Freshman Henry DeCaster pitched seven solid innings and South Dakota State capitalized on four North Dakota State errors to record a 5-2 victory and a sweep of a three-game Summit League baseball home series Sunday.
With their fourth consecutive league victory, the Jackrabbits moved into sole possession of second place in the Summit League standings at 9-6 (13-22 overall). NDSU dropped to 17-16 overall and 5-10 in league play.
SDSU took a 1-0 lead three batters into the game as Paul Jacobson hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a base hit by Anthony Schneider and scored on a sacrifice fly by Luke Ringhofer.
The Jackrabbits took advantage of three Bison errors in the third inning to score three times.
DeCaster kept NDSU off the board until the lone Jackrabbit error of the game led to two Bison runs in the top of the fifth. Drew Fearing drove in both Logan Busch and Andy Wicklund with a two-out single to left field. Fearing notched two of NDSU’s eight hits, while Taylor Sanders
A left-hander from Shoreview, Minnesota, DeCaster struck out two, walked one and scattered five hits in seven-plus innings for his longest collegiate outing. Greg Casper recorded the final six outs, including four on strikeouts, to earn his third save of the season.
The Jackrabbits close out their homestand Wednesday, facing Mayville State (N.D.) at 3 p.m.
