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Sunday, March 7

Edwardsville, Ill.

1 p.m.

South Dakota State University

5-5

SIU-Edwardsville

5-4

South Dakota State

SIUE

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

3/7/2021 5:07:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Southern Illinois-Edwardsville scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning, the last two of which were unearned, to pull out a 4-3 victory over South Dakota State in the finale of a three-game college baseball series Sunday afternoon at Simmons Complex.

In sweeping the series, SIUE improved to 5-4 overall. The Jackrabbits dropped to 5-2 on the season.

Trailing 3-1, the Cougars' eighth-inning rally began with a solo home run by Connor Kiffer that came after SIU had a runner thrown out attempting to steal. The next batter, Brady Bunten, reached on an error and scored on a double to left field by Raul Elguezabal. Ole Arntson then drove in the go-ahead run with a single through the right side, plating pinch-runner Dylan Burris.

SDSU opened the scoring with a run in the fourth inning. Luke Ira hit a one-out ground-rule double, advanced to third on a base hit by Derek Hackman and scored on a sacrifice fly by Drew Beazley.

SIUE tied the game with a sacrifice fly of its own in the fifth inning, but the Jackrabbits regained the lead with a run in the seventh inning and added another in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Garrett Stout drove in pinch-runner Jamie Berg in the seventh-inning run with a double, while Hackman's second hit of the game scored pinch-runner Reece Anderson for the eighth-inning tally.

The Jackrabbits held a 7-6 advantage in hits, with Hackman the lone player for either team with more than one hit.

SDSU starter Ryan Bourassa struck out eight over 4 1/3 innings, while Eli Sundquist followed with four strikeouts in 2 2/3 scoreless frames. Bret Barnett took the loss.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits move on to Kansas State for a two-game midweek series Tuesday and Wednesday. First pitch each night is set for 6 p.m. at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.

-GoJacks.com-