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The third and final day of the RussMatt Invitational (Phoenix, Arizona) was not kind to the Blue Hawk Baseball Team (8-4) as they were narrowly defeated by Brockport University 10-9 and John Hopkins University 11-5.
DSU looked to have the game in hand after the top of the 10th inning, where they scored one run to lead Brockport. Zamira hit a blast to left field for a triple and drove in fellow teammate Bracken. However, Brockport rallied in the bottom of the 10th inning with a pair of singles and a double to steal one away from the Blue Hawks. The Blue Hawks were led by Hector Sanchez- 3 for 4, triple, stolen base, 1 RBI and Nolan Bracken- 2 for 2, triple, double, 2 HBP, and a run.
Dickinson 100 320 002 1 — 9 13 3 Brockport 100 160 000 2 — 10 14 6
After the very emotional upset against Brockport University the Blue Hawks came out a little sluggish against John Hopkins University. They allowed a total of 7 runs in John Hopkins first two at bats and then began to settle down. The Blue Hawks were able to chip away at the lead with 3 runs in the bottom of the second inning, 1 in the fourth, and another in the sixth. But, it was Johns scoring another 5 runs in the last three innings that sealed the Hawks fate. The Blue Hawks were led by Derrick Gunderson- 3 for 4, 2 doubles, run and Kevin Park- 2 for 5, home run, double, and 2 RBI’s.
Johns HU 250 000 131 — 11 19 2 Dickinson 030 101 000 — 5 10 1
The Blue Hawks next travel to face the University of Southwest Wednesday, March 17th in a double header- 12:00 and 2:30pm. Blue Hawks Knock Down Comets for Pair of Wins 13-2 and 4-3
Day two of the RussMatt Invitational (Phoenix, Arizona) was good to the Blue Hawks (8-2) as they picked up two large double header victories over Dakota Athletic Conference foe Mayville State University. The Blue Hawks defeated the Comets by the scores of 13-2 and 4-3. Right handed pitcher Roberto Gonzales picked up the first win pitching for the Hawks, striking out three batters and only allowing four hits. In the first game the Blue Hawks shot out of the gates and picked up seven runs in their first at bat. The explosion of offense was started with a two run double to right field by Park, which drove in Sanchez and Foran. Later Bracken laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Park to third and Nash to second. Gunderson singled to left scoring Park and advancing Nash to third. Nash eventually scored off of a sacrifice fly to left by Zamira. Kanzaki reached first on a walk which moved Gunderson into scoring position on second. Young then singled to center field, scoring Gunderson and advancing Kanzaki to second. A wild pitch advanced the two runners into prime scoring position on third and second, with the batter, Sanchez eventually reaching first base off of a walk. With the bases juiced Foran steps to the plate and nails a single deep to left field. Kanzaki and Larson both score, putting the Blue Hawks ahead by seven runs in the first inning. The Comets were not able to generate any runs until the fifth inning when they picked up one. The Blue Hawks did not pick up any more runs until the top of the sixth inning when they had another big offensive surge of six. Foran started off the inning with a single to center field and eventually reached third off of a wild throw. Park then singled to center and drove Foran home for the first run of the inning. Park easily scored as Nash hits a stand up triple to deep center field. After Bracken reached first, from a walk, Gunderson grounds out to third scoring Nash. Zamira singles to center while moving Bracken over to third. After the bases get loaded from a Kanzaki walk, Young comes to bat and singles to left field; driving one run in. With the bases juiced Sanchez steps to the plate and hits a shot to right field scoring two runs. The Comets were only able to get one more run in the sixth inning and with the Blue Hawks being up by more than 10 runs (13-2) the game was called; due to the 10 run rule. Game 2 of the double header was much closer with the Blue Hawks still coming out ahead by the score of 4-3. Mayville struck first blood by getting one run in the top of the second inning. It was not until the Blue Hawks two run, third inning that they were able to take the lead (2-1). Zamira started off the inning with a good eye and advanced to first off of a walk. Zamira advanced to second and then third off of a sacrifice bunt by Kanzaki and a Capp ground out to second. With Zamira in prime scoring position Sanchez hits a shot to center field and earned a stand up double. The speedy Sanchez then steals third base and Foran reaches first off of a walk. Park steps to the plate and hits a shot down the left field line scoring Sanchez. The Blue Hawks were able to pick up another run in the fifth inning and the Comets up one each in the sixth and seventh inning. Going into the bottom of the seventh inning the score was tied 3-3, with the Blue Hawks coming to bat. Kanzaki steps to the plate first and hits a shot to center field; the hard hit is bobbled by the center fielder and he commits an error. Larson comes in to pinch run for Kanzaki at second base. Capp lays down a sacrifice bunt to advance Larson to third. This brings Sanchez to the plate, who hits a single shot to left field scoring Larson, and winning the game 4-3. The Blue Hawks face NCAA DIII opponents Brockport University and Johns Hopkins University tomorrow at 9:30am/1:30pm. Blue Hawks Split Double Header In First Day of RussMatt Invitational, Versus NCAA Division II Northern State University
In the first day of the RussMatt Invitational, in Phoenix Arizona, the Blue Hawks split a double header with Northern State University (NCAA Division II); 9-4 win and a 1-4 loss. In the win it was the pitching effort of senior Julian Ramirez (3-0) and a third inning, 7 run explosion that propelled the DSU baseball team to victory. This third inning surge saw all the Blue Hawk batters go through their hitting rotation once and some even batted twice. Park, Nash, Bracken, Gunderson, Zamira, and Larson each had a single in the inning with Park having two. In the fourth inning the Blue Hawks pushed their lead up with two more runs. Bracken led off the inning with a triple to deep center field and was quickly driven in with a single from Gunderson. With the lead increasing the Blue Hawks became more aggressive and had Gunderson steal second. Gunderson easily trotted home off of a Zamira triple to left field. In the second game the Blue Hawks were not able to generate enough offense to win and left 6 runners stranded on base. Their lone run came in the fourth inning off of Esobedo’s single to left, which drove in Bracken. The Blue Hawks continue the invitational tomorrow as they face Mayville State University in a double header. |
