JACKRABBITS FALTER AGAINST MAVS

Saturday, May 7

Omaha, Neb.

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

17-19, 0

Omaha

21-23, 0

South Dakota State

Omaha

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

5/7/2022 10:29:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha put together a pair of three-run innings and went on to defeat South Dakota State, 8-3, in the middle game of a three-game Summit League baseball series Saturday night at Tal Anderson Field.

In evening the series at a game apiece, the Mavericks improved to 21-23 overall and 11-6 in league play. SDSU dropped to 17-19 overall and 8-7 in The Summit League.

Omaha's first three-run frame came on one swing of the bat in the bottom of the third inning as Noah Greise connected on a three-run homer to left field off SDSU starter Cody Carlson that gave the Mavericks a 4-1 lead.

UNO pushed its lead to 7-2 with three more runs in the fifth inning. Jack Lombardi plated the first run with a two-out double. Lombardi later scored on the back end of a wild pitch when the throw home trying to get Harrison Denk was off line, allowing two runs to score.

Denk's RBI single in the sixth inning provided the final tally for the Mavericks, who held a 12-10 advantage in hits. Lombardi was 3-for-5 to pace Omaha.

SDSU took a 1-0 lead two batters into the game as Henry George led off with a single, moved to second on a balk and scored on Luke Ira's single to left field.

Derek Hackman pulled the Jackrabbits back to within 4-2 with a run-scoring single in the fifth inning, with the final SDSU run coming in the seventh when Hackman scored on a wild pitch.

Ira and Hackman were two of four Jackrabbits with two hits apiece, along with Ryan McDonald and Drew Beazley.

Carlson took the loss for the Jackrabbits after allowing four runs on eight hits with three walks in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out one. Five others pitched out of the bullpen for SDSU.

Tyler Mattingley earned the win in relief for Omaha after striking out six over 4 2/3 innings of relief. He did not allow an earned run.

UP NEXT
The decisive game of the series is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday.

NOTES

Omaha leads the all-time series, 92-85-1
SDSU had its school-record streak of consecutive games with a home run end at 18 games
The Jackrabbits dropped to 14-7 this season when scoring first
McDonald raised his team-leading batting average to .321 as he reached base safely for the 24^th game in a row
Beazley extended his hitting streak to 11 games and has reached base in 19 straight games
Dawson Parry had his hitting streak end at 10 games

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