University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, April 2
St. Paul, Minn.
2:30 p.m.
4-15, 1-3
3
vs
5
South Dakota State
7-15, 1-3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Jackrabbits
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
5
5
3
St. Thomas
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nic McCay (1-2)
L: Laubscher, Graham (0-5)
S: Ryan Bourassa (2)
Batting:
HR: Owen Bishop 1
RBI: Derek Hackman 2 ; Owen Bishop 2 ; Nic Nelson 1
SF: Derek Hackman 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Luke Ira 1 ; Ryan McDonald 1 ; Owen Bishop 1 ; Reece Anderson 1 ; Nic Nelson 1
SB: Luke Ira 1 ; Ryan McDonald 1 ; Reece Anderson 1
CS: Thatcher Kozal 1
HBP: Jordan Sagedahl 1
Batting:
RBI: Bartholomew, Charlie 1 ; Kulesa, Sam 1 ; Vos, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vujovich, Ben 1 ; Halverson, Kyle 1 ; Bartholomew, Charlie 1
SB: Vujovich, Ben 1 ; Vos, Joe 1
HBP: Halverson, Kyle 1 ; Moris, Max 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
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Graham Laubscher worked six innings and fanned six
Baseball's home opener spoiled in close loss to 'J-rabbits
4/2/2022 5:46:00 PM | Baseball
St. Paul, Minn. - In another frustrating game in a season of "almosts," Tommie Baseball almost got it done Saturday in its 2022 home opener against South Dakota State.
But almost wasn't good enough again, and SDSU held on to take a 5-3 conference victory in the opening contest of a three-game weekend series at Koch Diamond.
The teams are scheduled to play two nine-inning games Sunday starting at 10:30 a.m. to close the weekend series.
The Purple (4-15 overall, 1-3 Summit) now have incurred 11 of their 15 losses by one or two runs this far in in their inaugural D-I season. They left seven runners on base and hit into one double play.
Tommie starter Graham Laubscher broke the program's career strikeout record with six over six innings record but took the mound loss with five runs and five hits allowed. Dick Washburn held the career record over he last 56 seasons with 269. Laubscher now has 275 over 219 innings in 43 appearances.
Jackrabbits' closer Ryan Bourassa allowed just one baserunner in 2 2-3 innings of shutout relief as he recorded the final eight outs for the save. Nic McKay worked 6 1-3 innings with seven Ks and one walk to get the mound victory.
With a stiff breeze blowing in from the fences and holding a lot of hits up in the air, it was a pitchers' day. Each teams managed just five hits apiece. The winners racked up 12 strikeouts, with eight notched by the Tommie pitchers.
SDSU (7-15, 1-3) scored three runs in the top of the first inning on a sac fly and Owen Bishop's two-run home run.
St. Thomas put multiple runners on base in each of the first three innings and finally capitalized in the third inning to plate three unearned runs. Two Toms reached by errors. Charlie Bartholomew's RBI single scored the first run, Sam Kulesa's RBI single made it 3-2, and an RBI ground out by Joe Vos tied the score 3-3.
The Jackrabbits scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning -- which proved to be the final offense of the game. SDSU used three singles, a walk and a sac fly to score the go-ahead and insurance runs.
The Tommies' put two runners aboard in the bottom of the seventh inning, but a ground out ended that threat.
Tommie Notes
St. Thomas went 12-0 at home in 2021 in their final season of D-III baseball. This was the Purple's first loss at Koch Diamond since the 2019 season finale in a doubleheader split against Wartburg.
Freshman Brigs Richartz had a leadoff single in the seventh inning to push his hitting streak to seven games.
Sophomore Kolby Gartner pitched three scoreless and hitless inning and struck out two in relief.
But almost wasn't good enough again, and SDSU held on to take a 5-3 conference victory in the opening contest of a three-game weekend series at Koch Diamond.
The teams are scheduled to play two nine-inning games Sunday starting at 10:30 a.m. to close the weekend series.
The Purple (4-15 overall, 1-3 Summit) now have incurred 11 of their 15 losses by one or two runs this far in in their inaugural D-I season. They left seven runners on base and hit into one double play.
Tommie starter Graham Laubscher broke the program's career strikeout record with six over six innings record but took the mound loss with five runs and five hits allowed. Dick Washburn held the career record over he last 56 seasons with 269. Laubscher now has 275 over 219 innings in 43 appearances.
Jackrabbits' closer Ryan Bourassa allowed just one baserunner in 2 2-3 innings of shutout relief as he recorded the final eight outs for the save. Nic McKay worked 6 1-3 innings with seven Ks and one walk to get the mound victory.
With a stiff breeze blowing in from the fences and holding a lot of hits up in the air, it was a pitchers' day. Each teams managed just five hits apiece. The winners racked up 12 strikeouts, with eight notched by the Tommie pitchers.
SDSU (7-15, 1-3) scored three runs in the top of the first inning on a sac fly and Owen Bishop's two-run home run.
St. Thomas put multiple runners on base in each of the first three innings and finally capitalized in the third inning to plate three unearned runs. Two Toms reached by errors. Charlie Bartholomew's RBI single scored the first run, Sam Kulesa's RBI single made it 3-2, and an RBI ground out by Joe Vos tied the score 3-3.
The Jackrabbits scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning -- which proved to be the final offense of the game. SDSU used three singles, a walk and a sac fly to score the go-ahead and insurance runs.
The Tommies' put two runners aboard in the bottom of the seventh inning, but a ground out ended that threat.
Tommie Notes
St. Thomas went 12-0 at home in 2021 in their final season of D-III baseball. This was the Purple's first loss at Koch Diamond since the 2019 season finale in a doubleheader split against Wartburg.
Freshman Brigs Richartz had a leadoff single in the seventh inning to push his hitting streak to seven games.
Sophomore Kolby Gartner pitched three scoreless and hitless inning and struck out two in relief.
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