Offensive explosion in game two earns Blue Hawks split on Opening Day
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Dickinson State (ND) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 1 |
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Missouri Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Graceland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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Dickinson State (ND) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Sagan Osborne | Dickinson State Sports Information Director
PARKVILLE, Mo. – An offensive explosion in game two earned Dickinson State baseball a split on opening day in Missouri. The Blue Hawks dropped game one on the day, 3-2, to Graceland University before rebounding with a 15-3 win over Missouri Valley College in game two.
GAME 1
Starter Jonathan Lerma sent the Yellow Jackets down in order in the top of the first inning and the Blue Hawks scored two runs in the bottom half of the inning to take an early 2-0 lead. After Jacob Clinton reached second on an infield single and throwing error to start the game Dawson Cortese singled to center to give the Blue Hawks two runners on with one out. After a double steal by Cortese and Clinton, Derrick Calvillo drove them both home with a single to right field for the Blue Hawks' first runs of the spring.
A passed ball gave Graceland their first run of the game in the 3rd inning, and they tacked on two more in the fifth inning to take a 3-2 lead on a bases-loaded hit by pitch. Dickinson State was held without a hit after the first inning as GU held on to take a tight game one by striking out the side in the seventh.
GAME 2
The Blue Hawk bats woke up in game two of the day, as they pounded out 20 hits, 10 for extra bases, in a 15-3 romp over Missouri Valley.
A two-out RBI single by Kael Richards got the Blue Hawks scoring started in the top of the first inning, bringing home Cade Ostenson who singled earlier in the inning. The scoring continued in the second inning where a two-out double by Alberto Nieto was followed up by a triple from Jacob Clinton to make it 2-0 Blue Hawks.
Starter Richie Cortese worked around some jams to throw 4 no-hit innings, striking out 5 by walking 5 and hitting three more. Balas Buckmaster drove in the third DSU run with a two-out RBI single in the third inning before DSU started to pour it on in the fourth.
Dickinson State got RBI doubles from Clinton and Calvillo, sandwiched around an RBI triple from Dawson Cortese, to take a commanding 6-0 lead. The runs didn't stop there, however, as Dickinson State added five more in the fifth and four more in the sixth for the final margin. Kaiden Reeve and Mathias Dufner got in on the action in the fourth with RBI hits, while Calvillo and Cortese delivered for the second straight inning.
Dawson Cortese led the Blue Hawks at the plate, going 4-4 with a double, a triple, and 4 RBI, while Calvillo went 3-5 with two doubles and 3 RBI. Clinton went 2-5 with a triple and 3 RBI and Buckmaster turned in a 2-3 day with an RBI. Keanu Calamayan (2-2, 2 doubles), Reeve (2-4, RBI) and Nieto (2-3, RBI) all collected multi-hit games for DSU, who had seven players with multiple hits.
Cortese earned the win going 4.0 inning of no-hit baseball, while Max Anderson and Jackson Schaubel allowed just one earned run in 3.0 innings of relief.
WHATS NEXT
The Blue Hawks will stay in Parkville to take on Midland University and Graceland tomorrow, February 26.