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South Dakota State University Athletics
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Photo by: SDSU Athletics
KANSAS STATE SHUTS DOWN JACKRABBITS
3/11/2026 9:34:00 PM | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Four Kansas State pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout and the Wildcats put together a pair of four-run innings to defeat South Dakota State, 9-0, in college baseball action Wednesday night at Tointon Family Stadium.
K-State ran its winning streak to seven games to improve to 13-4 overall. SDSU dropped to 5-11 on the season.
After breaking a scoreless deadlock with an unearned run in the bottom of the third inning, the Wildcats put some more distance between themselves and SDSU with a four-run home half of the fourth against three different Jackrabbit pitchers. Micah Kendrick led off the inning with a single and scored the first run of the frame on a walk issued to Bear Madliak with the bases loaded by Jackrabbit starter Kaden Rylance. Shintaro Inoue also drew a bases-loaded walk and Dee Kennedy plated another run with a single before the final run of the inning scored on the first of three double plays turned by the Jackrabbits on the evening.
Kansas State took advantage of more wildness by the Jackrabbit pitching staff in the seventh inning to score four more times without a hit. Three more SDSU pitchers combined for six walks and two hit batters in the frame. In all, the Jackrabbit pitching staff allowed 14 free passes — 12 bases on balls and two hit batters.
Right-hander Austin Haley worked the first five innings for the Wildcats, limiting the Jackrabbits to two hits while striking out five and walking one. Aaron Arnold followed with two scoreless innings, with Adam Longoria and Miles Smith finishing up with a scoreless frame each. Arnold and Smith each struck out two batters.
Rylance took the loss for the Jackrabbits as he was charged with the first five runs in his three-plus innings of work. The freshman from Watertown struck out two and walked four.
Fellow freshman Logan Campbell retired all five batters he faced for SDSU.
Kansas State finished with a 7-5 advantage in hits, receiving two from both Madliak and Grant Gallagher. Neither team recorded an extra-base hit in the contest.
ON DECK
The Jackrabbits open Summit League play with a three-game weekend series at Oral Roberts. The series opener is slated for 6 p.m. Friday at Chapman Park on the ORU campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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K-State ran its winning streak to seven games to improve to 13-4 overall. SDSU dropped to 5-11 on the season.
After breaking a scoreless deadlock with an unearned run in the bottom of the third inning, the Wildcats put some more distance between themselves and SDSU with a four-run home half of the fourth against three different Jackrabbit pitchers. Micah Kendrick led off the inning with a single and scored the first run of the frame on a walk issued to Bear Madliak with the bases loaded by Jackrabbit starter Kaden Rylance. Shintaro Inoue also drew a bases-loaded walk and Dee Kennedy plated another run with a single before the final run of the inning scored on the first of three double plays turned by the Jackrabbits on the evening.
Kansas State took advantage of more wildness by the Jackrabbit pitching staff in the seventh inning to score four more times without a hit. Three more SDSU pitchers combined for six walks and two hit batters in the frame. In all, the Jackrabbit pitching staff allowed 14 free passes — 12 bases on balls and two hit batters.
Right-hander Austin Haley worked the first five innings for the Wildcats, limiting the Jackrabbits to two hits while striking out five and walking one. Aaron Arnold followed with two scoreless innings, with Adam Longoria and Miles Smith finishing up with a scoreless frame each. Arnold and Smith each struck out two batters.
Rylance took the loss for the Jackrabbits as he was charged with the first five runs in his three-plus innings of work. The freshman from Watertown struck out two and walked four.
Fellow freshman Logan Campbell retired all five batters he faced for SDSU.
Kansas State finished with a 7-5 advantage in hits, receiving two from both Madliak and Grant Gallagher. Neither team recorded an extra-base hit in the contest.
ON DECK
The Jackrabbits open Summit League play with a three-game weekend series at Oral Roberts. The series opener is slated for 6 p.m. Friday at Chapman Park on the ORU campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
NOTES
- Kansas State leads the all-time series, 14-1
- The Jackrabbits suffered their first shutout defeat since a 1-0 loss at Creighton on March 18, 2025
- SDSU turned three double plays in a game for the first time since a Feb. 24, 2024 game at New Mexico
- Owen Siegert extended his hitting streak to seven games with an infield single in the seventh, while Nic Werk had his career-long six-game hitting streak come to an end
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Austin Haley (1-0)
L: Rylance, Kaden (0-2)
Base Running:
CS: Evenson, Luke 1
Batting:
RBI: Shintaro Inoue 2 ; Dee Kennedy 2 ; Robby Bolin 1 ; Bear Madliak 1
SH: Micah Kendrick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ty Smolinski 1 ; Micah Kendrick 2 ; Carlos Vasquez 2 ; Robby Bolin 2 ; Bear Madliak 2
SB: Micah Kendrick 2 ; Bear Madliak 1
HBP: Ty Smolinski 1 ; Robby Bolin 1
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