2023 Summit Tournament

[roadwarrior]

Game 1 underway at Newman

Omaha vs Oral Roberts

Game 2 at 6:05pm SDSU vs NDSU

Beer is available!!

[slips]

Geesh, way to jump on that home field advantage Bison. Tourney play apparently not this coaches forte.

[TAILG8R]

Geesh, way to jump on that home field advantage Bison. Tourney play apparently not this coaches forte.

The base running gaff on that double was painful.


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[Elvis was a Bison]

Game one of the Summit League Tournament went off pretty much as planned, as ORU advanced in the winner's bracket with a 9-2 win over UNO.

Then came game two....

The Bison strategy of having Cade Feeney as a rested starter was a failure. Instead, he came out as the other "R" word.

The rust was evident as Feeney allowed 9 runs on 9 hits, while walking 2 and striking out 4 in only 4 innings of play. Add a Bison defense that committed a season high 5 errors and some base-running that resembled a Keystone Cops comedy routine and you have the Jackrabbits blowing the Bison out of Newman Outdoor Field by the score of 17 - 4. (Good thing they were at home, because if they were on the road, the hotel house-keeping staff would have to change a lot of linen!!!)

SDSU: 17 runs on 14 hits, with 1 error and 4 LOB
NDSU: 4 runs on 13 hits, with 5 errors and 10 LOB

Batteries:

NDSU: Cade Feeney, Wyatt Nelson (5), Zac Endres (7), Hunter Rosenbaum (8) and Will Busch
SDSU: Reece Arbogast, Brady Hawkins, Alex Clemons, Dylan Driessen, Dane Toman and Dagen Schramm, Jordan Sagedahl (9)

WP: Dylan Driessen (5-4)
LP: Cade Feeney (6-5)

Home runs:
NDSU - None
SDSU - Nic Nelson (3) 2-run to left field in the 1st inning, 2-run to left field in the 6th inning, 2-run to left in the 7th inning.

Bison: Will Busch 3-4, 2B (2), 1 RBI. Hamilton Davis 2-3. James Dunlap 2-4, 1 RBI. Druw Sackett 3-5, 2 RBI. Stephen Lund 2B. Peter Brookshaw 1 RBI.
Jacks: Nic Nelson HR (3), 2B, 8 RBI. Dawson Parry 2-4, 1 RBI. Jess Bellows, 2-5, 1 RBI. Reece Anderson 2-6, 2B, 2 RBI. Cade Stuff 2 RBI. Luke Bellows 1 RBI. Luke Ira 1 RBI.

Bison vs Omaha @ 12:05 tomorrow. Loser be done.

[land grant bison]

Seemed like the pitcher/team got completely rattled after that first inning HR. Then there was that chopper down third base line BARELY out of reach from the 3rd baseman and BARELY fair for sdsu…

they totally had a rally going until that base running double play too. The lead runner wanted to be aggressive and go for it. I believe he would have scored easily. The 3rd base coach didn’t wave him in, which is understandable because you would have had dudes at 2nd and 3rd with no outs. But the trailing runner also wanted to be aggressive, so he kept going after the lead runner already had to double back to 3rd. The most egregious part of it was when the lead runner got hot boxed, the tailing runner got caught too. That sequence ended the game.

Oh well, on to the next one. Win and we likely will see sdsu for the legit right to continue or be done

[Elvis was a Bison]

Started this on the wrong foot, as the Bison lose the toss and are the visitors in today's loser-out game.

Tristen Roehrich (5-6), the Pride of West Fargo, on the hill for the Bison vs Preston Tenney (6-6) for the Mavericks. Peter Brookshaw does for the Bison what Nic Nelson did for the Jacks last night with a 2-run HR in the first to give the Herd an early lead. The Bison add one more on a groundout and lead 3-0 after 1 inning. They add 1 in the second and 1 more in the fifth inning before Omaha gets on the board with 1 in the bottom of the 5th. One more for NDSU and it's 6-1 Bison after 6 innings.
Unfortunately, that's all for the Bison starter and it is going to be up to the NDSU bull pen, which has been suspect all year, to bring this one home in the win column. Mavericks bull pen has been stellar today and has retired the last 11 Herd hitters in the 6-9th innings. The Bison relievers? Not so much!
The Mavericks score 1 in the 7th off of Danielson, 3 in the 8th off of Riedinger, and send it to extra innings with 1 more off of Riedinger in the 9th.

Parker Puetz, projected to be tomorrow's starter, comes on in relief to try to ensure that there will be a tomorrow!!

The Bison miss a golden opportunity in the top of the 10th, as they had a runner on third with 1 out and failed to bring him home. And it's another blown chance in the 11th, with runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out and again it's no joy. Top of the 12th and the first 2 Bison hitters reach on singles, the Maverick pitcher Potter misses a close play at third on a bunt by Steil by making a high throw to the 3rd baseman, and it's bases loaded with no one out. Bison catcher Stephen Lund delivers a deep sac fly to left, and the Bison score their first run since the 6th inning.

The Bison win 7-6 ,and it's off to tomorrow, where the Bison pitcher will be Johnny Wholestaff against the loser of game 2 (game #4) today!!!

UNO (0-1): 6 runs on 11 hits, with 3 errors and 11 LOB
NDSU (0-1): 7 runs on 10 hits, with no error and 11 LOB

Batteries:

NDSU: Tristen Roehrich, Joey Danielson (7), Skylar Riedinger (8), Parker Puetz (10) and Stephen Lund
UNO: Preston Tenney, Wyatt Sellers (3), Caleb Riedel (7), Rans Sanders (8), Alex Potter (9) and Eddie Rosario

WP: Parker Puetz (3-0)
LP: Alex Potter (1-1)

Home runs:
NDSU - Peter Brookshaw 2-run to right field in the 1st inning.
UNO: Eddie Rosario 3-run to left field in the 8th inning.

