LATE RALLY FALLS SHORT AT PACIFIC

Sunday, February 23

Stockton, Calif.

1 p.m. PT/3 p.m. CT

South Dakota State University

0-4

Pacific (Calif.)

6-2

South Dakota State

PACIFIC

Photo by: Chris Board

2/23/2025 7:03:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

STOCKTON, Calif. — Pacific catcher Andrew Sloan drove in four runs to lift the Tigers to a 6-3 victory over South Dakota State and a sweep of a four-game nonconference baseball series Sunday afternoon at Klein Family Field.

With the win, the Tigers improved to 6-2 overall. SDSU is still in search of its first win of the season, dropping to 0-4.

After J.T. Waldon opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning, Sloan upped the Pacific lead to 4-0 with a two-run shot down the left-field line off Jackrabbit starter Arlen Peters in the home half of the fourth.

The Jackrabbits ended a streak of 17 innings without a run by scoring twice in the top of the sixth on three straight two-out hits. Nicolas Werk reached on an infield single and scored on Luke Luskey's double to the left-center gap. Keagen Jirschele followed with a single to center field that plated Luskey to cut the original deficit in half.

Pacific countered with two more runs in the seventh as Sloan delivered a two-run single that scored both Waldon and D.J. Scott. Sloan and Waldon each tallied two of the Tigers' 10 hits in the contest.

Luskey pulled the Jackrabbits to within 6-3 with a solo home run to center field in the eighth and SDSU loaded the bases on walks to Nolan Grawe and Carter Sintek around a pinch-hit single by Adam Benes. However, Regan Carter, who came in to pitch after an apparent injury to reliever Robert Orr during Sintek's at-bat, got Bryce Ronken to line out to right field to end the game.

Luskey was a triple away from the cycle in going 3-for-4 on the afternoon. The rest of the Jackrabbits' seven hits were spread among seven different players.

Peters took the loss after allowing four runs in four-plus innings. He allowed six hits, but did not walk a batter and struck out four.

Pacific starter Jakob Guardado struck out five and walked none over 5 2/3 innings of two-run baseball to earn the victory.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits will remain in California for a four-game series against Sacramento State. The series opener is set for a 6 p.m. Pacific Time (8 p.m. Central) first pitch on Wednesday.

NOTES

Pacific leads the all-time series, 7-1
Luskey extended his hitting streak that dates back to last season to nine games
Luskey batted .571 (8-for-14) in the series and posted a .929 slugging percentage
Alex Clemons struck out three in 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in his first outing of the season

-GoJacks.com-