Clutch Hitting Helps Bison Defeat North Dakota Wednesday Night, 4-2

Wednesday, April 22

Fargo, N.D.

6:30 p.m.

North Dakota State

10-24

North Dakota

14-19

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

Photo by: Richard Svaleson

Clutch Hitting Helps Bison Defeat North Dakota Wednesday Night, 4-2

4/22/2015 10:34:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

FARGO, N.D. – Clutch hitting helped the North Dakota State University baseball team (10-24) beat the University of North Dakota (14-19), 4-2, on a cool Wednesday night, April 22, in front of 344 spectators at Newman Outdoor Field. The win snapped a four-game losing streak to UND dating back to the 2013 season.

The Bison are scheduled to open a three-game Summit League series against the Western Illinois Leathernecks on Friday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m.

Ben Petersen went 2-for-5 at the plate with a double to lead the Bison offensively, while Drew Fearing drove in two runs on what proved to be the game-winning hit in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Bison southpaw Blake Stockert (2-1) tallied the win on the mound after surrendering just one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts and one walk in two innings of relief. Right-hander Trevor Jaunich posted his first save of the season after throwing a scoreless ninth inning.

After North Dakota was able to take a 2-1 lead in the top of the eighth inning, the Bison put together a three-run rally in the bottom-half of the frame to gain a 4-2 advantage. John Skrbec led-off the inning with a walk, before JD Larimer singled and advanced to second on a fielding error. Skrbec moved from second to third on the miscue, bringing pinch-hitter Brayden Resch to the plate, who delivered a sacrifice fly to centerfield, allowing Skrbec to cross home plate and tie the game at two and Larimer to advance to third. Paul Funk and Jon Hechtner worked back-to-back walks the next two at bats to bring Fearing to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. The freshman from Osakis, Minn., delivered, smashing a single to left field that drove in Larimer and Funk to put the Bison on top.

Brett Harrison went 2-for-4 in the batter's box to leading North Dakota, while reliever Jeff Campbell (1-2) took the loss after giving up two earned runs on two hits in the eighth inning.