Jackrabbit Baseball South Dakota State University AthLetics Jackrabbit Sports Information • 2820 HPER Center • Brookings, SD 57007-1497 Baseball Contact/Assistant AD-Sports Information: Jason Hove • E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (605) 688-4623 • Mobile: (605) 695-1827 • Fax: (605) 688-5999 Twitter: @GoJacksBaseball • Website: www.GoJacks.com PROBABLE POSITION STARTERS 2019 Overall Record: 9-9 2019 Summit Record: 2-1 (3rd) head coach CENTER FIELD ROB BISHOP LANDON BADGER Third Season at SDSU (53-65) Jr., Pierre, S.D. • L/L 20th Season Overall (602-387-1) .259 avg. | 6 2B | 1 HR | 9 RBI right field Sr., Urbana,LOGAN Iowa HOLTZ • R/R .317 avg. | 2 HR | 10 RBI second base BRAEDEN BROWN LEFT FIELD Jr., Burlington, Iowa • R/R NICK SMITH .269 avg. | 2 HR | 13 RBI Sr., Chanhassen,.291 avg. | 6 Minn. RBI | 7-9• L/R SBshortstop GUS STEIGER So., Minnetonka, Minn. • R/R .322 avg. | 3 HR | 17 RBI | 7 SB Jr., Minnetonka,FIRST Minn. BASE • R/R .227 avg. | 2JOSH HR | 14 FALK RBI thirdLUKE base IRA Fr., Iowa City, Iowa • R/R DESIGNATED HITTER CATCHER .282 avg. | 4 2B | 1 HR | 10 RBI DREW BEAZLEY DEREK HACKMAN Fr., Johnston, Iowa • R/R So., Johnston, Iowa • L/R .275 avg. | 1 HR | 4 RBI .273 avg. | 1 HR | 6 RBI PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 AT ORAL ROBERTS AT oral roberts AT oral roberts FRIDAY, MARCH 22 • 6 P.M. saturday, march 23 • 2 P.M. sUNday, march 24 • 1 P.M. TYLER OLMSTEAD RYAN FROOM NIC McCAY 6-2 | 220 | Jr. RHP 6-1 | 210 | Sr. RHP 6-1 | 190 | Fr. RHP Sioux Falls, S.D. Crystal, Minn. Carlisle, Iowa • 1-1 record • 2-1 record • 3-1 record • 5.27 ERA • 4.15 ERA • 3.42 ERA • 30 K, 11 BB in 27.1 IP • 22 K, 17 BB in 26 IP • 28 K, 8 BB in 26.1 IP • .263 opponent batting avg. 2019 schedule FEBRUARY Jackrabbits square 15 vs. UT Martin [at Russellville, Ark.] W, 15-3 16 vs. UT Martin [at Russellville, Ark.] L, 4-5 17 vs. UT Martin [at Russellville, Ark.] W, 7-1 22-24 at Snowbird Invitational; Port Charlotte, Fla. 22 vs. Florida International L, 1-4 off against ORU 23 vs. Florida International W, 4-3 vs. Northeastern L, 9-12 Sports Information Contact: Jason Hove March 20, 2019 24 vs. Northeastern L, 7-13 MARCH BROOKINGS, S.D. — After opening Summit League play with a series win over Western 1 at Central Arkansas L, 3-8 Illinois, the South Dakota State baseball team again hits the road for a three-game series at 2 vs. Missouri [at Conway, Ark.] W, 6-3 perennial Summit League favorite Oral Roberts. at Central Arkansas W, 7-5 The series opener is scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch Friday at J.L. Johnson Stadium on the 3 at Central Arkansas Canceled ORU campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Games Saturday and Sunday are set for respective start 6 at Alabama [14 inn.] L, 4-5 8 at UA Little Rock L, 6-7 times of 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. Friday’s contest is scheduled to be televised on the ESPN+ 9 at UA Little Rock [DH] W, 9-4/L, 3-10 streaming platform, with the other two contests available for viewing at ORUAthletics.com. 10 at UA Little Rock W, 8-6 The Jackrabbits enter the weekend with a 9-9 overall record and a 2-1 mark in The Summit 16 *vs. Western Illinois [DH] W, 7-6/L, 6-10 League. SDSU won two of three games against Western Illinois in a series played March 16- 17 *vs. Western Illinois [series at Springfield, Ill.] W, 7-4 17 that was moved to Springfield, Illinois, due to concerns over weather and field conditions 20 at Creighton PPD at the Leatherneck’s home ballpark in Macomb. 22 *at Oral Roberts 6 p.m. 23 *at Oral Roberts 2 p.m. ORU, meanwhile, also will come into the weekend 9-9 overall, but 3-0 in league play. The 24 *at Oral Roberts 1 p.m. Golden Eagles recorded a three-game home sweep of Purdue Fort Wayne last weekend, 29 *at Purdue Fort Wayne 3 p.m. ET outscoring the Mastodons by a 40-12 margin. They dropped a 9-3 decision at Central 30 *at Purdue Fort Wayne 2 p.m. ET Arkansas in mid-week action Tuesday. 31 *at Purdue Fort Wayne 1 p.m. ET APRIL THE SERIES: Friday’s series opener will mark the 66th meeting on the baseball diamond 3 DAKOTA STATE 3 p.m. between South Dakota State and Oral Roberts. The Golden Eagles hold a 51-14 advantage in 5 *OMAHA 3 p.m. the series that dates back to 1971. 