Boise State
7-5
Niagara
6-8
Boise State Loses Slugfest to Niagara
3/9/2020 10:44:00 PM | Baseball
The Purple Eagles (6-8) rallied against Boise State (7-5) reliever Jay Baggs (0-1), the third of four Broncos' pitchers.
The three-run rally finally put Boise State away after the Broncos had erased four-separate deficits.
Niagara led 2-0 in the third until Geon Hyoung Kim and Chase Adkison each recorded an RBI-ground out to tie the game.
The Purple Eagles tallied twice in the fourth, but the Broncos stormed back with three in the home half of the frame to take their only lead at 5-4.
Kim tied the game with a two-run single and Myles Harris scampered home with the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
Niagara retook the lead with a five-run fifth and a four-run sixth for Boise State tied the game 9-9.
The Broncos did all their damage with two outs. Torin Montgomery doubled in a run, Kase Ogata was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Matthew Farman dumped a two-run single into center field.
Both team scored in the eighth to set the state for the ninth-inning drama. Ogata's double provide the Broncos' run.
The teams meet again Tuesday with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Zapata-Baez, Yohn (1-1)
L: Baggs, Jay (0-1)
Batting:
2B: O'Connor, Cole 1 ; Battaglia, Peter 1 ; Cole, Marty 2 ; Brisson, Mike 1
3B: Brisson, Mike 1
HR: Serrano, Benny 1
RBI: Bailey, Dawson 1 ; O'Connor, Cole 1 ; Battaglia, Peter 1 ; Serrano, Benny 3 ; Cole, Marty 1 ; Brisson, Mike 3
SH: Brisson, Mike 1
Base Running:
RUNS: O'Connor, Cole 2 ; Battaglia, Peter 3 ; Serrano, Benny 1 ; Tucker, Cole 1 ; Marcus, Spencer 3 ; Cole, Marty 2 ; Brisson, Mike 1
SB: Bailey, Dawson 1 ; Marcus, Spencer 1 ; Brisson, Mike 1
CS: Bailey, Dawson 1
HBP: Serrano, Benny 1
Batting:
2B: Hicks, Michael 1 ; Montgomery, Torin 1 ; Ogata, Kase 1 ; Farman, Matthew 1 ; Padilla, Christian 1
RBI: Kim, Geon Hyoung 3 ; Adkison, Chase 1 ; Montgomery, Torin 1 ; Ogata, Kase 2 ; Farman, Matthew 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Adkison, Chase 1 ; Hicks, Michael 1 ; Montgomery, Torin 1 ; Yorke, Joe 2 ; Doss, Reagan 1 ; Farman, Matthew 1 ; Harris, Myles 2 ; Padilla, Christian 1
SB: Kim, Geon Hyoung 1 ; Doss, Reagan 1
HBP: Ogata, Kase 1
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