JACKS DROP SLUGFEST AT OMAHA

Saturday, April 13

Omaha, Neb.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

15-17, 0

Omaha

9-22, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE	2	1	1	5	0	3	3	0	0	15	14	2
Omaha	2	0	4	3	0	2	8	2	X	21	24	2

Photo by: Mark Kuhlmann

4/13/2024 8:52:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. — South Dakota State third baseman Jordan Sagedahl homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs, but Omaha struck for eight runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win a 21-15 slugfest in Summit League baseball actoin Saturday afternoon at Tal Anderson Field.

In evening the three-game series at a game apiece, the Mavericks improved to 9-22 overall and 7-7 in league play. SDSU dropped to 15-17 overall and 7-6 in The Summit League.

Sagedahl, a senior from Olivia, Minnesota, gave SDSU the lead two batters into the game with a run-scoring triple that plated Reece Anderson. Sagedahl later scored on a wild pitch for a 2-0 lead, but Omaha came back with two runs of its own in the home half of the opening frame, the first of which came on a Drew Lechnir home run.

SDSU continued to use the long ball in the back-and-forth affair, building a brief 4-2 lead on an Anderson solo homer in the second inning and an RBI single by Cade Stuff in the third. After Omaha regained the lead with a four-run bottom of the third inning, Sagedahl connected on a grand slam over the left-center field wall and Dawson Parry followed two batters later with his 12^th home run of the season, a solo shot to left that gave the Jackrabbits a 9-6 lead.

The Jackrabbits gained their final lead of the game on a solo home run by Sagedahl in the sixth inning and SDSU scored two more runs later in the frame for a 12-9 advantage on a Luke Luskey run-scoring double and sacrifice fly by Jess Bellows.

Tyler Bishop hit his second two-run homer of the game for Omaha in the sixth inning, then tied the game at 15-all in the seventh inning with a two-run double. Bishop's heroics came after Cael Frost and Parry delivered run-scoring singles in the top of the seventh, with Frost later scoring on a groundout.

Cardel Dick highlighted the Mavericks' eight-run outburst with a bases-clearing, three-run double. Dick later scored on a sacrifice fly and Omaha added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth.

Bishop ended the afternoon 6-for-6 with seven RBIs and six runs scored to pace the Mavericks' 24-hit attack. Henry Zipay was 4-for-4.

For the Jackrabbits, Anderson, Sagedahl and Parry each notched three of SDSU's 14 hits. Anderson and Sagedahl each scored four times.

Dylan Driessen, who also pitched in Friday night's series opener, took the loss for the Jackrabbits after allowing six of the eight runs in the seventh inning. Six different pitchers went to the mound for SDSU on Saturday.

Omaha reliever Luke Gainer pitched the final four innings to pick up the win.

UP NEXT
Sunday's series finale is slated for a 1 p.m. first pitch.

NOTES

Omaha leads the all-time series, 93-90-1
Sagedahl recorded his second two-home run game of the season, also connecting on a pair of round-trippers March 3 at SIU-Edwardsville
Sagedahl's six RBIs and 11 total bases are the most in a game by a Jackrabbit his season
Sagedahl hit SDSU's fifth grand slam of the season
Parry's home run was the 32^nd of his career, tying him with Russ Langer (1998-2001) for seventh place in program history

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