Sunday, March 25
Fort Wayne, Ind.
12 p.m.
North Dakota State
11-11, 0
10
at
3
Fort Wayne
4-15, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| Fort Wayne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
Photo by: Zachary Lucy
NDSU Baseball Earns Series Sweep at Fort Wayne with 10-3 Victory Sunday
3/25/2018 4:11:00 PM | Baseball
Box Score (PDF)
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The North Dakota State University baseball team completed a three-game series sweep of the Fort Wayne Mastodons with a 10-3 win on Sunday, March 25, at Mastodon Field.
North Dakota State (11-11, 4-2 Summit League) is scheduled to travel to Tulsa, Okla., for a Summit League series at Oral Roberts March 30-31.
Junior outfielder Alec Abercrombie went 3-of-4 with two runs scored and a RBI, leading the Bison at the plate. Matt Elsenpeter added a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in two runs, while Mason Pierzchalski and Tucker Rohde also tallied two hits, respectively.
Left-handed reliever Chris Choles (2-0) earned the victory on the mound for NDSU after allowing no earned runs on two hits with one strikeout and no walks in 1 2/3 innings. Senior Kevin Folman secured his team-high fourth save of the season after getting the final out of the eighth inning and pitching a scoreless ninth inning.
North Dakota State jumped out to a 3-0 lead after plating two runs in the first inning and one run in the second frame, but Fort Wayne (4-15, 0-6 Summit League) responded to tie the contest, 3-3, with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second and a run in the bottom of the sixth.
NDSU broke the stalemate and went in front, 4-3, in the top of the eighth after Elsenpeter scored Sean Noel on a sacrifice fly. The Bison caught fire at the plate in the top of the ninth inning, scoring six runs on six hits to balloon their lead to 10-3.
Brock Logan, Shannon Baker and Travis Upp each compiled two hits, pacing Fort Wayne in the batter's box.
Mastodon reliever Trevor Armstrong (0-1) took the loss after surrendering one earned run on no hits with two walks and no strikeouts in two innings.
Fort Wayne committed six errors in the game.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The North Dakota State University baseball team completed a three-game series sweep of the Fort Wayne Mastodons with a 10-3 win on Sunday, March 25, at Mastodon Field.
North Dakota State (11-11, 4-2 Summit League) is scheduled to travel to Tulsa, Okla., for a Summit League series at Oral Roberts March 30-31.
Junior outfielder Alec Abercrombie went 3-of-4 with two runs scored and a RBI, leading the Bison at the plate. Matt Elsenpeter added a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in two runs, while Mason Pierzchalski and Tucker Rohde also tallied two hits, respectively.
Left-handed reliever Chris Choles (2-0) earned the victory on the mound for NDSU after allowing no earned runs on two hits with one strikeout and no walks in 1 2/3 innings. Senior Kevin Folman secured his team-high fourth save of the season after getting the final out of the eighth inning and pitching a scoreless ninth inning.
North Dakota State jumped out to a 3-0 lead after plating two runs in the first inning and one run in the second frame, but Fort Wayne (4-15, 0-6 Summit League) responded to tie the contest, 3-3, with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second and a run in the bottom of the sixth.
NDSU broke the stalemate and went in front, 4-3, in the top of the eighth after Elsenpeter scored Sean Noel on a sacrifice fly. The Bison caught fire at the plate in the top of the ninth inning, scoring six runs on six hits to balloon their lead to 10-3.
Brock Logan, Shannon Baker and Travis Upp each compiled two hits, pacing Fort Wayne in the batter's box.
Mastodon reliever Trevor Armstrong (0-1) took the loss after surrendering one earned run on no hits with two walks and no strikeouts in two innings.
Fort Wayne committed six errors in the game.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Choles, Chris (2-0)
L: Trevor Armstrong (0-1)
S: Folman, Kevin (4)
Batting:
2B: Noel, Sean 1 ; Elsenpeter, Matt 1
RBI: Fearing, Drew 1 ; McLean, Jayse 1 ; Rohde, Tucker 1 ; Busch, Logan 1 ; Abercrombie, Alec 1 ; Elsenpeter, Matt 2
SH: Noel, Sean 1 ; Abercrombie, Alec 1 ; Elsenpeter, Matt 1
SF: Elsenpeter, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hostetler, Bennett 2 ; Fearing, Drew 2 ; McLean, Jayse 1 ; Rohde, Tucker 1 ; Noel, Sean 1 ; Busch, Logan 1 ; Abercrombie, Alec 2
HBP: Busch, Logan 1
Batting:
2B: Travis Upp 1
RBI: Shannon Baker 1 ; Garrett Mohler 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jack Lang 1 ; Shannon Baker 1 ; Travis Upp 1
HBP: Brock Logan 1
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3
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2
RBI
2
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