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Schedule

Sean Arbaut
15
Winner Minot State MINOT 26-12
12
SW Minnesota State SMSU 6-22
Winner
Minot State MINOT
26-12
15
Final
12
SW Minnesota State SMSU
6-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minot State MINOT 1 4 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 15 14 1
SW Minnesota State SMSU 1 0 1 0 3 0 7 0 0 12 12 1

W: Kern, Aaron (4-3) L: Hardy, James (0-2) S: Gamba, Jack (4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Garners Series Sweep in Marathon Game

MINOT, N.D. – It took all of three hours and 57 minutes, but the Minot State baseball survived a 15-12 slugfest against Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday to clinch the three-game series sweep over the Mustangs at Corbett Field.
 
The win pushes the win streak to eight and puts the Beavers at 26-12 overall and 19-6 in NSIC play.
 
How It Happened
  • Ryley Humrighouse put the first pitch of the game over the fence in left to give the Beavers a 1-0 lead.
  • SMSU responded with an RBI double in the bottom half of the first to tie the game at one.
  • Andrew Black opened the second inning with a triple and scored on a wild pitch before Wyatt Schlosser blasted a two-run homer to right.
  • Minot State tacked on its fourth run of the inning on Mason Gifford's RBI single through the right side to score Tyler Wiltshire.
  • The Mustangs scored a run in the third and added three in the fifth inning to tie the game at five.
  • Humrighouse and Jackson Pokorney provided RBI singles in the top of the sixth to lead the Beavers to a 7-5 lead.
  • Gifford scored in the seventh on a wild pitch before Black unleashed a two-run triple to left, scoring Dillon Buckmeier and Michael Borst.
  • Schlosser ripped a two-RBI single up the middle to score Jake Collins and Black to plate Minot State's fourth and fifth runs in the inning.
  • The Beavers scored their final run of the seventh when Borst was plunked with the bases loaded.
  • Facing a 13-5 deficit, SMSU uncorked seven runs on four hits and a Minot State error in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 13-12 game.
  • After a scoreless eighth inning, Borst added insurance runs in the ninth inning with a two-run home run to left.
  • Jack Gamba retired the Mustangs in order in the bottom of the ninth to clinch the 15-12 victory.
 Inside the Box Score
  • Humrighouse led Minot State at the plate with three hits, two runs and two RBI.
  • Schlosser tallied two hits, two runs and four RBI.
  • Gifford and Black also recorded two hits while Borst posted two RBI.
  • Starter Reilly O'Rourke threw three innings while allowing two runs on five hits and striking out three batters.
  • Dominick Parkhurst, Aaron Bernal, Max Ouwehand, Sam Larson and Aaron Kern teamed up to toss three innings of relief.
  • Kern earned the victory and improved to 4-3 on the season after throwing 1.1 hitless innings.
  • Curtis Stahlecker, Tannar Galey and Ryan Moroz combined to throw an inning before Gamba closed the door on the Mustangs.
  • Gamba pitched the final two innings to record his fourth save of the season.
  • 42 players saw action in Saturday's contest, including 25 Beavers.
  • Minot State scored 10+ runs in a game for the 11th time this season.
  • After outscoring SMSU 4-0 in the second inning, the Beavers are outscoring opponents by a blistering 36-6 margin in the second inning this season.
What's Next
Minot State ventures to St. Cloud, Minn. for a showdown with No. 5 St. Cloud State in a doubleheader on Wednesday, April 24 beginning at 1 p.m.
 
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