EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Andy Shadid and Keaton Rice each drove in a pair of runs, leading Bradley to a 5-1 victory and series sweep over South Dakota State in college baseball action Saturday afternoon at Simmons Complex.
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Andy Shadid and Keaton Rice each drove in a pair of runs, leading Bradley to a 5-1 victory and series sweep over South Dakota State in college baseball action Saturday afternoon at Simmons Complex.
In sweeping the three-game weekend set, Bradley improved to 5-1 on the season. SDSU dropped to 0-6.
Rice opened the scoring for the Braves with a two-run single in the bottom of the second. Brendan Dougherty led off with a base hit, while Eli Rawlinson and Nick McMurray drew consecutive walks against Jackrabbit starter Brady Moxham to load the bases for Rice.
SDSU cut the margin to 2-1 with its lone run of the game in the top of the fourth. Newt Johnson walked with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch and advanced to third on a base hit by Josh Falk. Landon Badger came through with a single to right center to plate Johnson.
The Jackrabbits threatened again in the fifth as Gus Steiger tripled with two outs and Tony Kjolsing walked and later stole second to put runners at second and third. However, Bradley starter Sam Lund posted his eighth and final strikeout of the game to end the inning.
Brooks Gosswein registered five strikeouts over three scoreless innings and Boby Johnson added a scoreless ninth to secure the victory.
The Braves tacked on single runs in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings to put the game out of reach. Shadid connected on a solo home run with one out in the sixth and added an RBI single in the eighth. Andrew Ivelia accounted for the fifth-inning run with a double.
Shadid was 3-for-4 to lead Bradley’s 10-hit attack. Falk tallied two of SDSU’s five hits.
Moxham fanned five and walked two over 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits.
Notes
Kjolsing reached base safely for the 20th game in a row. … Steiger’s triple was the first by a Jackrabbit this season. … Freshman left-hander Bret Barnett made his Jackrabbit debut in the sixth inning. … Falk recorded his second two-hit game of the series and batted .364 (4-for-11) in the three games
Up Next
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to travel Wednesday to Minnesota for a 6 p.m. matchup at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
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BRADLEY 5, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1
SDSU 000 100 000 – 1 5 0
Bradley 020 011 01x – 5 10 0
Brady Moxham, Bret Barnett (6), Alex Marro (7), Quinn Reimers (8), Derek Feige (8) and Kolton Michalski;
Sam Lund, Brooks Gosswein (6), Boby Johnson (9) and Keaton Rice. W – Lund (1-0). L – Moxham (0-1). 2B: SDSU, Phil Velez; BU, Andrew Ivelia. 3B: SDSU, Gus Steiger. HR: BU, Andy Shadid.
