Omaha
21-24, 16-11
South Dakota State
21-30, 12-15
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota St. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Omaha | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | X | 13 | 11 | 2 |
Baseball closes out regular-season play with third straight victory
May 16, 2026 | Baseball
The game marked the final home appearance for retiring head coach Evan Porter, though not his last in the dugout, as Omaha (21-24, 16-11 Summit) and South Dakota State (21-30, 12-15 Summit) both advance to the conference championship tournament beginning Wednesday.
Battling through an injury-riddled season, the Mavericks took three of four from the Jackrabbits and won seven of their final nine regular-season games.
"You want to be playing your best baseball toward the end of the season, and that's a testament to the seniors," Porter said. "This is their team."
Omaha's seniors delivered. Henry Zipay drove in four runs with two doubles, Tyler Bishop went 3 for 4, and Brody Sexton, Sam Beck and Jackson Trout each added RBIs.
Hayden Lewis provided the biggest swing, launching a three-run homer in the second inning to give Omaha the lead. After SDSU moved ahead 4-3 in the sixth, the Mavericks responded with six runs in the bottom half, fueled by RBIs from Zipay, Sexton and Lewis. Lewis finished 4 for 5 with four RBIs and three runs scored.
Starter Michael Sall allowed two runs on five hits over four innings, and Tanner Hosick earned the win to move to 1-1.
"Michael Sall set the tone, and that set up the six-run sixth," Porter said. "We found a way to score some runs, got on base, worked counts and didn't chase."
Omaha finished second in the Summit League standings behind Oral Roberts and will open tournament play against No. 3 seed Northern Colorado on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT.
The Summit League Championship will be held May 20-23 at Siebert Field in Minneapolis, with the winner earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hosick, Tanner (1-1)
L: Tristan Augedahl (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Owen Siegert 1 ; Luke Luskey 1
3B: Nolan Grawe 1
HR: Keagen Jirschele 1
RBI: Nolan Grawe 2 ; Nate Wachter 1 ; Dayton Franke 1 ; Keagen Jirschele 4
SH: Nic Werk 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Owen Siegert 1 ; Nolan Grawe 1 ; Nate Wachter 2 ; Luke Evenson 1 ; Luke Wroblewski 1 ; Keagen Jirschele 2
SB: Owen Siegert 1 ; Nolan Grawe 1
Batting:
2B: Lewis, Hayden 1
HR: Lewis, Hayden 1
RBI: Zipay, Henry 4 ; Trout, Jackson 1 ; Bishop, Tyler 1 ; Beck, Sam 1 ; Lewis, Hayden 4 ; Sexton, Brody 1 ; Cornelli, Edoardo 1
SH: Beck, Sam 1
SF: Trout, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Diggins, Chase 2 ; Zipay, Henry 1 ; Bishop, Tyler 2 ; Beck, Sam 1 ; Lewis, Hayden 3 ; Hoerner, Eli 2 ; Sexton, Brody 1 ; Cornelli, Edoardo 1
SB: Cornelli, Edoardo 1
CS: Zipay, Henry 1
HBP: Cornelli, Edoardo 2
