NDSU Baseball Falls in Series Finale at St. Thomas, 2-1

Saturday, April 15

St. Paul, Minn.

1 p.m.

North Dakota State Athletics

10-24, 6-3

St. Thomas

5-20, 3-6

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

Photo by: Dennis Hubbard

NDSU Baseball Falls in Series Finale at St. Thomas, 2-1

4/15/2023 4:23:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The North Dakota State baseball team dropped a 2-1 decision at St. Thomas in the series finale on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Koch Diamond.

The Bison, who won the first two games of the series, drop to 10-24 (6-3 Summit) overall, while St. Thomas improves to 5-20 (3-6 Summit) on the season.

The Tommies grabbed the early lead after Ben Vujovich sent an RBI double down the right field line to make the score 1-0 in the second inning. The contest then went scoreless for six innings before Jack Steil came up with a clutch RBI single in the ninth to score James Dunlap to lock the score, 1-1. However, St. Thomas answered in the bottom half after Sam Kulesa dropped an RBI single into center field to secure the walk-off win, 2-1.

Parker Puetz made the start on the mound going 6.0 innings with one walk and two strikeouts. Skyler Riedinger (0-3) finished out the final 2.1 innings with one strikeout.

The Bison notched four hits as a team. Steil paced NDSU with one hit and one RBI.

NDSU will be back in action against Mayville State on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.