South Dakota State JACKRABBIT ATHLETICS NEWS RELEASE 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 Facebook: www.facebook.com/jackrabbit.nation Twitter: @GoJacksSDSU Website: www.GoJacks.com 2015 BASEBALL INFORMATION Jackrabbits make trek to NDSU THIS WEEK Sports Information Contact: Jason Hove May 7, 2015 BROOKINGS, S.D. — The South Dakota State University baseball team will play its final SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (28-18, 15-9) road series of the Summit League season this weekend, traveling to North Dakota State for a at NORTH DAKOTA STATE (17-26, 8-16) three-game set. 6:30 p.m. Friday • 1 p.m. Saturday • 1 p.m. Sunday Friday’s series opener is slated for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch at Newman Outdoor Field in Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, N.D. Fargo, North Dakota. Games Saturday and Sunday are scheduled for 1 p.m. starts. All three SDSU PROBABLE STARTERS games will be broadcast locally on KJJQ 910 AM and available free of charge through the 1B Matt Johnson, So., L-R, Ankeny, Iowa (.270 avg, 4 HR, 27 RBI, 12 2B) Jackrabbit Extra media portal at GoJacks.com, with Tyler Merriam calling the play-by-play. 2B Al Robbins, Sr., L-R, West Chicago, Ill. The Jackrabbits enter the weekend 28-18 overall and in second place in the Summit (.328 avg., 1 HR, 26 RBI, .979 fielding pct.) League standings with a 15-9 mark. SDSU dropped the opening game of a three-game SS Cody Sharrow, Jr., R-R, Jericho, Vt. home series to Western Illinois last weekend, but came back to win the final two games of (.243 avg., 2 HR, 18 RBI) the series via the 10-run rule. 3B Newt Johnson, Fr., R-R, Rapid City, S.D. North Dakota State, meanwhile, brings a seven-game winning streak into the weekend. (.262 avg., 2 HR, 10 RBI) The Bison, 17-26 overall and 8-16 in league play, swept a three-game home series from or Tony Kjolsing, Fr., R-R, Chaska, Minn. Fort Wayne last weekend, followed by a 5-4 home win over Minnesota on May 5. (.234 avg., 2 HR, 23 RBI, 8-9 SB) THE SERIES: Friday’s game will mark the 164th meeting between South Dakota State C Reid Clary, Sr., R-R, Princeton, Ill. and North Dakota State on the baseball diamond — a series that dates back to a 17-8 (.295 avg., 3 HR, 31 RBI, 13 2B) LF Paul Jacobson, Jr., R-R, Dakota Dunes, S.D. Bison victory on May 25, 1956. Overall, SDSU holds a 105-58 series advantage. (.277 avg., 1 HR, 26 RBI, 8-9 SB) The series has been more competitive during the Division I era, which began for both CF Zach Coppola, Jr., L-R, Windsor Heights, Iowa teams during the 2005 season. The Jackrabbits hold a 34-25 edge in the D-I era, including (.395 avg, 0 HR, 28 RBI, 34-34 SB) a 3-0 mark so far in 2015. RF Eric Danforth, Sr., L-L, Watertown, S.D.) NDSU won last year’s season series, 3-2. The Bison clinched the 2014 series win by (.343 avg., 0 HR, 21 RBI, 2 3B, 4-5 SB) defeating the Jackrabbits, 4-3, in the opening round of the league tournament in Sioux DH Luke Ringhofer, Fr., L-R, Cottage Grove, Minn. Falls. (.331 avg., 3 HR, 40 RBI, .428 OBP) FIRST SERIES: South Dakota State recorded its second Summit League sweep of the SDSU PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS season, defeating North Dakota State three times at Erv Huether Field April 10-12. 1 Adam Bray, Sr., RHP, Eden Prairie, Minn. Game 1: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 5, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 2 (6-3, 2.63 ERA, 11 GS, 75.1 IP, 62 K, 17 BB) NDSU 001 000 010 2-4-3 2 Chris Anderson, Sr., LHP, Aurora, Ill. SDSU 002 300 00X 5-10-1 (6-2, 3.88 ERA, 11 GS, 62.2 IP, 47 K, 27 BB) NDSU: David Ernst, Brian VanderWoude (4), Trevor Jaunich (8) and Juan Gamez. SDSU: Adam Bray and 3 Ryan Froom, So., RHP, Crystal, Minn. Reid Clary. (5-2, 3.00 ERA, 9 GS, 54.0 IP, 39 SO, 16 BB) W-Bray (4-3). L-Ernst (1-7). Save-none. HR: none. Game 2: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 5, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4 NDSU 100 001 020 4-7-3 SDSU 030 011 00X 5-6-2 NDSU: Reed Pfannenstein, Jay Flaa (5), Blake Stockert (8) and Juan Gamez. SDSU: Chris Anderson, Andrew Clemen (6), Talon Jumper (8), J.D. Moore (9) and Luke Ringhofer, Reid Clary. W-Anderson (4-1). L-Pfannenstein (0-5). Save-Moore (3). HR: NDSU-Ben Petersen (2), Juan Gamez (5); SDSU-Matt Johnson (2). Game 3: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 13, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 5 2015 SCHEDULE NDSU 002 000 300 5-7-3 FEBRUARY SDSU 212 120 50X 13-11-1 13-15 at Governors Challenge; Clarksville, Tenn. NDSU: Trent Keefer, Trevor Jaunich (4), Colin Baumgard (6), Kevin Folman (7), Riley Horn (8) and Juan 13 vs. Northern Illinois L, 6-10 Gamez, Danny Pamiscno. SDSU: Ryan Froom, Marcus Heemstra (7), Derringer Huff (9) and Reid Clary. 