ABILENE – Junior
Grayson Tatrow drove in four runs, fellow junior
Bryson Hill launched a two-run home run, but the ACU baseball team fell in the series finale on Sunday at Crutcher Scott Field to 2021 NCAA Regional qualifier North Dakota State, 10-7. The Wildcats (1-3) fought back from early deficits of 4-0 and 7-4 to tie the game in both instances, but left the tying runs on base in the ninth to drop the final game of the series. ACU had its best offensive day of the young season, scoring seven times on 10 hits, and drawing eight walks.
How It Happened
- ACU had leads early in the first two games of the series, but for the second straight game it was NDSU who jumped in front. The Bison scored three in the first off starter
Genner Cervantes, and added another in the second to led 4-0.
- The 'Cats responded beautifully with a four-spot in the home second.
Miller Ladusau doubled into left center field to get ACU on the board, scoring
Bash Randle in the process.
- In stepped
Bryson Hill. The third baseman launched a high fly ball into left center, just getting over the wall for an opposite field two-run shot to get ACU within one, 4-3.
- Tatrow was then clutch with a two-out single through the left side with the shift on to plate
Aaron Staehely, and the game was reset at 4-4.
- NDSU responded with a three-run third immediately off reliever
Riley Bauman, who took over for Cervantes. ACU found itself down again, but would come back.
- Tatrow came through again, this time after Staehely and
Mitchell Dickson walked. NDSU met at the mound to discuss Tatrow, and the lefty delivered with a high fly down the left field line that just got over the wall to tie the game, 7-7.
- NDSU scored in the sixth, eighth, and ninth to lead 10-7.
- ACU left the bases loaded in the ninth, falling by three.
Stat Pack
- Tatrow drove in four run, and launched his first home run of the 2022 campaign.
- Hill drove in a pair with hit homer.
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Miller Ladusau tallied three hits with an RBI and a run scored.
- Tatrow and
Hunter Gieser each tallied two hits; Gieser reached base three times in the game.
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Carter Sells takes the loss in relief, despite allowing just one earned on a pair of hits in 2.2 innings.
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Trevor Jackson (1.2 innings),
Mitch White (1.0 inning), and
Adam Byrd (0.2 inning) also saw time on the mound in relief.
Beyond the Box Score
- Tatrow's four RBI are the most in a game since the season opener in 2021 when he drove in five against Tarleton.
- It was Hill's first homer since May 8 last season against the Lamar Cardinals.
Up Next
ACU welcomes in the Big Ten's Michigan State for a four-game series at Crutcher Scott Field next weekend, Feb. 24-26. Friday night's game gets underway at 4:05 p.m., while Saturday's doubleheader begins at 1:05 p.m., and Sunday's game begins at 12:05 p.m. Friday's game will air on ESPN+.
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