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 STARTING LINEUP 2021 Overall Record: 12-28 2021 Summit Record: 7-17 head coach CENTER FIELD ROB BISHOP LANDON BADGER Fifth Season at SDSU (89-118) Sr., Pierre, S.D. • L/L 21st Season Overall (638-440-1) .203 avg. | 4 HR | 22 RBI right field Fr., MilesJESS City, BELLOWSMont. • R/R .281 avg. | 1 HR | 13 RBI LEFT FIELD JAMIE BERG second base Fr., MasonAVERY City, MELLMANIowa • R/R .219 avg. | 1 HR | 10 RBI So., Mahtomedi,257 avg. | 5Minn. 2B | 5• RBIL/L -or- Fr., Pierre,GARRETT S.D. • L/RSTOUT shortstopLUKE IRA .198 avg. | 2 HR | 7 RBI So., Iowa City, Iowa • R/R .258 avg. | 2 HR | 19 RBI FIRST BASE So., Johnston,DREW IowaBEAZLEY • R/R .202 avg. | 1 HR | 19 RBI third base GARRETT STOUT Fr., Pierre, S.D. • L/R .198 JORDANavg. | 2 HR SAGEDAHL | 7 RBI -or- Fr., Olivia, Minn. • R/R .149 avg. | 1HR | 9 RBIDESIGNATED HITTER CATCHER RYAN McDONALD DEREK HACKMAN So., Prior Lake, Minn. • R/R Jr., Johnston, Iowa • L/R .215 | 3 HR | 13 RBI .319 avg. | 7 HR | 24 RBI Note: Statistics from 2021 season PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4 THURSDAY, MAY 20 • NOON THURSDAY, MAY 20 • 3 P.M. fridAY, May 21 • 1 p.m. saturday, may 22 • 1 p.m. ADAM DREW CODY OWEN MAZUR BEAZLEY CARLSON BISHOP 6-2 | 170 | Fr. 6-1 | 190 | So. 5-9 | 200 | Sr. 6-2 | 190 | Fr. RHP RHP LHP RHP Woodbury, Johnston, Iowa Rapid City, S.D. Arlington, Minn. • 3-2 record • 2-4 record Wash. • 2-7 record • 2.49 ERA • 4.22 ERA • 0-5 record • 5.59 ERA • 19 K’s in 25.1 • 46 K’s in 53.1 • 7.17 ERA • 76 K’s in 58.0 IP IP • 31 K’s in 37.2 IP IP 2021 schedule FEBRUARY JACKs CLOSE REGULAR 19 vs. Kansas [at Minneapolis] L, 3-7 20 vs. Kansas [at Minneapolis] W, 8-5 21 vs. Kansas [at Minneapolis] L, 1-13 26 at Northern Colorado [7 inn.] W, 12-0 27 at Northern Colorado [DH] [10] W, 6-2/ [9] W, 6-3 SEASON WITH ORU 28 at Northern Colorado W, 12-9 MARCH Sports Information Contact: Jason Hove May 19, 2021 5 at SIU-Edwardsville L, 3-11 6 at SIU-Edwardsville L, 1-6 BROOKINGS, S.D. — The South Dakota State University baseball team will attempt to hold 7 at SIU-Edwardsville L, 3-4 on to its slim lead for the fourth and final spot in next week’s Summit League Baseball 9 at Kansas State L, 4-15 Championship as it closes regular season play this week with a four-game series against Oral 10 at Kansas State L, 0-10 Roberts. 12 at Creighton canceled The series kicks off with a doubleheader starting at noon Thursday at Erv Huether Field. 13 at Creighton canceled Single games Friday and Saturday are slated for 1 p.m. starts. Radio coverage of all four 14 at Creighton canceled 19 *at Omaha [DH] L, 1-6/L, 1-7 games will be available locally on KJJQ 910 AM and at GoJacks.com/watch. Video coverage 20 *at Omaha W, 7-6 through YouTube will be available via links at GoJacks.com. 21 *at Omaha L, 1-7 The five-member Jackrabbit senior class will be honored prior to Saturday’s game. 26 *at Western Illinois [DH] W, 10-3/L, 0-5 SDSU enters the week in fourth place in the Summit League standings, percentage points 27 *at Western Illinois L, 3-4 ahead of Western Illinois for the final playoff spot. The Jackrabbits hold a 12-28 overall record 28 *at Western Illinois L, 5-6 and 7-17 mark (.292 winning percentage) in league play, while WIU is 6-17 (.261 winning APRIL 2 at Evansville [8 inn.] L, 3-13 percentage) in Summit League games. Should SDSU and WIU end up playing the same num- 3 at Evansville [DH] L, 2-3/L, 1-11 [7 inn.] ber of games and finish tied, the Leathernecks hold the tiebreaker by winning three of the 4 at Evansville L, 8-14 four head-to-head matchups earlier this season. 10 *OMAHA [DH] L, 1-2/L, 5-10 Oral Roberts, meanwhile, has clinched the Summit League regular season title, entering 11 *OMAHA [DH] W, 6-0/W, 9-8 play this week at 17-5 in league play and 26-19 overall. The Golden Eagles have won their 16 *WESTERN ILLINOIS [DH] canceled last six games. 