South Dakota State failed to make the Summit League Tournament after losing two of three games to Omaha this weekend.
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BROOKINGS — South Dakota State failed to make the Summit League Tournament after losing two of three games to Omaha this weekend.
The Jackrabbits lost the series opener 16-6 on Thursday and then fell 10-2 on Friday and that eliminated SDSU from the postseason. SDSU was able to win the series finale 14-11 on Saturday.
It was the first time since 2012 that the Jacks failed to make the tournament. They finished the season with an overall record of 20-29 and had an 11-17 Summit League record. SDSU lost its final four series in conference play.
The Mavericks jumped out to a 6-0 lead with three runs in both the first and second inning. A walk and two singles loaded the bases with one out. Matt Goetzmann scored on a Jackson Trout ground out and Haiden Hunt then hit a two-run double to make it 3-0.
Cardel Dick led off the second with a single and Henry Zipay followed with a walk. Drew Lechnir then came to the plate with one out and hit one over the right field wall to make it 6-0 heading into third.
SDSU got on the board in the sixth inning. Cael Frost came to the plate with two outs and ripped one over the left center field wall to make it 6-1. Bryce Ronken then came to the plate with the bases loaded but struck out so the Jacks couldn’t do any more damage.
Omaha extended the lead back to six in the top of the seventh. Tyler Palmer hit a pinch hit single and he came around to score on a triple from Goetzmann. SDSU cut the lead back to five in the bottom of the inning. Daegen Schramm walked with one and then scored on a double from Stuff to make it 7-2. The Jacks had runners on second and third with one out but Frost struck out and Dawson Parry grounded out to end the inning.
The Mavericks then scored two runs in the top of the eighth. Tyler Bishop led off the inning with a double and then scored on a Sommers single. Sommers scored on a Hunt single and that made it 9-2 heading into the ninth.
Omaha added one more run in the ninth. Bishop hit a one-out single and came around to score on a single from Hunt to make the final 10-2.
Arlen Peters got the start for the Jacks and pitched an inning and a third. He gave up six earned runs on six hits with two walks and no strikeouts. Dylan Driessen pitched one inning and gave up no runs on no hits with two strikeouts and three walks.
Jake Goble pitched a four and two thirds, giving up three earned runs on nine hits with seven strikeouts and one walk. Will Kent pitched the final two innings and gave up one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
SDSU had eight hits as a team. Stuff was 1-for-4 with an RBI and Frost was 1-for-5 with an RBI. Jordan Sagedahl was 2-for-3 and Luke Luskey was 1-for-3. Ronken and Reece Anderson were each 1-for-4 and Parry was 1-for-5.
It was a marathon of a game in the Jackrabbits’ season finale. SDSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Stuff and Frost walked with one out and Luskey came to the plate with two outs. He hit one over the right field wall to give the Jacks a three-run lead.
SDSU added another run in the second. Tyson Kogel hit a one-out single and then came around to score on a single from Stuff to make it 4-0 through two innings.
Omaha cut the lead in half in the top of the fourth. Hunt hit a sacrifice fly and Palmer followed with an RBI single to make it 4-2. However, SDSU pushed the lead back to four in the bottom of the inning. A double from Thatcher Kozal, a walk from Kogel and a single from Schramm loaded the bases up. Kozal scored on an Anderson ground out and Kogel scored on a sacrifice fly from Stuff to make it 6-2 through four innings.
A Dawson Parry solo home run to right field extended the lead to 7-2 in the bottom of the fifth. The Mavericks then scored six runs in the top of the sixth to take the lead.
All of Omaha’s six runs in the sixth came with two outs. The first run came on a triple from Hunt and another run scored on an error. Goetzmann then hit a bases loaded triple to tie the game and scored on a wild pitch to give the Mavericks the lead.
SDSU answered with five runs in the bottom of the inning. Kogel led off the inning with a triple and was able to jog home on a triple from Schramm to tie the game. Anderson and Frost then walked to load the bases up with one out. Luskey came to the plate with two outs and hit a no doubt grand slam over the left field wall to give the Jacks a 12-8 lead heading into the seventh.
Three straight walks loaded the bases up for the Mavericks in the top of the seventh. A Zipay fielder’s choice cut the SDSU lead to 12-9 but Driessen was able to get out of the inning with back-to-back strikeouts with the bases loaded.
SDSU then extended the lead to 14-9 in the bottom of the inning. Schramm walked to lead off the inning and Stuff hit a one-out double to put runners on second and third. Frost followed with a double of his own and that pushed the lead to five heading into the eighth.
Zipay hit a two-run home run in the ninth but the Mavericks' final two batters struck out and the Jacks ended the season on a high note.
SDSU had 11 hits as a team. Luskey was 2-for-5 with seven RBIs. Stuff was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Frost was 1-for-3 with two RBIs. Schramm was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Parry was 1-for-5 with an RBI. Kogel was 2-for-4 and Anderson had an RBI without a hit.
Owen Bishop started for SDSU and pitched five innings. He gave up five earned runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Alex Clemmons did not record an out and gave up three runs, two earned, on one hit with two walks and no strikeouts. Driessen got the win and finished the season with a 3-3 record. He pitched the final four innings and gave up three earned runs on one hit with nine strikeouts and five walks.
