WAYNE, Neb. – The Bemidji State University Baseball team fell in its series finale at Wayne State College Saturday afternoon 16-6 in seven innings. The Beavers fall to 2-31 on the season and 1-17 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play.
Bemidji State totaled six hits in the game and scored six runs but the Wildcats bested the Beavers with 16 runs off 17 hits.
The Beavers scored first in the game with a two-run first inning after an RBI triple from junior
Jack Munson followed by senior
Derek Dolezal who brought him home with a base hit.
However, the Wildcats responded with five runs in the bottom of the first to take a 5-2 lead. The Beavers added another run in the third with an RBI double by Munson but two more runs by WSC in the bottom half of the inning expanded its lead to 7-3. The Wildcats then exploded for five runs in the fourth and four in the fifth to increase their lead to 16-3 and out of reach for the Beavers.
BSU added two runs in the sixth when Dolezal hit a two-run home run in the sixth for his first home run of the season and a career-high three RBI while freshman
Jackson Schaffer drove in another run in the seventh to cap-off the scoring in the game and make it 16-6.
Dolezal, Munson and
James Wirt had all six of the Beavers runs with all three totaling two hits led by Dolezal who went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Munson went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and two RBI while Wirt went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Sophomore
Derek Hoffman (0-4) earned the loss on the mound after pitching 2.2 innings and allowed seven runs off nine hits, walked one and struck out one. He was replaced by
Konrad Kisch,
Christian Turner and
AJ Gengler who each pitched at least one inning with Gengler pitching one inning of scoreless baseball and struck out two.
Bemidji State will now return home and host Northern State University Wednesday, April 12 for a doubleheader at the BSU Baseball Field to begin a five-game homestand.
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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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