Vikings Split with Hastings

Blair, Nebraska ~ Viking baseball travelled to Hastings, Nebraska on Saturday in GPAC action.  Dana split the two game series with the Broncos.  Dana dropped the first game 5-3 to Hastings, but responded with a 7-4 victory in the night cap.

The Vikings took a 1-0 in the top of the first inning.  Taylor Hoskinson (FR, Omaha, NE) led the game off getting hit by a pitch.  Andrew James (FR, Omaha, NE) reached base on an error by the Bronco third baseman.  Quentin Connealy (SR, Tekamah, NE) drove in Hoskinson with a ground out to second base.  Hastings put two runs up in the bottom of the first and two more in the bottom of the third.  The Vikings responded with two more runs in the top of the fourth inning.  Tim Sabadin (SR, Lake Elizabeth, CA) led off with a single.  Alex Johnson (FR, Red Oak, IA) moved Sabadin to second with a single.  Andrew Cookston (FR, Lincoln, NE) loaded the bases with a walk.  Anthony Teal (JR, Omaha, NE) singled to score Sabadin.  Drew Petersen (FR, Omaha, NE) hit into a double play, but Alex Johnson was able to score o the play.  The Vikings were unable to pull any closer.  Austin Lunn (FR, Omaha, NE), Sabadin, Johnson, and Teal had the Vikings four hits.  Lunn also stole three bases in the game.  Connealy, Teal, and Petersen drove in the three runs.  Robert Riggs (SO, Council Bluffs, IA) pitched four and two-thirds innings and suffered the loss.  He allowed seven hits and five runs.  Cody Falk (FR, Arlington, NE) pitched a third of an inning.  Anthony Teal pitched the final inning allowing no runs and striking out one.

Dana snapped an eight game losing streak in the night cap.  The Vikings scored single runs in the first, third, and seventh innings.  They also put up two runs in the fourth and sixth innings.  Taylor Hoskinson went two for four on the day with two runs batted in.  Alex Johnson went three for four with two RBI’s and a run scored.  Andrew Cookston finished his day with a single and a double.  He also scored a run.  Cody Falk was one for three with a triple.  Hoskinson and Andrew James each had a stolen base.  Three Viking pitchers combined for the win.  Matt Weeks (JR, Omaha, NE) picked up the win.  Weeks pitched five and a third innings of eight hit, five run ball.  He also struck-out for Bronco batters.  Anthony Teal pitched two-third of an inning, giving up two runs and one hit.  John Ocken (FR, Omaha, NE) pitched the last inning to notch his fifth save of the year.

Game 1 stats vs. Hastings:         http://www.dana.edu/baseball/stats08/danahas1.htm

Game 2 stats vs. Hastings:         http://www.dana.edu/baseball/stats08/danahas2.htm

Dana is now 8-25 overall and 5-13 in conference play.  Dana will host Dakota Wesleyan on Sunday.

For more information, contact:  Shad Beam, Sports Information Director at sbeam@dana.edu.