Completed Event: Baseball at Omaha on May 22, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 7 , 10 inn.
/
FINAL
Baseball
6
(10 inn.)
at Omaha
7
South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, April 12
Omaha, Neb.
6 p.m.
South Dakota State University
15-16, 0
7
at
2
Omaha
8-22, 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
1
0
7
13
2
Omaha
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
5
0
Photo by: Mark Kuhlmann
JACKRABBITS OPEN SERIES AT OMAHA WITH 7-2 WIN
4/12/2024 10:20:00 PM | Baseball
OMAHA, Neb. -- Cael Frost homered twice and Nic McCay limited Omaha to one run over eight innings as South Dakota State opened a three-game Summit League baseball series with a 7-2 victory Friday night at Tal Anderson Field.
The Jackrabbits, who won their third game in a row, improved to 15-16 overall and 7-5 in league play. Omaha dropped to 8-22 overall and 6-7 in The Summit League.
After being held without a hit through the first three innings, the SDSU offense began to click in the fourth inning. With one out in the frame and the Jackrabbits trailing 1-0, Frost connected on an opposite-field solo shot to left field to tie the game. On the very next pitch from Omaha starter Charlie Bell, Dawson Parry launched his 11th home run of the season over the wall in left field to give SDSU a lead it would not relinquish.
McCay allowed a run on two hits in the bottom of the first, then held the Mavericks scoreless over the next seven innings. The senior right-hander settled in to the tune of retiring seven in a row in one stretch with five of the outs via strikeouts. He remained unbeaten on the season with a 4-0 mark after striking out 10 and walking one while scattering five hits.
SDSU added a run in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Jordan Sagedahl before Frost put the game further out of reach with a three-run homer to right field in the top of the seventh. It was Frost's team-leading 16th round-tripper of the season.
The final Jackrabbit run of the game scored in the eighth inning when Reece Anderson singled home pinch-runner Adam Benes.
SDSU finished with a 13-5 advantage in hits, with Frost, Parry and Anderson among the six Jackrabbits with two hits each. Henry Zipay tallied two of the Mavericks' five hits.
Bell logged six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a losing effort for Omaha.
UP NEXT
Game 2 of the series is set for 2 p.m. Saturday.
NOTES
Â
The Jackrabbits, who won their third game in a row, improved to 15-16 overall and 7-5 in league play. Omaha dropped to 8-22 overall and 6-7 in The Summit League.
After being held without a hit through the first three innings, the SDSU offense began to click in the fourth inning. With one out in the frame and the Jackrabbits trailing 1-0, Frost connected on an opposite-field solo shot to left field to tie the game. On the very next pitch from Omaha starter Charlie Bell, Dawson Parry launched his 11th home run of the season over the wall in left field to give SDSU a lead it would not relinquish.
McCay allowed a run on two hits in the bottom of the first, then held the Mavericks scoreless over the next seven innings. The senior right-hander settled in to the tune of retiring seven in a row in one stretch with five of the outs via strikeouts. He remained unbeaten on the season with a 4-0 mark after striking out 10 and walking one while scattering five hits.
SDSU added a run in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Jordan Sagedahl before Frost put the game further out of reach with a three-run homer to right field in the top of the seventh. It was Frost's team-leading 16th round-tripper of the season.
The final Jackrabbit run of the game scored in the eighth inning when Reece Anderson singled home pinch-runner Adam Benes.
SDSU finished with a 13-5 advantage in hits, with Frost, Parry and Anderson among the six Jackrabbits with two hits each. Henry Zipay tallied two of the Mavericks' five hits.
Bell logged six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a losing effort for Omaha.
UP NEXT
Game 2 of the series is set for 2 p.m. Saturday.
NOTES
- Omaha leads the all-time series, 92-90-1, although the Jackrabbits have won nine of the last 10 matchups dating back to late in the 2021 season
- Frost became the third Jackrabbit player with a two-home run game this season, joining Parry (Feb. 18 at New Mexico State and March 28 vs. Northern Colorado) and Sagedahl (March 3 at SIU-Edwardsville)
- Frost's 16 home runs are tied with six others for fifth-most in a single season by a Jackrabbit player, most recently Nic Nelson in 2023
- Parry's 31 career home runs are tied with Tim Johnson (1984-87) and Kerry Jacobson (2000-02) for eighth place on the SDSU career charts
- Sagedahl extended his hitting streak to a career-best nine games
- McCay recorded double figures in strikeouts for the third consecutive start and fourth time this season while upping his season total to 68 in 47 2/3 innings
- McCay lowered his ERA to 2.08
- Omaha native Dylan Driessen struck out the side in the ninth inning as he made his team-leading 16th appearance of the season
-GoJacks.com-
Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McCay, Nic (4-0)
L: Charlie Bell (0-5)
Batting:
HR: Frost, Cael 2 ; Parry, Dawson 1
RBI: Anderson, Reece 1 ; Sagedahl, Jordan 1 ; Frost, Cael 4 ; Parry, Dawson 1
SH: Bellows, Jess 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Reece 1 ; Sagedahl, Jordan 1 ; Frost, Cael 2 ; Parry, Dawson 1 ; Benes, Adam 1 ; Carr, Davis 1
HBP: Anderson, Reece 1
Batting:
2B: Drew Lechnir 1
RBI: Tyler Bishop 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Matt Goetzmann 1 ; Sid deMayo 1
SB: Matt Goetzmann 1
HBP: Sid deMayo 1 ; Haiden Hunt 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
4
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
5
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
OF
/ Baseball
IF/OF
/ Baseball
P/IF
/ BaseballOF
/ Baseball
IF
/ Baseball
IF
/ Baseball
IF
/ BaseballBaseball Highlights vs Omaha (05.22.2025)
Thursday, May 22
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.21.2025)
Wednesday, May 21
Baseball Weekly Update (05.19.2025)
Monday, May 19
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.17.2025)
Saturday, May 17