Purdue Fort Wayne
NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Mastodons Fall in Twinbill to Bison
4/19/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 19, 2008
Fort Wayne, IN - North Dakota State rallied in game one and held on in game two to sweep IPFW, 7-3 and 8-7 in Summit League action Saturday afternoon at Mastodons Field.
The Mastodons looked to have things going their way in the opener as senior starter Cole Uebelhor cruised through the first seven innings giving up just an unearned run.
IPFW took a 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning on a sacrifice fly from third baseman Jimmy Gilliland that score DH Chris Gottschall.
The Bison tied it in the top of the third inning on a sacrifice fly by shortstop Ryan Langlais.
In the 5th inning IPFW first baseman Shaun VanDriessche blasted his seventh homer of the season, a two-run shot out to left, and the 'Dons enjoyed a 3-1 advantage.
That score held up until the 8th inning. The Bison got to Uebelhor on a two-run single by right fielder Sebastian Miles.
The Mastodons loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the inning but couldn't push any runs across.
The Bison, however, nailed the game shut on a grand slam by Langlais off of reliever A.J. Risedorph to take the game, 7-3.
Reliever Shane Bushland got the win (4-2) tossing two innings of shutout ball. He struck out one and walked none.
Risedorph (0-1) took the loss, working just two-thirds of an inning, giving up the four runs on Langlais' slam.
NDSU (9-21, 2-8) got out of the gates early in game two against IPFW starter Stacy Herrold.
The Bison struck for four runs in the first inning on five hits.
North Dakota State manufactured another run in the second inning on a Langlais RBI to center field.
IPFW cracked the scoring column in the bottom of the second as Gilliland scored from third after the 'Dons hit into a 6-3 double-play.
The Mastodons drew to within three at, 5-2 in the bottom of the third on an RBI single from center fielder Jared Davis.
But, Langlais struck again in the 4th inning. He belted a two-run homer to left, and with another run in the fifth, the Bison took an 8-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh.
The Mastodons made the finish an interesting one.
In the bottom of the seventh, second baseman Scott Micinski started it off with a single through the right side. Junior left fielder Quentin Brown followed that up with a base hit down the right field line, sending Micinski to third.
Right fielder Garrett Segraves grounded out to shortstop, but Micinski scored making it 8-3.
Davis doubled down the right field line scoring Brown making it 8-4.
A Gottschall single put runners on first and third.
VanDriessche kept the hit parade going with an RBI single to left. Davis scored, Aaron Kerns, who came on to run for Gottschall, stopped at second, 8-5 Bison.
Gilliland singled to load the bases.
That was all for Bison starter Ben Mathiason, who had his way with the 'Dons for much of the game.
Enter game one winner Shane Bushland.
He was greeted with a single to left center from Carden. On the play, Kerns scored. He was followed close behind by VanDriessche, but Gilliland ventured a little too far off of second, slipped to the ground while trying to get back to the bag, and was caught for the third out of the inning.
Herrold took the loss, giving up seven runs on 11 hits over four complete.
Mathiason got the win, surviving 6-2/3 innings, giving up seven runs on 12 hits. He struck out five. Bushland got the save.
With losses, IPFW falls to 8-24-1, 4-7 in conference.
The teams wrap up their four-game series on Sunday afternoon at noon.
~Dons~