Bison: James Dunlap 3-6. Peter Brookshaw 2-5, HR, 3 RBI. Cadyn Schwabe 3-5. Stephen Lund 1 RBI. Jack Steil 1RBI.
UNO: Eddie Rosario 2-4, HR, 3 RBI. Devin Hurdle 2-5, 2B, 1 RBI. Cam Frederick 2-6, 2B, 1 RBI. Matt Goetzman 1 RBI

[Elvis was a Bison]

In the battle of the undefeated (GM #4) in the Summit League Tournament, ORU gave the Jacks a taste of what the Rabbits gave the Bison in GM #2, mugging them to the tune of 15 - 2.

Bison and Jacks in the one that REALLY matters at 4:05 PM Friday at Newman Outdoor Field.

[goalpost]

In the battle of the undefeated (GM #4) in the Summit League Tournament, ORU gave the Jacks a taste of what the Rabbits gave the Bison in GM #2, mugging them to the tune of 15 - 2.

Bison and Jacks in the one that REALLY matters at 4:05 PM Friday at Newman Outdoor Field.

what a joke !
very disappointing bison baseball
SDSU embarrassing again pulling my team makers fees

puke !!!

[HerdBot]

what a joke !
very disappointing bison baseball
SDSU embarrassing again pulling my team makers fees

puke !!!

The Bunnies are either way better than us in all sports, or its a case of them living in their heads. I think it's the later. Mental weakness.

[Elvis was a Bison]

Time for Round 2 in the Jackrabbits vs Bison saga that has played out in the 2023 Summit League Tournament. A win here is for bragging rights only, as it will take divine intervention for either of these two teams to take a pair from Orel Roberts tomorrow afternoon.

Looks like the Bison have won the toss in this one, so the role of "Johnny Wholestaff" will be played by Carson Jacobs (2-4, 6.82 ERA, 36 K and 37 BB) vs Jake Goble (4-3, 4.91 ERA 39 K and 18 BB).

Today could be the final appearance in a Bison uniform for Seniors Terrell Huggins, Peter Brookshaw, Druw Sackett, Max Loven, Shea Zetterman, and Tristen Roehrich. Let's hope not...

The Jacks load the bases in the first, but Jacobs pitches out of trouble and the Rabbits have no joy. Jacobs again struggles with control in the 2nd but the Jacks strand 2 more runners (that's 5 in the first 2 innings - a trend that we hope continues) and they carry their donut in to the third inning. SDSU puts runners on 2nd and third with 1 out in the 4th and Jacobs struck out the # 9 hitter and then gets behind the leadoff hitter Anderson and serves up a 2-run double to end his day. Shea Zetterman picks up the "Johnny" mantle and goes 1 and 1/3 innings of scoreless ball.

Meanwhile, Jake Goble is throwing like Cy Young (or the Bison offense has a serious iron deficiency, having been held to only 2 hits through 6 innings.) Max Loven on to pitch for the Bison and 2nd baseman Davis Hamilton bobbles what may have been the easiest groundball he has seen this season, allowing a batter to reach that eventually becomes run number 3 for the Jacks. SDSU leads the Bison 3-0 after 6 innings. Joey Danielson on to pitch for the Bison in the 7th and Luke Ira launches his first pitch for the longest homerun of the tournament. A two run double by Beazley ends Danielson's day. He goes 1/3 of an inning and gives up 3 runs and leaves a runner on second for his replacement, Nolan Johnson. He yields a pair of runs as well and the Bison have 9 outs to try to overcome an 8-0 deficit.

Jake Goble goes 7 complete for the Jackrabbits and he allows no runs on 4 hits and records a season high 7 strikeouts. His previous high was 6, which he reached twice, both times against the Bison!! The Bison mount a mini-rally in the 9th, but closer Ryan Bourassa retires pinch-hitter Carson Hake for the final out of the game.

SDSU (1-1): 8 runs on 9 hits, with 1 error and 10 LOB
NDSU (1-1): 2 runs on 6 hits, with 2 errors and 10 LOB

Batteries:

NDSU: Carson Jacobs, Shea Zetterman (4), Max Loven (6), Joey Danielson (7), Nolan Johnson (7) Reese Ligtenberg (8) and Will Busch
SDSU: Jack Goble, Alex Clemons (8) Ryan Bourassa and Dagen Schramm

WP: Jack Goble (5-3)
LP: Carson Jacobs (2-5)

Home runs:
NDSU - None
SDSU - Luke Ira (7) solo to left in the 7th inning.

Bison: Jack Steil 2-3. James Dunlap 2B. Stephen Lund 1 RBI. Cadyn Schwabe 1 RBI.
Jacks: Reece Anderson 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI. Drew Beazley 2-5, 2B, 2RBI. Luke Ira 2-5, HR 1 RBI. Reece Anderson 2-6, 2B, 2 RBI. Jess Bellows 3B, 1 RBI. Dawson Parry 2B. Dagen Schramm 1 RBI.

The Bison and Jackrabbits go 4-4 for the season, but that is a deceptive stat, as we know who won when it mattered. (Sigh) At least we wrecked the shutout. As the eternal optimist always says "Wait 'til next year!!"