BRANDON, S.D. – The Bemidji State University Baseball team totaled 17 hits and scored 10 runs in its doubleheader with Southwest Minnesota State University Saturday afternoon but fell in both games in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play.
 
The Beavers totaled four runs off seven hits in game one falling 13-4. BSU then fell just short of a comeback after totaling six runs off 10 hits in game two but lost by just two runs, 8-6.
 
Junior Hunter Daymond led the Beavers in game one, collecting two hits and drove in two runs off of a double and base hit. Sophomore Riley Czech also drove in a run with a double while sophomore Jonathan Gates drove in a run off a base hit.
 
Sophomore Christian Lindow pitched 4.1 innings and allowed seven runs off seven hits, walked three and struck out two but falls to 0-4 on the season. He was replaced by Jack Hoffrogge who pitched 2.1 innings and Daniel Pobuda who pitched 0.1 inning.
 
Down 6-2 after the third inning in game two, the Beavers neared a comeback pulling within one of the Mustangs trailing 7-6 after the sixth inning. However, the Mustangs' pitchers held BSU off the scoreboard in the final three innings and added an insurance run in the ninth to claim the 8-6 victory.
 
Junior Zach Evenson dominated at the plate in game two going 4-for-5 for his four-hit game with the Beavers. He also drove in a career-high three runs after hitting a two-run home run and driving home another with an RBI single.
 
Freshman Beau Thoma and senior Jack Munson each went 2-for-5 in the game while Czech drove in two runs with a bases loaded single through the left side.
 
Bemidji State relied on its bullpen with no pitcher pitching over 2.2 innings. Brandon Lind started the game and pitched 2.1 innings allowing six runs (five earned) off three hits, walked four and struck out three. He was credited with the loss his first of the season to fall to 1-1.
 
He was replaced by Daniel Pobuda who pitched 0.2 innings and didn't allow a hit while Jack Barnett followed and pitched 2.2 innings allowing just one run off one hit but walked seven. Sawyer Nendick, Ty Karger and Evenson pitched the final three innings.
 
Bemidji State will hit the road again and stay in Sioux Falls as it will face University of Sioux Falls for a four-game series next weekend.
 
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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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