14 at Austin Peay (Tenn.) L, 1-3 W-Froom (3-2). L-Keefer (3-4). Save-none. 15 vs. Niagara (N.Y.) L, 6-9 HR: SDSU-Cody Sharrow (1); Matt Johnson (3); Newt Johnson (1); Reid Clary (1). 20-22 at Elon Invitational; Elon, N.C. LAST WEEK: The Jackrabbits solidified their hold on second place in the Summit League 20-22 Four games Canceled 25 vs. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) W, 4-2 standings by winning two of three games in a weekend home series against Western Illinois. 27 at Stephen F. Austin (Texas) L, 0-1 SDSU won the last two games in eight innings via the 10-run rule. 28 at Stephen F. Austin (Texas) [DH] W, 12-0/L, 7-8 Game 1: WESTERN ILLINOIS 9, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 4 (12 inn.) MARCH WIU 020 000 001 006 9-21-1 6 at Southern (La.) W, 3-0 SDSU 010 100 100 001 4-12-1 7 at Southern (La.) [DH] W, 12-5/W, 12-6 WIU: Joe Mortillaro, Preston Church (5), Tyler Owings (9), Jordan Pannell (12) and J.J. Reimer. SDSU: 8 at Southern (La.) L, 4-10 Adam Bray, Andrew Clemen (8), J.D. Moore (9), Marcus Heemstra (11), Blake Fiedelman (12) and Reid 9 vs. Tougaloo (Miss.) [at New Orleans, La.] W, 13-1 Clary. 10 at Southern Mississippi Canceled W-Owings (1-1). L-Heemstra (0-3). Save-none. 11 vs. Mississippi Valley St. [at Jackson, Miss.] W, 7-4 HR: WIU-J.J. Reimer (3). 13 *at Omaha L, 4-6 Game 2: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 19, WESTERN ILLINOIS 9 (8 inn.) 14 *at Omaha L, 6-7 WIU 102 132 00 9-11-1 15 *at Omaha L, 7-14 SDSU 234 303 04 19-18-3 17 at Creighton (Neb.) L, 2-4 WIU: Tom Constand, Nick Smith (2), Colan Borchers (4), J.T. Baksha (7) and J.J. Reimer. SDSU: Chris 20 *at Western Illinois W, 8-5 Anderson, Talon Jumper (6) and Luke Ringhofer. 21 *at Western Illinois [14 inn.] L, 1-2 W-Anderson (6-2). L-Constand (3-6). Save-Jumper (3). 22 *at Western Illionis W, 9-7 HR: WIU-Kendall King (1), Mark Garton (2); SDSU-Reid Clary (3). 27 *at Fort Wayne [at Westfield, Ind.] W, 8-2 28 *at Fort Wayne W, 12-6 Game 3: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 12, WESTERN ILLINOIS 2 (8 inn.) 29 *at Fort Wayne W, 8-7 WIU 000 000 20 2-10-3 APRIL SDSU 300 131 31 12-13-0 1 DAKOTA WESLEYAN [DH] W, 5-1/W, 14-6 WIU: Nick Milligan, Pete Minella (1), Sam Cottingham-Beard (5), Robert Nunn (7) and J.J. Reimer. 3 *ORAL ROBERTS L, 3-5 SDSU: Ryan Froom, Andrew Clemen (7) and Reid Clary. 4 *ORAL ROBERTS [10 inn.] W, 8-7 W-Froom (5-2). L-Milligan (1-1). Save-none. 5 *ORAL ROBERTS L, 2-9 HR: none. 7 at North Dakota PPD 8 WINNIPEG [DH] W, 6-2/W, 11-1 PRESEASON POLL: The South Dakota State University baseball team was picked to 10 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE W, 5-2 finish third in The Summit League during the upcoming 2015 season, according to a poll of 11 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE W, 5-4 league coaches released Feb. 5. 12 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE W, 13-5 The Jackrabbits, who finished the 2014 season with a 28-29 overall record, including an 14 NORTH DAKOTA W, 21-7 11-11 mark in league play, tallied 17 points in the poll. SDSU, which returns six position 15 DAKOTA STATE W, 5-1 starters and nearly its entire pitching staff from a year ago, has been the top seed at the 17 *OMAHA W, 5-1 18 *OMAHA L, 6-8 Summit League Baseball Championship each of the past two seasons, and advanced to the 19 *OMAHA W, 12-2 NCAA Tournament in 2013. 22 at Minnesota L, 2-3 Two-time defending regular-season champion Omaha was picked as the league favorite 24 *at Oral Roberts W, 7-2 with 23 points, including three first-place votes. Perennial champion Oral Roberts, which 25 *at Oral Roberts W, 2-1 has rejoined The Summit League after a two-year hiatus, received the other three first-place 26 *at Oral Roberts [10 inn.] L, 7-8 votes and finished second with 21 points.