FARGO, N.D. – South Dakota State plated five runs in the sixth inning to sneak past the North Dakota State baseball team, 6-5, on Thursday night at Newman Outdoor Field.
Jack Steil got the Bison (20-28, 14-7 Summit) on the board after sending his first career triple to deep left to score Kyle Law and make the score 1-0 in the second frame. NDSU then stretched its lead 3-0 after both Law and James Dunlap connected on RBI singles in the third inning. Druw Sackett kept the momentum going in the fifth launching his team-high 13th home run of the season to increase the advantage to 4-0.
South Dakota State (22-24, 13-9 Summit) pushed back in the sixth inning sending across five runs on six hits to steal the lead, 5-4, following an RBI double off the bat of Dawson Parry. Drew Beazley then extended the Jackrabbit edge in the seventh frame with an RBI double into left field to make the score 6-4. Law pulled the Bison back within one, 6-5, with an RBI double of his own in the bottom half of the seventh. However, NDSU couldn’t get anything going the rest of the way and dropped the contest, 6-5.
The Bison totaled nine hits as a team with Law notching a team-best two RBI with two hits and one run.
Parker Puetz made the start tossing a team-best four strikeouts with no runs over 5.0 innings. Joey Danielson also appeared for 2.0 frames on the mound and contributed two strikeouts.
NDSU will continue its series against South Dakota State tonight. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m., at Newman Outdoor Field.
