Errors Costly as Bison Drop Two at South Dakota State

Sunday, April 17

Brookings, S.D.

2 p.m.

North Dakota State

2-27-1

South Dakota State

9-24

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
North Dakota State	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	3
South Dakota State	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	4	6	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
North Dakota State	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	6	9	3
South Dakota State	1	0	0	3	0	5	X	9	9	1

Errors Costly as Bison Drop Two at South Dakota State

4/17/2005 11:52:00 PM | Baseball

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BROOKINGS, S.D.--North Dakota State committed six errors in two games as South Dakota State swept a college baseball doubleheader from the Bison on Sunday, April 17. SDSU won 4-3 in the opener and 9-6 in the nightcap.

South Dakota State (10-24) scored only one earned run in the opener off Bison right-hander Jay Mitchell, who pitched all six innings, allowed six hits, two walks, and struck out three while dropping to 0-4 on the year.

After both teams scored twice in the first inning, North Dakota State (2-28-1) went ahead 3-2 in the third.

Matt Mossey led off with a double, Matt Freudenthal moved him to third with an infield ground out, and Kole Zimmerman's single to left field brought Mossey in.

SDSU knotted the game in the fourth with a Greg Geary leadoff home run, and the eventual game-winning run scored unearned on an outfielder's error with two outs.

The Bison jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the late game with a five-run fourth inning.

Tim Erickson led off with a walk, Nathan Thomas singled to center field, and Mossey had an RBI single before Zimmerman's two-run double put the Herd up 3-1.

An RBI ground out by Freudenthal followed, and an unearned run capped the inning.

SDSU trimmed the margin to 5-4 with three runs in its half of the fourth before the Bison put together three straight two-out singles in the fifth to go ahead 6-4.

NDSU starter Derek Ford hit one batter and walked another to begin the sixth inning before leaving the game. The Jacks scratched out five runs in the inning for the final score of 9-6.

Ford allowed six runs on six hits, walked one and struck out one but did not factor in the decision.

Reliever Ryan Williams lost for the third time this season with two-thirds of an inning of relief, allowing three runs on two hits and a walk.

Mossey was 3-for-4 with two runs in the first game for the Bison, while Zimmerman finished the day a combined 5-for-8 with four RBIs and two runs scored.

Three of Zimmerman's five hits were doubles, giving him 13 for the season.

Reid Arnold was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the second game.

North Dakota State is scheduled to play at Iowa on Wednesday, April 20, and will begin a four-game series at Northern Iowa on Friday, April 22.