6 *OMAHA 1 p.m. Oral Roberts won the 2018 season series by a 7-1 count. The Golden Eagles swept a three- 7 *OMAHA 1 p.m. game series on the opening weekend of Summit League play at J.L. Johnson Stadium claim- 9 DAKOTA WESLEYAN 3 p.m. 12 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3 p.m. ing the March 16 opener, 14-9, before winning both ends of a March 17 doubleheader by 13 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1 p.m. scores of 16-12 and 4-3. The series finale was decided on a walk-off home run by the Golden 14 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1 p.m. Eagles’ Jack Rosenberg in the bottom of the 11th inning. 16 at Minnesota [at Siebert Field] 6 p.m. SDSU’s lone win against ORU last season came on April 20 in the first game of a double- 19 *WESTERN ILLINOIS 3 p.m. header that was moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, due to extended wintry weather in the region. 20 *WESTERN ILLINOIS 1 p.m. Brady Stover struck out 10 over 6 2/3 scoreless innings as the Jackrabbits prevailed, 3-1. The 21 *WESTERN ILLINOIS 1 p.m. 23 SIOUX FALLS 3 p.m. Golden Eagles won the second game of the twinbill, 7-3, and earned the series win with an 26 *at Omaha 4 p.m. 8-1 win the next day in a game played at Millard North High School in Omaha, Nebraska. 27 *at Omaha 2 p.m. The Golden Eagles handed SDSU both of its losses at the 2018 Summit League Baseball 28 *at Omaha noon Championship May 23 and 26 in Tulsa. Top-seeded ORU posted a 13-8 victory over the MAY Jackrabbits in the opening round. After SDSU battled back through the losers’ bracket to reach 3 *PURDUE FORT WAYNE 3 p.m. the title series, ORU ended the Jackrabbits’ season with an 11-3 win. 4 *PURDUE FORT WAYNE 1 p.m. 5 *PURDUE FORT WAYNE 1 p.m. LAST WEEK: Following are some highlights from last week’s series win at Western Illinois: 7 at Minnesota 6 p.m. • The Jackrabbits scored first in all three games and have tallied the first run in five straight 10 *ORAL ROBERTS 3 p.m. games dating back to the second game of a March 9 doubleheader at UA Little Rock. 11 *ORAL ROBERTS 1 p.m. 12 *ORAL ROBERTS 1 p.m. • Logan Holtz had his hitting streak end at 10 games in the series opener against Western 16 *at North Dakota State 6:30 p.m. Illinois, but did record a hit in each of the next two games. Holtz has reached base safely in 16 17 *at North Dakota State 6:30 p.m. of the 17 games in which he has played this season. 18 *at North Dakota State 1 p.m. • The Jackrabbits matched a season high with three home runs in the second game of their 22-25 at Summit League Baseball Championship March 16 doubleheader. (Tulsa, Okla — if qualified) • SDSU committed only one error in the three-game series and turned three double plays. *Summit League game • The Jackrabbits stole a season-high six bases in the March 17 game, including three by Home games in CAPS Nick Smith. DH denotes doubleheader • SDSU matched a season high by drawing nine walks in the March 17 series finale. All start times Central Time unless noted otherwise CREIGHTON GAME POSTPONED: The Jackrabbits’ game scheduled for March 20 at Creighton has been postponed due to concerns over field conditions at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. No makeup date has been determined. 2019 TEAM game highs STEIGER AND SMITH STREAKING: Two of the top three hitters in the Jackrabbit bat- ting order are working on long hitting streaks. TEAM – BATTING Sophomore shortstop Gus Steiger holds the team’s longest active hitting streak at 10 AT-BATS: 53, at Alabama, 3-6-2019 games, dating back to a two-hit performance March 2 against Missouri. Named the Summit RUNS SCORED: 15, vs. UT Martin, 2-15-2019 League Player of the Week on March 11, Steiger is batting .404 (21-of-52) during his current HITS: 16, vs. UT Martin, 2-15-2019, and at UA Little hitting streak with five doubles, two home runs and 11 runs batted in. Rock, 3-9-2019 [Game 1] Senior outfielder Nick Smith enters the week on a nine-game hitting streak, during which RUNS BATTED IN: 12, vs. UT Martin, 2-15-2019 DOUBLES: 4, at UA Little Rock, 3-9-2019 [Game 1] he is hitting .324 (11-for-34). Coincidentally, Smith also has drawn at least one base on balls TRIPLES: 1, four times (last: at UA Little Rock, 3-10-2019) in each of the last nine games for a total of 14, giving him an on-base percentage of .521.