JACKRABBITS WIN IN EXTRA INNINGS

Saturday, February 27

Greeley, Colo.

noon MT/1 p.m. CT

South Dakota State University

3-2

Northern Colorado

2-3

South Dakota State

Northern Colorado

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

2/27/2021 10:43:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

GREELEY, Colo. – South Dakota State scored four times in the top of the 10^th inning and Jackrabbit relief pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts in five innings as the Jackrabbits defeated Northern Colorado, 6-2, in the opening game of a nonconference baseball doubleheader Saturday at Jackson Field.

Game 2 of the doubleheader was suspended because of darkness at the end of the sixth inning with the game tied at 3-all. Play is scheduled to resume at 11 a.m. Mountain Time (noon Central) and will be followed by the final game of the four-game series.

In Saturday's opener, the international tiebreaker went into effect in the top of the 10^th. Jordan Sagedahl, who made the last out of the SDSU ninth, was placed at second base to start the inning and scored the go-ahead run on a double by fellow freshman Jess Bellows. The Jackrabbits tacked on an insurance run as Bellows scored after back-to-back bunt singles by Landon Badger and Luke Ira. Derek Hackman then gave SDSU a four-run lead with a two-run double to the right-center gap that plated both Badger and Ira.

Jackrabbit reliever Bret Barnett made the lead stand up as the junior left-hander struck out the side in order in the bottom of the 10^th. Barnett pitched the final 2 2/3 innings for SDSU, notching strikeouts on seven of the eight outs he recorded.

SDSU took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning as Badger led off the game with a double and later scored on a groundout.

Northern Colorado answered with a run in the second inning and the two squads traded third-inning runs. Badger singled and later scored on an error, while Jake Gitter scored the UNC run on a base hit by Josh Glenn.

SDSU starter Cody Carlson exited after allowing leadoff single in the sixth inning. Eli Sundquist relieved and recorded four strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. Carlson scattered seven hits, struck out three and walked two over five-plus frames.

Badger was 3-for-5 and scored three runs, with Ira adding three hits to pace the Jackrabbits' 10-hit attack.

-GoJacks.com-