MINOT, N.D. – Late inning heroics were the story of the day as the Minot State baseball team began Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play Saturday against Wayne State.

The Beavers fell in the first game of the day 4-1 on a walk-off home run, but rebounded in the second game as Jared Young (Fr., UTL/P, Prince George, British Columbia) hit a two-run double in the ninth inning breaking the deadlock and ultimately giving the Beavers a 6-4 win.

In the first game of the day, both teams struggled to get their bats going as they combined for just 11 hits.

Josh Larsen (Sr., P, Surrey, British Columbia) gave the Beavers a strong outing on the mound going 5 2/3 innings and giving up just one unearned run.
Young led the way offensively in the first game going 2-for-4.

While the Beavers recorded six hits in the second game of the day, the same amount as they recorded in the first game, the team was more efficient scoring six runs.

Austin Zorn (Sr., P/INF, Bismarck, N.D.) threw a complete game giving up three earned runs on eight hits, while striking out two on his way to his second win of the season.

After going down 2-1 through three innings, Minot State took its first lead of the game as it scored 3 runs in the fifth.

Wayne State got two runs back in the bottom of the sixth setting up the dramatic finish in the ninth inning.

Kyle Williamson (Fr., OF, Aurora, Ore.) went 2-for-3 from the lead-off spot for the Beavers with two doubles and two runs scored. Young's two RBIs in the seventh inning were the most on the team.

With the results today, the Beavers more to 4-9 overall and 1-1 in the NSIC. Minot State will wrap up its series with the Wildcats tomorrow with games scheduled for noon and 2 p.m.