(Omaha) — The Omaha Baseball team dropped the final two games of their four-game set with the North Dakota State Bison on Saturday in games heard on MavRadio.
Caleb Palensky had a big day at the plate for the Mavs, finishing game one with two hits, while driving in a run.
Omaha jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning, before NDSU scored four runs on two Maverick errors to take a lead they would never relinquish. NDSU added another run in the seventh to go up 5-1.
Omaha rallied for three runs in the bottom of the inning, but it wasn’t enough as NDSU took game one 5-4.
Palensky had another great game in the second half of the doubleheader. The senior finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI.
The Bison jumped on Omaha quick, scoring three runs in the first inning. The Mavericks responded with a run of their own in the bottom half of the frame, before NDSU struck for two more runs in the second, pushing their lead to 6-1.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Mavericks would score three runs to push the score to 6-4, before NDSU immediately answered with two more runs of their own.
The teams later exchanged runs and NDSU pulled away for a 9-5 victory and a sweep of the doubleheader.
The losses drop the Mavericks to 21-16 (6-6 in the Summit League) on the season. They will be in action Wednesday, April 30th, when they host Nebraska at Werner Park. Paul Dobler and Ryan Matheny will have the call with pregame coverage beginning at 6:20 on MavRadio.
