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Photo by: SDSU Athletics
JACKS BREAK OUT BIG BATS IN WIN AT BRIAR CLIFF
4/11/2023 8:54:00 PM | Baseball
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — South Dakota State hit a season-high seven home runs, scoring three or more runs in five different innings, en route to an 18-5 victory over Briar Cliff in nonconference baseball action Tuesday afternoon at Bishop Mueller Field.
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The Jackrabbits, who received two home runs from Nic Nelson and saw Luke Ira hit for the cycle, improved to 9-17 overall. Briar Cliff dropped to 18-15 on the season.
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SDSU set the tone with a pair of home runs in a three-run first inning. Cade Stuff opened the scoring with a two-run shot two batters into the game and Ira followed three batters later with a solo homer.
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Briar Cliff countered with a two-run homer by Walter Hunt in the home half of the first, but Jackrabbit starter Dane Toman would keep the Chargers off the board for the remainder of his six-inning outing.
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Meanwhile, the Jackrabbits would reel off the next nine runs, scoring three times in each of the third, fourth and sixth innings. Nelson crushed a two-run homer to left in the third inning, while Ira drove in all three fourth-inning runs with a bases-clearing double. Freshman catcher Adam Vlcko provided the offense in the sixth inning with a three-run blast to left center.
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The Chargers extended the game with a two-run home run by Jared Sitzmann in the bottom of the seventh, but SDSU provided the final margin with a six-run top of the ninth that included three more round-trippers. Nelson hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot to left center, in between home runs from reserves Thatcher Kozal (solo) and Dagen Schramm (three-run).
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Also in the ninth, Ira tripled off the fence in right center to complete the cycle, and later scored on a single by Drew Beazley. Ira was 5-for-5 with four runs batted in, adding singles in the third and sixth innings.
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Matthew Delgado hit Briar Cliff's third home run of the game — and the 10th combined by the two teams — in the bottom of the ninth for the final run of the contest.
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Toman picked up his first collegiate victory after striking out five, walking three and allowing five hits. Jordan Sagedahl worked the final three innings, tallying five K's and walking one.
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SDSU finished with a season-high 20 hits as 10 different Jackrabbits collected at least one hit. Nelson and Reece Anderson each tallied three hits, with Anderson finishing a home run shy of the cycle.
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UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to host Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday afternoon in Sioux Falls. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. at the new Sanford Diamonds.
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The Jackrabbits, who received two home runs from Nic Nelson and saw Luke Ira hit for the cycle, improved to 9-17 overall. Briar Cliff dropped to 18-15 on the season.
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SDSU set the tone with a pair of home runs in a three-run first inning. Cade Stuff opened the scoring with a two-run shot two batters into the game and Ira followed three batters later with a solo homer.
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Briar Cliff countered with a two-run homer by Walter Hunt in the home half of the first, but Jackrabbit starter Dane Toman would keep the Chargers off the board for the remainder of his six-inning outing.
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Meanwhile, the Jackrabbits would reel off the next nine runs, scoring three times in each of the third, fourth and sixth innings. Nelson crushed a two-run homer to left in the third inning, while Ira drove in all three fourth-inning runs with a bases-clearing double. Freshman catcher Adam Vlcko provided the offense in the sixth inning with a three-run blast to left center.
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The Chargers extended the game with a two-run home run by Jared Sitzmann in the bottom of the seventh, but SDSU provided the final margin with a six-run top of the ninth that included three more round-trippers. Nelson hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot to left center, in between home runs from reserves Thatcher Kozal (solo) and Dagen Schramm (three-run).
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Also in the ninth, Ira tripled off the fence in right center to complete the cycle, and later scored on a single by Drew Beazley. Ira was 5-for-5 with four runs batted in, adding singles in the third and sixth innings.
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Matthew Delgado hit Briar Cliff's third home run of the game — and the 10th combined by the two teams — in the bottom of the ninth for the final run of the contest.
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Toman picked up his first collegiate victory after striking out five, walking three and allowing five hits. Jordan Sagedahl worked the final three innings, tallying five K's and walking one.
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SDSU finished with a season-high 20 hits as 10 different Jackrabbits collected at least one hit. Nelson and Reece Anderson each tallied three hits, with Anderson finishing a home run shy of the cycle.
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UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to host Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday afternoon in Sioux Falls. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. at the new Sanford Diamonds.
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NOTES
- SDSU leads the all-time series, 46-17
- The Jackrabbits to previously hit for the cycle in the Division I era (since 2005) were Jake Rogers (April 11, 2006, vs. Dakota Wesleyan) and Craig Parry (March 28, 2008, at Northern Colorado)
- SDSU's seven home runs were its most in a game since hitting a Division I-era best nine home runs at Dallas Baptist on April 3, 2010
- Ira has 12 RBIs in his last four games
- Nelson became the second Jackrabbit to hit two home runs in a game this season, joining Ryan McDonald (March 10 at Western Kentucky)
- The home runs by Vlcko and Schramm were each their first career round-trippers
- Sagedahl was credited with his first career save
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Toman, Dane (1-0)
L: Carter Schorg (2-1)
S: Sagedahl, Jordan (1)
Batting:
2B: Anderson, Reece 1 ; Ira, Luke 1
3B: Anderson, Reece 1 ; Ira, Luke 1
HR: Stuff, Cade 1 ; Kozal, Thatcher 1 ; Nelson, Nic 2 ; Ira, Luke 1 ; Vlcko, Brandon 1 ; Schramm, Dagen 1
RBI: Stuff, Cade 2 ; Kozal, Thatcher 1 ; Nelson, Nic 3 ; Ira, Luke 4 ; Beazley, Drew 1 ; Bellows, Jess 1 ; Vlcko, Brandon 3 ; Schramm, Dagen 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Reece 1 ; Stuff, Cade 2 ; Kozal, Thatcher 1 ; Parry, Dawson 2 ; Nelson, Nic 4 ; Ira, Luke 4 ; Beazley, Drew 1 ; Bellows, Jess 1 ; Vlcko, Brandon 1 ; Schramm, Dagen 1
Batting:
2B: Jake Allen 1
HR: Walter Hunt 1 ; Jared Sitzmann 1 ; Matthew Delgado 1
RBI: Walter Hunt 2 ; Jared Sitzmann 2 ; Matthew Delgado 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Quentin Evers 1 ; Walter Hunt 1 ; Cyler Melvin 1 ; Jared Sitzmann 1 ; Matthew Delgado 1
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