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Baseball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, March 21
Brookings, S.D.
noon
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Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia
JACKS SWEEP DOUBLEHEADER, WIN HOME SERIES
3/21/2026 8:09:00 PM | Baseball
South Dakota State scored in 11 of the 16 innings it batted and recorded 13 extra-base hits in sweeping a college baseball doubleheader from North Dakota State Saturday at Erv Huether Field.
By winning the opener, 13-5, and posting an 11-1, eight-inning victory in Game 2, the Jackrabbits improved to 7-17 overall and 2-4 in The Summit League. NDSU dropped to 4-19 overall and 1-5 in league play.
Game 1: SDSU 13, NDSU 5
Luke Luskey homered twice, doubled and drove in five runs to lead the Jackrabbits to victory in the opener, ending a nine-game losing streak.
Tied at 3-all entering the bottom of the fourth, SDSU scored three times to take the lead for good. Keagen Jirschele led off the inning by advancing all the way to third base on a throwing error and scored the go-ahead run on an infield single by Nolan Grawe. Two batters later, Luskey doubled to the right-center gap to plate Nic Werk, and Luskey later scored on a base hit by Nate Wachter to give the Jackrabbits a 6-3 lead.
SDSU scored four more times against the Bison bullpen in the home half of the fifth. Jirschele again started the rally by being hit by a pitch and Owen Siegert and Grawe followed with back-to-back triples. A Werk sacrifice fly plated Grawe before Luskey connected on a solo homer to right-center.
The Bison cut the deficit to 10-5 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, but Luskey put the game out of reach with a three-run homer to left-center in the bottom of the seventh.
SDSU tallied single runs in each of the first three innings, but trailed 3-2 after NDSU's Kyle Law hit a two-run inside-the-park home run in the top of the third. Carter Taylor's RBI double in the bottom of the third tied the game for the final time.
Jackrabbit starter Sam Schlecht worked 4 1/3 innings before giving way to Logan Campbell. Schlecht struck out five and surrendered three runs — two earned — on eight hits in finishing with a no-decision. Tristan Augedahl added four strikeouts in 3 2/3 hitless and scoreless innings to earn the save.
SDSU finished with a season-high 15 hits, six of which went for extra bases. Grawe, Luskey and Wachter each notched three hits.
Noah Gordon and Bennett Freiter each tallied two of NDSU's nine hits.
Game 2: SDSU 11, NDSU 1 (8 inn.)
Sam Novotny pitched 7 2/3 strong innings and the Jackrabbits again scored runs in bunches to finish off the sweep of the twinbill.
Luskey opened the scoring with his fourth extra-base of the day, lacing a double to the right-center gap in the bottom of the first inning to bring home Owen Siegert. An inning later, Jirschele led off with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Luke Wroblewski.
The Jackrabbit lead grew to 5-0 in the fourth when Grawe greeted reliever Zak Szabo with a double into the right-field corner that drove in both Wroblewski and Siegert. Grawe later scored on a steal of home.
SDSU tacked on two more runs in the home half of the fifth on a two-run single by Siegert.
That was more than enough run support for Novotny, who took a shutout into the seventh. The only blemish on his record was a solo home run by Evan Gustafson with one out in the seventh as the Jackrabbit right-hander struck out a season-high nine batters. He left with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth, but reliever Austin Henry needed only one pitch to get out of the jam by inducing a flyout to right field.
The Jackrabbits put the 10-run rule into effect in the bottom of the eighth with another four-run frame. Siegert and Grawe started the rally with their third hits of the game and Luskey walked to load the bases. Dayton Franke then bounced a single through the right side to score two and Jirschele ended the game with his third hit and second double of the contest to plate two more.
SDSU out-hit NDSU, 12-5. Caleb Corbin posted two hits for the Bison.
ON DECK
The Jackrabbits open a four-game road trip Wednesday night with a matchup at Creighton. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. at Charles Schwab Field in downtown Omaha, Nebraska.
NOTES
By winning the opener, 13-5, and posting an 11-1, eight-inning victory in Game 2, the Jackrabbits improved to 7-17 overall and 2-4 in The Summit League. NDSU dropped to 4-19 overall and 1-5 in league play.
Game 1: SDSU 13, NDSU 5
Luke Luskey homered twice, doubled and drove in five runs to lead the Jackrabbits to victory in the opener, ending a nine-game losing streak.
Tied at 3-all entering the bottom of the fourth, SDSU scored three times to take the lead for good. Keagen Jirschele led off the inning by advancing all the way to third base on a throwing error and scored the go-ahead run on an infield single by Nolan Grawe. Two batters later, Luskey doubled to the right-center gap to plate Nic Werk, and Luskey later scored on a base hit by Nate Wachter to give the Jackrabbits a 6-3 lead.
