JACKRABBITS SWEPT IN SATURDAY TWINBILL

Saturday, February 22

Stockton, Calif.

3 p.m. PT/5 p.m. CT

South Dakota State University

0-2

Pacific (Calif.)

4-2

South Dakota State

PACIFIC

Photo by: Chris Board

2/22/2025 11:48:00 PM | Baseball

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STOCKTON, Calif. – Clutch hits were at a premium for the South Dakota State baseball team Saturday as the Jackrabbits suffered a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Pacific by scores of 4-3 and 8-0 at Klein Family Field.

The Jackrabbits dropped to 0-3 overall on the young season, while Pacific improved to 4-2.

Game 1: Pacific 4, South Dakota State 3
John-Howard Bobo's solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning proved to be the winning run as the Tigers notched a one-run victory in the seven-inning opener.

Bobo, who collected two of Pacific's three hits in the game, connected to left field off Jackrabbit reliever Reece Arbogast with two outs after SDSU had tied the game in the top of the fourth inning.

Luke Luskey continued his hot start for the Jackrabbits with a two-run, two-out single that plated both Keagen Jirschele and Dagen Schramm.

Pacific took an early lead by scoring three runs on two hits and pair of Jackrabbit errors in the home half of the second inning.

SDSU got on the board on back-to-back doubles by Carter Sintek and Bryce Ronken to open the top of the third, but the Jackrabbits would end up stranding two runners for the third inning in a row and a total of nine runners in the game.

Carson Revay was credited with the victory for the Tigers after pitching 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Robert Orr, who started the game at shortstop, came on to record the final four outs for the save.

Jackrabbit starter Jake Goble worked two-plus innings, striking out three and walking three.

Arbogast took the loss despite allowing only the one run. The senior left-hander struck out four and did not walk a batter over four innings.

Ronken was 2-for-3 to lead SDSU's seven-hit attack.

Game 2: Pacific 8, South Dakota State 0
Three Tiger hurlers combined on a four-hit shutout and Pacific put together a pair of three-run innings to complete the doubleheader sweep.

Adan Perez was perfect the first time through the Jackrabbit order and notched seven strikeouts with three walks and four hits allowed over five innings. Ethan Shaver followed with three shutout frames and Joe Metcalf tossed a scoreless ninth.

The Tigers plated a first-inning run as Kordell Brown and D.J.Scott started the game with singles off SDSU starter Sam Schlecht. Brown would later score on a groundout off the bat of J.T. Waldon.
The Pacific lead grew to 4-0 with a three-run fourth inning that featured a bases-loaded walk to Evans and two-run single by Brown.

That came on the heels of the Jackrabbits leaving the bases loaded in the top of the inning after having a runner picked off first base for the second out of the frame. SDSU would strand two men in each of the next two innings and also hit into double plays two other times while again leaving nine men on base.

Waldon tripled in the first run of a three-run seventh for Pacific and Bobo capped the rally with a run-scoring single. Bobo was one of four Tigers with a pair of hits as Pacific held an 11-4 advantage in that department.

Schlecht was charged with the loss after allowing four runs on three hits while striking out four and walking three.

The Jackrabbits' four hits were distributed evenly among four different players.

UP NEXT
Sunday's series finale is slated to begin at 1 p.m. Pacific Time (3 p.m. Central).

NOTES

Pacific leads the all-time series, 6-1
Four of the Jackrabbits' eight hits on the day were doubles
Luskey is batting .500 (5-for-10) in the series
Luskey has hit safely in eight consecutive games dating back to last season
Sintek also has notched a hit in all three games of the series
Dane Toman made his first pitching appearance for the Jackrabbits since May 27, 2023, as he logged the eighth inning of Game 2

-GoJacks.com-