NORTHERN COLORADO PULLS AWAY FROM JACKS

Sunday, April 17

Greeley, Colo.

noon MT/1 p.m. CT

South Dakota State University

13-17, 0

Northern Colorado

8-26, 0

South Dakota State

Northern Colorado

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

4/17/2022 5:34:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

GREELEY, Colo. — Northern Colorado scored in each of its last four trips to the plate to pull away from South Dakota State for a 12-3 victory the finale of a three-game Summit League baseball series Sunday afternoon at Jackson Field.

UNC improved to 8-26 overall and 5-7 in league play in salvaging the final game of the series. The Jackrabbits dropped to 13-17 overall and 7-5 in The Summit League.

All three South Dakota State runs came on solo home runs in three consecutive innings as the Jackrabbits led 3-1 through four innings. Drew Beazley put the Jackrabbits on the board with his fourth round-tripper of the season to lead off the second inning. Luke Ira connected on his team-leading eighth homer of the season in the third and Derek Hackman opened the fourth inning with his fourth home run of the season.

Northern Colorado, which scored an unearned run in the second inning, tied the game at 3-all on a two-run home run by Jake King in the bottom of the fifth.

The Bears took a 4-3 lead on an RBI single by Shaydon Kubo in the sixth inning, then tacked on two more runs against the Jackrabbit bullpen in the seventh inning on a two-run triple by Josh Glenn.

Things went from bad to worse for the Jackrabbits in the eighth inning as UNC scored six times on only one hit. SDSU pitchers issued seven walks in the frame, including four with the bases loaded. The lone hit of the inning was a two-run double by Chase Cromer.

Cromer and Craig Kenny each tallied three of the Bears' 12 hits. SDSU's five hits were spread among five players.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to host a pair of mid-week games, starting with a Tuesday matchup against Dakota Wesleyan. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. at Erv Huether Field.

NOTES

The Jackrabbits had their six-game winning streak in the series come to an end, but leads the all-time series, 37-25
SDSU has homered in 13 consecutive games, including all 12 of its Summit League contests this season
The Jackrabbits have out-homered the opposition, 21-4, in league play
Ira made his 100^th consecutive start
McDonald had his seven-game hitting streak end, but reached base safely for the 19^th consecutive game by drawing a walk and being hit by a pitch
Beazley has hit safely in six straight games and reached base for the 14^th game in a row
Both Beazley and Hackman homered twice in the series