17 *WESTERN ILLINOIS canceled 18 *WESTERN ILLINOIS canceled THE SERIES: Thursday’s series opener will mark the 77th meeting on the baseball 23 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE [DH] L, 0-5/W, 3-2 [9] diamond between SDSU and Oral Roberts. In the series that dates back to 1971, the Golden 24 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE [DH] W, 12-2 [8 inn.] Eagles hold a 59-17 lead. L, 12-13 [10 inn.] ORU swept a four-game series in Tulsa April 30-May 2, winning the last two games by 30 *at Oral Roberts L, 4-14 [8 inn.] MAY shutouts (1-0, 9-0). The Golden Eagles took the opener, 14-4 in eight innings, and tallied a 1 *at Oral Roberts [DH] L, 2-6/L, 0-1 6-2 victory before Isaac Coffey out-dueled Owen Bishop for the first shutout and Matt 2 *at Oral Roberts L, 0-9 Gaskins notched nine strikeouts in six shutout innings in the series finale. 14 *at North Dakota State [DH] L, 4-7/W, 5-0 SDSU’s last win over Oral Roberts was a 5-4 series-opening victory at Erv Huether Field on 15 *at North Dakota State L, 3-5 May 10, 2019. 16 *at North Dakota state L, 4-10 20 *ORAL ROBERTS [DH] noon/3 p.m. SHORT HOPS: Following are a few quick notes about the Jackrabbits heading into this 21 *ORAL ROBERTS 1 p.m. weekend’s series: 22 *ORAL ROBERTS 1 p.m. • Drew Beazley and Ryan Bourassa combined on a three-hit shutout as the Jackrabbits won Game 2 of 26-29 at Summit League Baseball Championship a four-game series at North Dakota State last weekend; (Omaha, Neb. – if qualified) • All six outs Bourassa recorded came via the strikeout; • Beazley lowered his ERA to a team-best 2.49; *Summit League game • The Jackrabbits’ Luke Ira and Derek Hackman hit the only home runs by either team in the four-game Home games in CAPS DH denotes doubleheader series; All start times Central Time unless noted otherwise • Hackman’s home run in the May 16 series finale was his team-leading seventh of the season; • SDSU used eight pitchers in the May 16 series finale at North Dakota State, including Jordan Sagedahl, who made his collegiate pitching debut; • Cody Carlson has pitched at least five innings in eight of his 10 starts this season, including a season- high seven innings May 1 at Oral Roberts [Game 1 of doubleheader]; • True freshman position players Jess Bellows (37), Garrett Stout (27), Avery Mellman (22) and Jordan Sagedahl (20) have combined for 106 starts so far this season. SUMMIT LEAGUE SUCCESS: South Dakota State has been a consistent winner in The Summit League since it became a league member more than a decade ago. In 13 seasons as a member of The Summit League, the Jackrabbits have compiled a 187-154 record (.548 winning percentage) in regular season conference games. SDSU has posted a .500 or better record in league play nine times and has qualified for the four-team postseason tournament 10 out of the 11 years it has been eligible. The Jackrabbits shared a Summit League regular season title in 2010 and won the Summit postseason tournament in 2013. 2021 MIsc. stats PRESEASON POLL: South Dakota State was picked to finish fourth in the 2021 Summit League baseball race, according to a preseason poll conducted among the league’s five MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES coaches. Derek Hackman 11 Derek Hackman 6 Defending champion Omaha grabbed the top spot in the poll with three first-place votes Luke Ira 10 Luke Ira 4 and 15 points, edging Oral Roberts with two first-place votes and 14 points. North Dakota Jess Bellows 7 Landon Badger 3 State was third with 10 points, followed by the Jackrabbits with seven. Western Illinois Drew Beazley 7 Drew Beazley 3 Landon Badger 5 Jess Bellows 3 rounded out the poll with four points. Jamie Berg 5 Ryan McDonald 3 The top four teams will advance to the Summit League Baseball Championship May 26-29 in Omaha, Nebraska. SDSU has qualified for the league tournament in 10 of 11 seasons it LONGEST HIT STREAK LONGEST REACHED Jess Bellows 7 BASE STREAK has been eligible for postseason play. Jamie Berg 6 Derek Hackman 20 The Jackrabbits finished the COVID-shortened 2020 season with a 5-12 overall record. The Landon Badger 5 Ryan McDonald *13 season was canceled just before the start of Summit League play. Drake Frazier 5 Jess Bellows 12 In addition, Drew Beazley was named as a Summit League Player to Watch and right-han- Derek Hackman 5 Drew Beazley 8 der Adam Mazur was tabbed as a Summit League Pitcher to Watch.