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Game Recap: Baseball |

BSB: Huskies Beat NDSU in Final Game of Series

HCU captures first home victory of the season

HOUSTON, Texas – HCU won a 6-5 ballgame in the final game of a three-game series against North Dakota State on Sunday at Husky Field.

Junior center fielder Samuel Benjamin went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run for the Huskies (2-17). Redshirt junior Reed Chumley went 2-for-4 with two runs while freshman right fielder Damian Ruiz went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Freshman catcher Dylan LaRue also went 2-for-4 with one run.
 
Senior righthander Chad Ricker (2-2) earned the win pitching .2 shutout innings of relief with a strikeout and a walk for HCU. Junior righthander Zach Ryan notched the save pitching .2 innings of relief in the ninth inning. Senior righthander Will Ripoll started the game pitching six innings allowing one earned run on 10 hits, three walks, recording three strikeouts on 114 pitches.

HCU scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the third inning when Parker Edwards scored on a ground ball to third base off the bat of Trent Baker. The Huskies added another run in the bottom of the fourth when Damian Ruiz hit a single to right center scoring Reed Chumley. HCU added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning starting with a two RBI double from Samuel Benjamin scoring Trent Baker and Dylan LaRue before Benjamin scored on a single to right field from William Jewell. The Huskies regained the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning when Parker Edwards hit a sac fly to center field scoring Chumley to take a, 6-5, lead.  

Peter Brookshaw went 3-for-5 with a two RBI home run for the Bison. Druw Sackett went 2-for-3 with two runs while Cadyn Schwabe went 2-for-5 with an RBI, a walk, a strikeout, and a stolen base. Jack Steil went 2-for-5 with a double.
 
NDSU went five scoreless innings before getting on the board in the top of the sixth inning when Kyle Law scored on a single down the left field line by Cadyn Schwabe. The Bison added another run in the top of the seventh inning when Will Busch doubled to right center scoring Druw Sackett. NDSU scored their final three runs in the top of the eighth inning starting with a homerun to right field off the bat of Peter Brookshaw before Sackett scored on a double to right field by Carson Hake.

HCU will return to action for a non-conference midweek matchup against Texas State in San Marcos, Tx at Bobcat Stadium on Wednesday, March 22nd at 6 p.m. The Huskies will then head to San Antonio to take on UIW in their conference opener on Friday, March 24.
 
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