Bison vs University of Arizona Wildcats

[Elvis was a Bison]

NDSU (1-8) visits Tucson for a three-game set with the U of A. (5-3) March 3-5, 2023. NDSU and the Wildcats have met 13 times in previous seasons and U of A leads the series 11-2. Times are set at 7:00 PM Friday, 2:00 PM Saturday, and 11:00 AM Sunday. Games will be live-streamed on the PAC 12+ network.

[Elvis was a Bison]

The Wildcats (6-3) jumped out to a big 7 run lead on Friday and held on to win the opener of this weekend's series with the Bison (1-9) by the final score of 8 to 6.

Bison: 6 runs on 8 hits, with 1 error and 10 LOB
Wildcats: 8 runs on 10 hits, with 2 errors and 5 LOB

WP: CJ Nichols (2-0)
LP: Cade Feeney (0-3)
Save: Trevor Long (2)

Homeruns: NDSU - Will Busch (2) solo to center field in the 3rd, Arizona - Chase Davis (4) solo to right in the 4th

Zach Kluvers went 2-3 with a 2B and 1 RBI, Will Busch went 2-4 with a 2B and an HR with 1 RBI, and Peter Brookshaw was 2 -4 with an RBI for NDSU

Mac Bingham went 3-5 with 2 RBI, Nkc McClaughry was 2-3, Chase Davis was 2-4 with an HR and 2 RBI, and Kiko Romero was 2-4 with 2 2B and 4 RBI for Arizona.

[Elvis was a Bison]

Game 2 of the series with Arizona is in the books, and it went into extra innings to determine the outcome. After escaping a bases loaded with 1 out jam in the bottom of the 11th, Carson Jacobs surrendered a lead-off double to Kiko Romero to open the bottom of the 12th followed by a single by Cameron LaLiberte and a Sac Fly to Garen Cauflield, and the Wildcats win 7 to 6.

NDSU(1-10): 6 Runs on 16 hits, with 1 error and 16 LOB
Arizona(7-3): 7 Runs on 12 hits , with 0 errors and 10 LOB

WP: Derek Drees (1-0)
LP: Carson Jacobs (0-2)

Homeruns: Arizona - Kiko Romero solo to center field in the 4th inning

Top Offensive Players: Bison - Cadyn Schwabe 3-7 with 2 RBI, Jack Steil 3-6, with a 2B and 1 RBI, Terrell Huggins 3-5 with a 2B, James Dunlap 2-5 with a 2B and 3 RBI, Druw Sackett 2-6 with a 2B,

[Elvis was a Bison]

It's a Wildcat sweep this weekend, as U of A disposes of the Bison by the ten-run rule after 8 innings with a 11-1 victory. Arizona continued to hit the long ball, with the heart of the order producing 5 runs via the homerun.

NDSU (1-11): 1 run on 6 hits, with 2 errors and 10 LOB
Wildcats (8-3): 11 runs on 9 hits, with 1 error and 4 LOB

WP: Brandon Zastrow (2-0)
LP: Tristen Roehrich (0-3)

HR: NDSU - Peter Brookshaw (2) solo to right field in the 6th. Arizona - Kiko Romero (2) 3-run to right in the 3rd inning, Mac Bingham (5) solo to left-center in the 3rd inning, Mac Bingham solo to left-center in the 5th inning.

James Dunlap was 2-3 and Cadyn Schwabe was 2-4 for the Bison.

Next up is an eight game road trip to Texas, with a weekend series vs Texas State March 10th - 12th, a pair with the University of Texas March 14th - 15th, and 3 with Houston Christian March 17th - 19th.

[El_Chapo]

this schedule is brutal....