WAYNE, Neb. – The Bemidji State University Baseball team fell to University of Sioux Falls, 18-4, Monday afternoon in their Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference series finale in Wayne, Neb.
The Cougars (3-19, 2-6 NSIC) jumped out to a quick lead over the Beavers (2-21, 1-7 NSIC) after scoring five runs in the second inning. USF then made it 7-0 with runs in the third and fourth before the Beavers got on the scoreboard in the sixth inning when
Logan Barrick hit an RBI single.
The Beavers then earned two more runs in the seventh after scoring on a pair of wild pitches to pull within four but failed to drive in another run after loading the bases.
Sioux Falls responded in the eighth inning with another five-run inning then added six in the ninth before the Beavers added another run in the bottom of the ninth to make it 18-4.
Bemidji State totaled nine hits in the game led by freshman
Jackson Schaffer who went 3-for-5 with a double. The Beavers left 12 runners stranded on the base paths while earning seven walks. Barrick followed Schaffer earning two hits in four at bats with a walk and drove in one run.
Ty Karger and
Zach Moritz were the other Beavers who recorded RBI in the game while BSU scored two runs off wild pitches.
Freshman
Riley Bersaw earned the loss on the mound, his fourth of the season, after allowing five runs, four earned, off five hits and walked three in 1.2 innings.
Lucas Pierce,
Ethan Lung,
AJ Gengler and
Jesse Johnson all came into pitch in relief. Lung led the team with 3.0 innings pitched and allowed no runs, just three hits, walked two and struck out one.
Bemidji State will return to NSIC action tomorrow afternoon when the Beavers travel to Sioux City, Iowa to take on No. 22 Minnesota State University, Mankato in a doubleheader at Bishop Mueller Field. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
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