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Baseball looks to bounce back against NDSU Bison.
From the Western Courier:
https://westerncourier.com/43919/sports ... dsu-bison/

We were down 5-4 in bottom 9. Tying runner gets on first base via BB with no outs. Conventional wisdom says play for the tie at home, win on the road. Ryan does not go with sac bunt to move runner to 2nd. Was he being kind to the Bison who probably wanted to get back to the hotel and watch some hoops? Things still got interesting in that inning but no cigar on this afternoon.

Bison take game 1 5-4.

Western jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. But that was the end of the Western scoring.

North Dakota State scored both the tying run and the go-ahead run in the 6th inning on a dropped infield pop-up that landed only a few feet in front of the plate. The Official Scorer called it a single instead of an error.

Attendance at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium = 135.

Due to forecasted rain in the area for Sunday, the teams will now play a Saturday doubleheader. Game one will start at 12 Noon. Game one will air on ESPN3.

A split decision in Saturday's double-header with North Dakota State:
Western won the first game 9-6.
North Dakota State won the second game 11-1.

Western is now 7-14 overall and 2-4 in the Summit League.

Attendance at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium = 174.

Next game will be at home vs St Ambrose on Tuesday (March 26). Game time is 3:00 PM.

Current Summit League Standings (March 24):
Omaha 6-0
South Dakota State 4-2
Oral Roberts 4-2
Western Illinois 2-4
North Dakota State 2-4
Purdue Fort Wayne 0-6

Baseball continues rocky start.
From the Western Courier:
https://westerncourier.com/43967/sports ... cky-start/

Western beat St. Ambrose 13-3. The game was stopped in the 7th inning via the 10-run rule.

Attendance at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium = 107.

Western will start a three-game series at Omaha on Friday. Game time is 1:00 PM.