JACKS RALLY FOR FIRST SUMMIT WIN

Saturday, March 20

Omaha, Neb.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

6-9, 0

Omaha

7-9, 0

South Dakota State

Omaha

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

3/20/2021 7:26:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. – South Dakota State scored three times in the top of the eighth inning and held on for a 7-6 back-and-forth victory over Omaha in Summit League baseball action Saturday afternoon at Tal Anderson Field.

In ending a seven-game losing streak, the Jackrabbits improved to 6-9 overall and 1-2 in league play. Omaha fell to 7-9 overall and 2-1 in The Summit League.

Jackrabbit catcher Derek Hackman accounted for the first four Jackrabbit runs with a pair of two-run home runs. His first homer, to right field in the third inning, gave SDSU a 2-0 lead. His second, an opposite-field shot to left field in the fifth, put the Jackrabbits back out front at 4-3 after the Mavericks scored three runs in the fourth against Jackrabbit starter Cody Carlson. Mason Prososki plated the final two runs of the inning for Omaha with a base hit.

Omaha regained the lead after Carlson exited in the sixth, scoring three more times with the aid of an SDSU error. Prososki drove in his third run of the game with a double and Harrison Denk added a run-scoring double later in the inning.

SDSU, however, had the final answer with its three-run eighth. Luke Ira and pinch-hitter Wyatt Andersen each drew walks before Jess Bellows brought the Jackrabbits to within a run with a double that scored Ira and moved Andersen to third. Ryan McDonald then delivered the tying run with a sacrifice fly to right, with Bellows moving to third.

After an intentional walk to Hackman, pinch-hitter Jamie Berg dropped down a bunt single that allowed Bellows to score the go-ahead run.

Bret Barnett made the lead stand up as the Jackrabbit closer pitched two scoreless innings to earn the save. The junior left-hander struck out three, including the final batter of the game with two men on.

Carlson finished with a career-high seven strikeouts in a no-decision for the Jackrabbits. Eli Sundquist picked up the win after tossing 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before giving away to Barnett.

UP NEXT
The finale of the four-game series between the two squads is set for 1 p.m. Sunday.

NOTES

Omaha leads the all-time series, 88-81-1
Hackman's two-homer game was the first of his career and the first by a Jackrabbit since Anthony Schneider hit two against Western Illinois on May 13, 2018
Bellows extended his hitting streak to seven games and has hit safely in 12 of the 13 games he has played this season
Barnett's save was the 11^th of his career, moving him into a tie with Bruce Mogen (11 saves from 1983-86) for fifth place on the SDSU career charts
SDSU moved to 1-1 in one-run games this season

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