walk to score in the bottom of the first, then pulled out to a 4-0 lead with a three-run third inning. Nolan Metcalf drove in the initial run of the third inning with a single up the middle and later scored with Anthony Tulimero on a two-run double by Skyler Messinger.
SDSU loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the fifth, but could only plate one run against Kansas starter Eli Davis. Jordan Sagedahl led off with an infield single and scored on a single to right field by Jess Bellows. However, the next two Jackrabbit hitters were retired on a foul out and a double-play grounder to end the threat and the inning.
Bellows tallied two of SDSU's seven hits in his collegiate debut.
Kansas put the game out of reach on a three-run homer by Metcalf, his second round-tripper of the series, in the bottom of the fifth. The Jayhawks tacked on two more runs in the sixth thanks to back-to-back doubles by Maui Ahuna and Casey Burnham, then put four runs on the board in the seventh on a Messinger single for his third RBI of the game and a pinch-hit run-scoring triple by Blaine Ray.
Metcalf was 4-for-4 with four RBIs to lead the Jayhawks' 13-hit attack.
Jackrabbit starter Ryan Bourassa took the loss after allowing four runs through three innings. He struck out three and walked four. Six different SDSU pitchers took to the mound in the game.
Davis and Jayhawk reliever Cole Larsen combined for 16 strikeouts in the contest. Davis earned the win after striking out seven and walking three in five innings. Larsen pitched four shutout innings and struck out nine Jackrabbits in being credited with a save.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to play a four-game series Feb. 26-28 at Northern Colorado. Friday's series opener is set for a 2 p.m. Mountain Time (3 p.m. Central) first pitch at Jackson Field in Greeley, Colorado.
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The Jayhawks, 2-1 overall, took advantage of a leadoff walk to score in the bottom of the first, then pulled out to a 4-0 lead with a three-run third inning. Nolan Metcalf drove in the initial run of the third inning with a single up the middle and later scored with Anthony Tulimero on a two-run double by Skyler Messinger.
SDSU loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the fifth, but could only plate one run against Kansas starter Eli Davis. Jordan Sagedahl led off with an infield single and scored on a single to right field by Jess Bellows. However, the next two Jackrabbit hitters were retired on a foul out and a double-play grounder to end the threat and the inning.
Bellows tallied two of SDSU's seven hits in his collegiate debut.
Kansas put the game out of reach on a three-run homer by Metcalf, his second round-tripper of the series, in the bottom of the fifth. The Jayhawks tacked on two more runs in the sixth thanks to back-to-back doubles by Maui Ahuna and Casey Burnham, then put four runs on the board in the seventh on a Messinger single for his third RBI of the game and a pinch-hit run-scoring triple by Blaine Ray.
Metcalf was 4-for-4 with four RBIs to lead the Jayhawks' 13-hit attack.
Jackrabbit starter Ryan Bourassa took the loss after allowing four runs through three innings. He struck out three and walked four. Six different SDSU pitchers took to the mound in the game.
Davis and Jayhawk reliever Cole Larsen combined for 16 strikeouts in the contest. Davis earned the win after striking out seven and walking three in five innings. Larsen pitched four shutout innings and struck out nine Jackrabbits in being credited with a save.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to play a four-game series Feb. 26-28 at Northern Colorado. Friday's series opener is set for a 2 p.m. Mountain Time (3 p.m. Central) first pitch at Jackson Field in Greeley, Colorado.
NOTES
- Kansas leads the all-time series, 8-2
- The Jackrabbits fell to 5-5 in games played at U.S. Bank Stadium
- Outfielder Reece Anderson recorded a bunt single in his collegiate playing debut for SDSU
- Nine of the Jackrabbits' 12 runs in the series were scored in the fifth inning
- Metcalf went 6-for-7 with two home runs and six RBIs in the final two games of the series for Kansas, after an 0-for-4 night in Friday's opener
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Davis, E. (1-0)
L: Bourassa, Ryan (0-1)
S: Larsen, C. (1)
Batting:
2B: McDonald, Ryan 1 ; Andersen, Wyatt 1
RBI: Bellows, Jess 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sagedahl, Jordan 1
HBP: Anderson, Reece 1
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Batting:
2B: Burnham, C. 1 ; Ditzenberger 1 ; Messinger, S 1 ; Ahuna, M. 1
3B: Ray, B. 1
HR: Metcalf, N. 1
RBI: Burnham, C. 1 ; Ray, B. 1 ; Ditzenberger 1 ; Metcalf, N. 4 ; Messinger, S 3 ; Josenberger 1 ; Ahuna, M. 1
SF: Ditzenberger 1 ; Josenberger 1 ; Ahuna, M. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Burnham, C. 3 ; Ditzenberger 1 ; Vosik, B. 1 ; Metcalf, N. 2 ; Wagner, J. 1 ; Tulimero, A. 2 ; Messinger, S 1 ; Cosentino 1 ; Ahuna, M. 1
SB: Burnham, C. 2
CS: Messinger, S 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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