JACKRABBITS SHUT OUT BY K-STATE

Wednesday, March 10

Manhattan, Kan.

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

5-7

Kansas State

8-4

South Dakota State

K-State

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

3/10/2021 9:29:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State continued its home run barrage, hitting three in a 10-0 shutout victory over South Dakota State Wednesday night at Tointon Family Stadium.

In sweeping the two-game midweek series on the strength of nine total home runs, the Wildcats improved to 8-4 overall. SDSU dropped to 5-7 on the season.

K-State struck early and often, scoring three runs in each of the first two innings off Jackrabbit starter Owen Bishop. Austin Garrett homered two batters into the game and Daniel Carinci added a two-run single later in the opening inning.

In the second inning, the Wildcats added a pair of runs on an error and wild pitch before Nick Goodwin finished off the frame with a run-scoring single.

Solo home runs by Dylan Phillips in the third and sixth innings helped up the advantage to 10-0. Phillips finished the series with three home runs.

Despite tallying only three hits, the Jackrabbits had runners on base in six of the first seven innings and stranded a total of 10 runners in the game. All three Jackrabbit hits were singles.

Caleb Littlejim started for Kansas State and struck out eight over four innings to be credited with the win.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to wrap up their Spring Break trip with a three-game weekend series at Creighton. Friday's series opener is slated for 6:30 p.m. at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

NOTES

Kansas State leads the all-time series, 12-1
Jess Bellows singled in the third inning and has hit safely in eight of the nine games he has played this season
Eli Sundquist struck out the side for the Jackrabbits in a scoreless fourth inning and now has 14 strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings this season
Drake Frazier recorded his first collegiate hit for SDSU with a pinch-hit infield single in the seventh inning
Ryan McDonald, Drew Beazley and Derek Hackman each drew a pair of walks
Beazley pitched two shutout innings in closing out the game on the mound for the Jackrabbits