SDSU DROPS SERIES OPENER IN EDWARDSVILLE

Friday, March 5

Edwardsville, Ill.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

5-3

SIU-Edwardsville

3-4

South Dakota State

SIUE

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

3/5/2021 9:11:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Southern Illinois-Edwardsville scored three times in each of the first two innings and went on to defeat South Dakota State, 11-3, in the opening game of a three-game nonconference college baseball series Friday afternoon at Simmons Complex.

With the win, SIUE improved to 3-4. SDSU had its four-game winning streak snapped and fell to 5-3 on the season.

Brady Bunten opened the scoring for the Cougars in the first inning with a two-run triple off Jackrabbit starter Adam Mazur and later scored on a base hit by Raul Elguezabal. In SIUE's three-run second inning, two of the runs scored were unearned.

The Jackrabbits got on the board with unearned runs in the fourth and sixth innings to pull to within 7-2, and had several opportunities to further cut into the deficit, but left the bases loaded three times and stranded a total of 16 runners in the game.

SIUE put together its third three-run inning of the game in the home half of the seventh to further put the game out of reach.

SDSU scored the final run of the game in the eighth as pinch-hitter Owen Bishop delivered a run-scoring single that drove in Reece Anderson.

The Cougars held a 12-9 advantage in hits, with Brett Johnson, Elguezabal and Josh Ohl each tallying three hits.

Landon Badger was 2-for-3 to lead SDSU at the plate.

SIU starter David Llorens struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings to earn the victory.

UP NEXT
Game 2 of the series is set for a 1 p.m. first pitch Saturday.

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