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Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Big second inning lifts Bears over Jacks
3/11/2018 6:11:00 PM | Baseball
GREELEY, Colo. – Northern Colorado struck for seven runs in the second inning en route to an 11-7 victory and sweep of a four-game nonconference baseball series Sunday afternoon against South Dakota State at Jackson Field.
The Bears improved to 10-5 overall while SDSU dropped to 2-14 on the season.
Leading 1-0 after scoring an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning, UNC sent 12 men to the plate in the seven-run second inning. Brett Minick doubled twice in the frame, starting the outburst with a leadoff double off Jackrabbit starter Otis Roby before adding an RBI double against reliever Korey Kuhlmann to put the Bears up 8-0. Dean Lawson also doubled in a run for one of UNC's six hits in the second inning.
SDSU chipped away at the deficit, scoring a run in the fourth on a solo home run by Josh Falk and adding three runs in the fifth on a run-scoring single by Josh Kutzke and two-run single by Logan Holtz.
Northern Colorado countered with a pair of runs in the home half of the fourth on back-to-back RBI doubles from Tyler Yamaguchi and Payton Tapia. The Bears out-hit SDSU, 16-8, with eight of their hits of the two-base variety.
Austin Miller was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles to lead UNC, which had six different players register two or more hits.
Kutzke, who was 2-for-5, delivered his second run-scoring hit for SDSU in the top of the seventh, while Tony Kjolsing provided the final tally for the Jackrabbits with a two-run homer in the ninth. Kjolsing and Falk each added two hits.
UNC starter Baxter Halligan struck out seven and walked three over five innings to pick up the win.
Jackrabbit freshman Bret Barnett retired all six batters he faced between the fifth and sixth innings to keep SDSU within striking distance.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits open Summit League play Friday night at Oral Roberts. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the game scheduled to air on ESPN3.com.
NOTES
* SDSU leads the all-time series, 30-25
* The home runs by Falk and Kjolsing were the only home runs hit in the series by either team
* Kjolsing and Falk now share the team lead in home runs with Anthony Schneider at two
* Skyler Wenninger reached base safely for the 11th consecutive game
* Newt Johnson extended his hitting streak to six games
-GoJacks.com-
The Bears improved to 10-5 overall while SDSU dropped to 2-14 on the season.
Leading 1-0 after scoring an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning, UNC sent 12 men to the plate in the seven-run second inning. Brett Minick doubled twice in the frame, starting the outburst with a leadoff double off Jackrabbit starter Otis Roby before adding an RBI double against reliever Korey Kuhlmann to put the Bears up 8-0. Dean Lawson also doubled in a run for one of UNC's six hits in the second inning.
SDSU chipped away at the deficit, scoring a run in the fourth on a solo home run by Josh Falk and adding three runs in the fifth on a run-scoring single by Josh Kutzke and two-run single by Logan Holtz.
Northern Colorado countered with a pair of runs in the home half of the fourth on back-to-back RBI doubles from Tyler Yamaguchi and Payton Tapia. The Bears out-hit SDSU, 16-8, with eight of their hits of the two-base variety.
Austin Miller was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles to lead UNC, which had six different players register two or more hits.
Kutzke, who was 2-for-5, delivered his second run-scoring hit for SDSU in the top of the seventh, while Tony Kjolsing provided the final tally for the Jackrabbits with a two-run homer in the ninth. Kjolsing and Falk each added two hits.
UNC starter Baxter Halligan struck out seven and walked three over five innings to pick up the win.
Jackrabbit freshman Bret Barnett retired all six batters he faced between the fifth and sixth innings to keep SDSU within striking distance.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits open Summit League play Friday night at Oral Roberts. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the game scheduled to air on ESPN3.com.
NOTES
* SDSU leads the all-time series, 30-25
* The home runs by Falk and Kjolsing were the only home runs hit in the series by either team
* Kjolsing and Falk now share the team lead in home runs with Anthony Schneider at two
* Skyler Wenninger reached base safely for the 11th consecutive game
* Newt Johnson extended his hitting streak to six games
-GoJacks.com-
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Halligan, Baxter (2-0)
L: Roby, Otis (0-2)
Batting:
HR: Kjolsing, Tony 1 ; Falk, Josh 1
RBI: Kjolsing, Tony 2 ; Kutzke, Josh 2 ; Falk, Josh 1 ; Holtz, Logan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Steiger, Gus 1 ; Kjolsing, Tony 3 ; Kutzke, Josh 1 ; Falk, Josh 1 ; Michalski, Kolton 1
SB: Kjolsing, Tony 1
Batting:
2B: Miller, Austin 2 ; Pauley, Jack 1 ; Minnick, Brett 2 ; Yamaguchi, Tyler 1 ; Tapia, Payton 1 ; Lawson, Dean 1
3B: Burkart, Matt 1
RBI: Miller, Austin 1 ; Johnson, Evan 1 ; Pauley, Jack 1 ; Minnick, Brett 1 ; Yamaguchi, Tyler 1 ; Tapia, Payton 2 ; Lawson, Dean 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Miller, Austin 2 ; Johnson, Evan 1 ; Pauley, Jack 1 ; Minnick, Brett 1 ; Burkart, Matt 1 ; Yamaguchi, Tyler 2 ; Tapia, Payton 1 ; Lawson, Dean 2
SB: Minnick, Brett 1 ; Yamaguchi, Tyler 1 ; Lawson, Dean 2
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