SDSU scored four more times against the Bison bullpen in the home half of the fifth. Jirschele again started the rally by being hit by a pitch and Owen Siegert and Grawe followed with back-to-back triples. A Werk sacrifice fly plated Grawe before Luskey connected on a solo homer to right-center.
The Bison cut the deficit to 10-5 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, but Luskey put the game out of reach with a three-run homer to left-center in the bottom of the seventh.
SDSU tallied single runs in each of the first three innings, but trailed 3-2 after NDSU's Kyle Law hit a two-run inside-the-park home run in the top of the third. Carter Taylor's RBI double in the bottom of the third tied the game for the final time.
Jackrabbit starter Sam Schlecht worked 4 1/3 innings before giving way to Logan Campbell. Schlecht struck out five and surrendered three runs — two earned — on eight hits in finishing with a no-decision. Tristan Augedahl added four strikeouts in 3 2/3 hitless and scoreless innings to earn the save.
SDSU finished with a season-high 15 hits, six of which went for extra bases. Grawe, Luskey and Wachter each notched three hits.
Noah Gordon and Bennett Freiter each tallied two of NDSU's nine hits.
Game 2: SDSU 11, NDSU 1 (8 inn.)
Sam Novotny pitched 7 2/3 strong innings and the Jackrabbits again scored runs in bunches to finish off the sweep of the twinbill.
Luskey opened the scoring with his fourth extra-base of the day, lacing a double to the right-center gap in the bottom of the first inning to bring home Owen Siegert. An inning later, Jirschele led off with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Luke Wroblewski.
The Jackrabbit lead grew to 5-0 in the fourth when Grawe greeted reliever Zak Szabo with a double into the right-field corner that drove in both Wroblewski and Siegert. Grawe later scored on a steal of home.
SDSU tacked on two more runs in the home half of the fifth on a two-run single by Siegert.
That was more than enough run support for Novotny, who took a shutout into the seventh. The only blemish on his record was a solo home run by Evan Gustafson with one out in the seventh as the Jackrabbit right-hander struck out a season-high nine batters. He left with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth, but reliever Austin Henry needed only one pitch to get out of the jam by inducing a flyout to right field.
The Jackrabbits put the 10-run rule into effect in the bottom of the eighth with another four-run frame. Siegert and Grawe started the rally with their third hits of the game and Luskey walked to load the bases. Dayton Franke then bounced a single through the right side to score two and Jirschele ended the game with his third hit and second double of the contest to plate two more.
SDSU out-hit NDSU, 12-5. Caleb Corbin posted two hits for the Bison.
ON DECK
The Jackrabbits open a four-game road trip Wednesday night with a matchup at Creighton. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. at Charles Schwab Field in downtown Omaha, Nebraska.
NOTES
- SDSU leads the all-time series, 136-89, but SDSU holds a 45-44 edge in Summit League regular season games since both programs joined the conference in 2008
- The Jackrabbits' 13 extra-base hits in the doubleheader were nine doubles, two triples and two home runs, which produced a .697 slugging percentage on the day
- SDSU's six doubles in Game 2 were a season high
- Luskey recorded the fourth multi-home run game of his career and upped his career home run total to 26
- Luskey's run-scoring double in Game 2 produced his 100th career RBI in 108 games as a Jackrabbit
- Jirschele scored six times in the doubleheader, including four times in the opener
- Grawe went 9-for-14 at the plate in the series with three hits in each of the three games
- Novotny's nine strikeouts were the most by a Jackrabbit pitcher this season
- Jackrabbit pitchers combined for 30 strikeouts compared to nine walks in the three-game series
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Campbell, Logan (1-1)
L: Brayden Marks (1-4)
S: Augedahl, Tristan (1)
Batting:
2B: Caleb Corbin 1 ; Noah Gordon 1 ; Diego Trujillo 1
HR: Kyle Law 1
RBI: Colten Becker 1 ; Kyle Law 4
SF: Kyle Law 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Caleb Corbin 1 ; Colten Becker 1 ; Kyle Law 1 ; Bennett Freiter 1 ; Kaden Connor 1
HBP: Caleb Corbin 1
Batting:
2B: Luskey, Luke 1 ; Jones, Luke 1 ; Taylor, Carter 1
3B: Siegert, Owen 1 ; Grawe, Nolan 1
HR: Luskey, Luke 2
RBI: Siegert, Owen 1 ; Grawe, Nolan 3 ; Werk, Nic 1 ; Luskey, Luke 5 ; Wachter, Nate 2 ; Taylor, Carter 1
SF: Werk, Nic 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Siegert, Owen 1 ; Grawe, Nolan 1 ; Werk, Nic 3 ; Luskey, Luke 3 ; Husar, Trey 1 ; Jirschele, Keagen 4
SB: Jirschele, Keagen 1
HBP: Werk, Nic 1 ; Luskey, Luke 1 ; Jirschele, Keagen 1
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