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Friday, May 15

Omaha, Neb. // Tal Anderson Field

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

21-29, 12-14

Omaha

20-24, 15-11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
South Dakota St.	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	5	2
Omaha	1	1	0	4	1	2	2	0	X	11	17	0

South Dakota State's Owen Siegert follows through on his swing during action early in the 2026 season.

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

5/15/2026 11:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha scored in six of the first seven innings and clinched the No. 2 seed in next week's Summit League Baseball Championship with an 11-3 victory over South Dakota State Friday night at Tal Anderson Field.

The Mavericks ran their record to 20-24 overall and 15-11 in league play. SDSU dropped to 21-29 overall and 12-14 in The Summit League. The Jackrabbits remained fourth in the league standings, but could move into the No. 3 seed with a win in Saturday's season finale and a Northern Colorado loss.

For the second night in a row, Omaha plated runs in each of the first two innings to grab the early lead. Chase Diggins led off the bottom of the first with a single, advanced to third on a double by Henry Zipay and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jackson Trout.

The Mavericks turned an infield single and error into a run in the second inning as Eli Hoerner's two-out double brought home Edoardo Cornelli for a 2-0 lead.

Omaha stretched its lead to 6-0 with four runs on six hits — all singles — in the bottom of the fourth. The first five hits of the inning came against Jackrabbit starter Sam Novotny and included run-scoring safeties from Diggins and Trout, along with a sacrifice fly by Hoerner. Cardel Dick drove in the final run of the inning with a single against reliever Logan Campbell.

Diggins added another run-scoring single in the fifth inning as he ended the night 3-for-4. The Mavericks added two more runs in the sixth, then capped their scoring with a two-run seventh that featured Hoerner's third RBI of the contest on a double and a run-scoring infield single by Zipay that was his fourth hit of the game. Omaha held a 17-5 advantage in hits.

The Jackrabbits closed the game with a bit of momentum as they tallied single runs in three of the last four innings. SDSU cracked the scoring column in the sixth inning when Owen Siegert led off with a bloop double down the left-field line, moved to third base on a flyout off the bat of Nolan Grawe and scored on a sacrifice fly by Nate Wachter.

Luke Wroblewski connected on his third home run of the season in the seventh inning that cut the deficit to 9-2 and pinch runner Trey Husar came across with the final run of the game on a groundout by Travis Finney after Luke Luskey opened the ninth inning with a single.

Omaha starter Tanner Foertsch allowed a run on three hits over six innings. He struck out five and walked one.

ON DECK
Saturday's regular season finale is set for a 6 p.m. first pitch.

NOTES

Omaha leads the season series, 2-1, and the all-time series, 101-96-1
SDSU fell to 1-10 in night games this season
Siegert has hit safely in all three games of the series after missing the previous 19 games due to injury
Jackrabbit left-hander Avon Barney made his first pitching appearance since April 8 at Minnesota
Three of the Jackrabbits' five hits went for extra bases, including doubles by Siegert and Dayton Franke
The start of the game was delayed an hour and 15 minutes due to lightning in the area

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