ABILENE, Texas – The North Dakota State baseball team picked up two wins over Abilene Christian on Saturday at Crutcher Scott Field. The Bison took game one, 7-4, before wrapping up the day with a 4-0 win over the Wildcats.
In game one, Abilene Christian (1-2) stole the early lead, 2-0, in the second inning after Brett Hammit connected a two-run home run into left field. The Bison (2-1) responded in the fourth inning erupting for three runs after
Jack Simonsen delivered an RBI single and
Druw Sackett notched a two RBI double into left field to steal the lead, 3-2.
NDSU kept the momentum rolling into the fifth frame as
Brock Anderson cracked the game open with a home run down the right field line to double up ACU, 4-2.
Will Busch and
Garret Hill then both tacked on RBI singles to stretch the advantage to 6-2. After a Wildcat run in the fifth, NDSU added on an insurance run in the eighth inning following an RBI single from Anderson to grow the lead to 7-3. ACU attempted to rally pushing one run across in the eighth inning, but
Jake Drew closed out the final 1.1 innings tossing two strikeouts to secure the win, 7-4. It marked the first win under head coach
Tyler Oakes.
The Bison combined for 13 total hits with six different players posting at least two. Hill led the way for NDSU going 3-of-5 at the plate with one RBI and one run.
Cade Feeney (1-0) earned his first win of the season firing a game-high five strikeouts over 5.0 innings of work. Drew picked up the fifth save of his career with two strikeouts over 1.1 innings.
In game two,
Cadyn Schwabe got the scoring started in the second inning connecting on a single to score
Charley Hesse and make the score 1-0. The Bison then increased their lead to 2-0 in the third frame with the bases loaded after
Logan Williams walked to send
Hunter Koep home. After Sackett scored on a wild pitch in the sixth, Schwabe once again came up with a single to score Hesse and put the contest out of reach, 4-0.
The Bison totaled eight hits with three different players contributing at least two. Schwabe went 2-of-4 at the plate with a team-best two RBI.
Evan Sankey (1-0) earned the win tossing three strikeouts with no walks over 5.0 innings.
Skyler Riedinger earned the second save of his career with two strikeouts over 2.0 innings.
NDSU totaled a combined 21 hits in the doubleheader with Sackett leading the way with a team-best four and .667 batting average.
The Bison will wrap their four-game series against Abilene Christian tomorrow. First pitch is set for 1:05 p.m.
