18-05-2025
Jacks end regular season with loss to ORU
BROOKINGS, S.D. (SDSU) — Oral Roberts starter Brendan Asher limited South Dakota State to two runs over six innings for a Golden Eagles squad that finished off a four-game sweep of a Summit League baseball series with a 9-2 victory Saturday afternoon at Erv Huether Field.
In winning the regular season finale for both teams, ORU improved to 34-20 and finished in a tie atop the league standings with St. Thomas with a 21-9 mark. SDSU dropped to 16-34 overall and 12-18 in The Summit League.
After leaving runners at the corners in each of the first two innings, the Golden Eagles broke a scoreless deadlock with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth. Ethan Fender and Keaton Campbell opened the frame with back-to-back singles off SDSU starter Dylan Richey. Fender came around to score on a base hit by Martell Davis and Campbell later crossed home plate on a sacrifice fly by Will Edmunson.
The two squads traded two-run half-innings in the fifth. The Golden Eagles upped their lead to 4-0 when Wailele Kane-Yates was hit by a pitch to open the inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Fender. Campbell's third of three hits in the game plated another run.
SDSU's lone rally of the game began when Jess Bellows reached on an error. Davis Carr followed with a solid single to left and a bunt single by Keagen Jirschele loaded the bases. Pinch hitter Dayton Franke looped a single to center field to drive in Bellows and Carter Sintek added a sacrifice fly that scored Carr.
Asher, meanwhile, put another zero on the board in the sixth inning to finish his outing with four strikeouts and two walks while scattering five hits. Three different ORU relievers each logged one scoreless inning to close out the victory.
ORU added a run on its third sacrifice fly of the game in the sixth inning and tacked on four more runs in the eighth. Edmunson hit his third home run of the series to open the eighth and Makani Tanaka added a two-run single. The final run of the game scored on a bloop double down the right-field line by Matthew Brandt.
Cooper Combs and Jack Schark also tallied three of ORU's 17 hits. The Jackrabbits' eight hits were spread among eight different players.
Seven different pitchers went to the mound for SDSU. Richey turned in the longest outing as he went 3 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on eight hits.
UP NEXTThe Jackrabbits and ORU are scheduled to meet again in the opening round of the Summit League Baseball Championship Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska. First pitch is tentatively set for noon at Tal Anderson Field.
NOTES
Oral Roberts swept the season series, 6-0
The Jackrabbits ended the home portion of their schedule with an 11-9 record
Bryce Ronken doubled in the eighth inning to reach base safely for the 29th consecutive game
Nolan Grawe upped his hitting streak to 10 games with an infield single in the eighth
SDSU committed four errors in Saturday's game and committed 16 miscues in the four-game series
Alex Clemons made his 72nd career appearance, moving him into a tie with Brett Mogen (72 appearances from 2017-21) for fourth place on the SDSU all-time charts
Ty Madison made his team-leading 21st appearance of the season
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