SEVEN-RUN SECOND INNING SINKS JACKS AT CREIGHTON

Wednesday, March 25

Omaha, Neb. // Charles Schwab Field

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

7-18

Creighton

11-11

South Dakota State

Creighton

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

3/25/2026 10:29:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. — Creighton put seven runs on the board in the bottom of the second inning and five Bluejay pitchers combined to strike out 15 South Dakota State hitters in posting an 11-5 victory in nonconference baseball action Wednesday night at Charles Schwab Field.

Creighton improved to 11-11 overall, while the Jackrabbits dropped to 7-18 on the season.

The Bluejays sent 11 men to the plate against three SDSU pitchers in the decisive bottom of the second inning that began with a solo home run by Connor Capece off starter Jacob Sjuts. Ben North and Isaac Wachsman each drove in two runs with a single and double, respectively.

After coming up empty despite loading the bases in both the second and third innings, the Jackrabbits broke through with all five of their runs in the top of the fourth to close to within 7-5. Luke Wroblewski and Grant Sorensen opened the frame with back-to-back singles and the Jackrabbits again filled the bases when Brady Brown was hit by a pitch. Wroblewski came across on a wild pitch for the first Jackrabbit run and, after a walk to Keagen Jirschele again loaded the bases, Nolan Grawe came through with a three-run triple to the right-field corner. Grawe later scored on a groundout off the bat of Nic Werk.

Creighton stemmed the tide with a run in the bottom of the fourth on a Capece RBI single, then fully seized the momentum back on a two-run home run by Rocco Gump. The Bluejays tacked on a final run in the sixth after three consecutive walks to start the inning.

Capece led Creighton's 14-hit attack with a 3-for-4 night at the plate. Wroblewski was 3-for-3 and reached base for a fourth time on a walk to pace the Jackrabbits' nine-hit effort. Jirschele and Sorensen each tallied two hits.

Bluejay pitchers notched at least one strikeout in all nine innings. Evan Stratton, who was awarded the victory, led way with five K's in 3 2/3 innings of relief.

For SDSU, Sjuts took the loss after allowing three runs on four hits over 1 1/3 innings in his first start as a Jackrabbit. Matthew Werk finished on the mound for the Jackrabbits with three scoreless innings.

ON DECK
The Jackrabbits return to Summit League play with a three-game weekend series at Northern Colorado. Friday's series opener is set for 2 p.m. Mountain Time (3 p.m. Central) at Jackson Field in Greeley, Colorado.

NOTES

Creighton leads the all-time series, 29-8, and has won the last 13 meetings
The Jackrabbits are 0-6 in night games so far this season
SDSU has outscored the opposition by a 39-15 margin in the fourth inning of games this season
Grawe's three-run triple was his 100^th collegiate hit and his 10^th hit in the last four games
Jirschele doubled to lead off the ninth inning, giving him three two-baggers in the last two games
Jirschele and Grawe both extended their streaks of reaching base safely to eight games
Logan Campbell made his team-leading 13^th appearance of his freshman campaign, tossing a scoreless inning of relief
Matthew Werk's three innings of relief marked the longest outing of his career