
Flesland Pitches Broncos Past Purple Eagles
3/10/2020 10:15:00 PM | Baseball
GARDEN CITY, Idaho – Stu Flesland fired shutout ball over 6 1/3 innings and Boise State knocked off Niagara 7-1, Tuesday night.
Flesland limited the Purple Eagles (6-9) to two hits, walked three and struck out seven. Wesley Harper worked the final 2 2/3 innings for his second save and became the second freshman in Boise State's NCAA history to have multiple saves in a season.
The Broncos (8-5) used a balanced attack as six players collected an RBI and four players had multi-hit efforts.
Boise State wasted no time against Niagara starter Jacob Bruning, who entered the game with a 1.93 ERA. Geon Hyoung Kim hit the third pitch he saw for a double leading off the bottom of the first. After Dawson Martin's ground out sent Kim to third, Michael Hicks gave the Broncos a 1-0 lead with a single through the left side.
In the fourth, Boise State loaded the bases with one to end Bruning's outing. Reagan Doss greeted reliever Steven Hospital with a single to double the lead.
In the sixth, Doss reached on a two-base error, took third on a wild pitch and scored on balk to make the score 3-0. Boise State added another run in the seventh when Matthew Farman drew a bases loaded walk.
The Broncos tacked on three runs in the eighth. Martin singled to drive in Kim and scored on a double by Grant Gorrell. Joe Yorke capped Boise State's scoring with a single to plate Gorrell.
Boise State was one out away from its second shutout of the season before Niagara got on the board.
The teams will meet in a rubber match at 6:35 p.m., Wednesday.
Flesland limited the Purple Eagles (6-9) to two hits, walked three and struck out seven. Wesley Harper worked the final 2 2/3 innings for his second save and became the second freshman in Boise State's NCAA history to have multiple saves in a season.
The Broncos (8-5) used a balanced attack as six players collected an RBI and four players had multi-hit efforts.
Boise State wasted no time against Niagara starter Jacob Bruning, who entered the game with a 1.93 ERA. Geon Hyoung Kim hit the third pitch he saw for a double leading off the bottom of the first. After Dawson Martin's ground out sent Kim to third, Michael Hicks gave the Broncos a 1-0 lead with a single through the left side.
In the fourth, Boise State loaded the bases with one to end Bruning's outing. Reagan Doss greeted reliever Steven Hospital with a single to double the lead.
In the sixth, Doss reached on a two-base error, took third on a wild pitch and scored on balk to make the score 3-0. Boise State added another run in the seventh when Matthew Farman drew a bases loaded walk.
The Broncos tacked on three runs in the eighth. Martin singled to drive in Kim and scored on a double by Grant Gorrell. Joe Yorke capped Boise State's scoring with a single to plate Gorrell.
Boise State was one out away from its second shutout of the season before Niagara got on the board.
The teams will meet in a rubber match at 6:35 p.m., Wednesday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Flesland, Stu (1-1)
L: Bruning, Jacob (1-1)
S: Harper, Wesley (2)
Batting:
2B: Serrano, Benny 1 ; Cole, Marty 1
RBI: Cole, Marty 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marcus, Spencer 1
HBP: Tucker, Cole 1

Batting:
2B: Kim, Geon Hyoung 1 ; Hicks, Michael 1 ; Gorrell, Grant 1
RBI: Martin, Dawson 1 ; Hicks, Michael 1 ; Gorrell, Grant 1 ; Yorke, Joe 1 ; Farman, Matthew 1 ; Doss, Reagan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kim, Geon Hyoung 2 ; Martin, Dawson 1 ; Harris, Myles 1 ; Gorrell, Grant 1 ; Yorke, Joe 1 ; Doss, Reagan 1
SB: Kim, Geon Hyoung 1
CS: Kim, Geon Hyoung 1
HBP: Yorke, Joe 2 ; Ogata, Kase 1
PO: Meyer, Cory 1
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