NDSU Splits Doubleheader at Northern Colorado

Saturday, March 8

Greeley, Colo.

1 p.m.

North Dakota State

2-5

Northern Colorado

3-10

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
North Dakota State	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	8	13	1
Northern Colorado	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	13	3

Photo by: Jim Trewin

NDSU Splits Doubleheader at Northern Colorado

3/8/2014 6:00:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Box Score 1 PDF | Box Score 2 PDF

GREELEY, Colo. - Kyle Kleinendorst drove in a pair of runs and Tim Colwell scored three times as North Dakota State earned a doubleheader split with an 8-4 win over Northern Colorado in the second game of a college baseball doubleheader Saturday, March 8, at Jackson Field. UNC won the opener 3-1.

Kleinendorst was 3-for-4 and scored twice, Colwell went 3-for-4 with a double and triple, and Nick Altavilla added a pair of hits for the Bison (3-5).

Starting pitcher Trent Keefer (1-1) allowed one run and scattered seven hits over 5 2/3 innings for the win, and Trevor Jaunich tossed the final 3 1/3 innings for his first career save.

Northern Colorado (3-11) stranded 15 runners on base including 10 in scoring position. Colby Harrison and Andrew Coffman combined to go 8-for-10 at the plate in the Bears' loss.

NDSU went ahead for good in the fourth inning with two runs scoring on Andy Wicklund's fielder's choice and throwing error that made it a 3-1 game. The Bison led 5-1 in the seventh after Kleinendorst singled in a run and scored on a wild pitch.

North Dakota State got three big insurance runs in the ninth. Jon Hechtner drove in Colwell after a leadoff triple, which was the school-record 15th triple of Colwell's career. Kleinendorst singled in Hechtner and went all the way to third after an outfield error, and Michael Leach bunted in Kleinendorst for an 8-2 lead.

NDSU led 1-0 in the opener when the leadoff man Colwell got to second on a misplayed bunt, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch.

UNC tied it in the second when Jensen Park's one-out solo homer broke a streak of 29 1/3 scoreless innings pitched by NDSU starter David Ernst, who fell to 1-1 with the loss.

Northern Colorado got the winning runs in the fifth. Nick Miller led off with a single, moved to second on a sac bunt before scoring on Ben Netzel's single to make it 2-1. Netzel later scored on a two-out error to make it 3-1.

Ernst allowed two earned runs on four hits in six innings of work. Wes Satzinger doubled and Kleinendorst tripled for two of NDSU's four hits.

The four-game series concludes with a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. MDT on Sunday, March 9.