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BROOKINGS, S.D. – Senior right-handed pitcher
Luke Lind tossed a one-hitter and tallied a career-high 11 strikeouts as the North Dakota State University baseball team claimed a 3-0 shutout win over the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits in the opening game of a three-game Summit League series on Friday, April 28, at Erv Huether Field.
It was the first one-hitter for NDSU baseball since Mike Peschel's one-hitter at Nebraska-Omaha in 2002, and the first nine-inning complete game shutout since David Ernst blanked Western Illinois in 2013.
With the victory, the Bison improve to 20-20 on the season and 11-8 in Summit League play, marking the eighth consecutive season NDSU has won at least 20 games. SDSU drops to 16-20 overall and 9-10 in league action with the loss.
A native of Eden Prairie, Minn., Lind (4-4) retired his first 14 batters before giving up the lone Jackrabbit hit of the contest – a single to right field off the bat of outfielder Philip Jacobson in the fifth inning. He retired 13 of 15 Jacks the remainder of the game, only allowing a hit by pitch and walk.
Junior infielders
Drew Fearing and
Mason Pierzchalski each recorded a hit and drove in a run to lead North Dakota State at the plate.
NDSU took a 2-0 lead after scoring a pair of runs in the top of the third.
Danny Palmiscno led-off the inning with a single to center field before advancing to second on
Alec Abercrombie's sacrifice bunt.
Bennett Hostetler moved Palmiscno to third with a single to center, before Fearing dropped down a bunt single to first base, allowing Palmiscno to cross home plate for the Bison's first run.
Pierzchalski belted a single to right center, scoring Hostetler for the second run of the frame.
The Bison added a run in the fifth when
Logan Busch doubled, then crossed home plate on a South Dakota State fielding error on a grounder from
JT Core.
Freshman pitcher Brett Mogen (0-3) suffered the loss on the mound for SDSU after giving up two earned runs and an unearned run on six hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in 7 1/3 innings.
North Dakota State and South Dakota State are scheduled to play a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, at Erv Huether Field to wrap up the three-game league series.
