WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State (31-16) jumped out to an early lead and cruised past South Dakota State (15-25), 10-0, in nonconference baseball action Wednesday night at Eck Stadium.
Wichita State scored three times against Jackrabbit starter Austin Suhr in the bottom of the first inning. Gunnar Troutwine singled in the first two runs, while the third run of the frame scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Mason O’Brien.
The Shockers increased their lead to 7-0 with a four-run third inning. Greyson Jenista connected on his eighth home run of the season to plate the first two runs and the Shockers again excelled in the situational-hitting department as O’Brien and Ross Cadena recorded back-to-back sacrifice flies. Jenista added a run-scoring double in the fifth inning to up the Wichita State lead to 8-0.
SDSU’s biggest threats came in the first and ninth innings. Anthony Schneider led off the game with a solid single to right and moved to second when Newt Johnson drew a two-out walk. The Jackrabbits managed only one other hit, an infield single by Landon Badger in the fifth inning, until Johnson and Josh Falk hit back-to-back one-out singles in the ninth.
Wichita State starter Jacob Lindemann struck out three and walked two in three shutout innings. Liam Eddy followed with three shutout frames, while three other Shocker hurlers each blanked the Jackrabbits for one inning.
Jenista, Hunter Gibson and Jordan Boyer each notched two of Wichita State’s 11 hits.
Six Jackrabbit pitchers combined to walk nine batters and strike out only four. Quinn Reimers fanned two batters in a scoreless sixth inning, while Mitchell Oehme added a strikeout in blanking the Shockers in the seventh.
Up Next
The Jackrabbits (15-25) open their final home series of the season, hosting Western Illinois in a three-game Summit League weekend set. The opener is scheduled for a 3 p.m. first pitch Friday at Erv Huether Field.
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