{"id":248275,"date":"2022-05-03T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=248275"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:17:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:17:34","slug":"vcsu-baseball-number-5-seed-nsaa-postseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=248275","title":{"rendered":"VCSU Baseball Number 5 seed, NSAA Postseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(VCSUAthletics.com<\/a>) \u2013 VCSU freshman\u00a0Jaden Babiuk<\/a>\u00a0hit a grand slam, and\u00a0Chase Feller<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Adam Thompson<\/a>\u00a0combined to pitch five scoreless innings out of the bullpen Monday night as the VCSU baseball team ended the regular season with a 9-4 win over Mayville State.<\/p>\n

Babiuk\u2019s grand slam erased a 4-0 deficit and sparked a seven-run fourth inning for the Vikings, who took the lead for good with the big rally. Feller and Thompson combined to pitch five shutout innings the rest of the way, securing the 9-4 victory.<\/p>\n

With the win, Valley City State (21-20, 12-11 NSAA) secures the No. 5 seed for the NSAA Postseason Tournament starting Friday in Forest City, Iowa. The Vikings will face No. 4 seed Waldorf University in the opening round on Friday at 12 p.m. The eight-team double elimination tournament runs May 6-9.<\/p>\n

Postseason Bracket<\/a><\/p>\n

Mayville State (16-22, 13-14) will be the No. 6 seed for the tournament. The Comets face No. 3 Dickinson State on Friday at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Comets started fast on Monday in Valley City. Run-scoring hits by Alan LaRocque, Marcus Hughes and Sammy Satrom gave the Comets a 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning. Viking starter\u00a0Brooks Brown<\/a>\u00a0settled in though and allowed just one more run over the next three innings, keeping the Vikings within striking distance at 4-0.<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the fourth, the Vikings struck back with seven runs on just one hit.\u00a0David Demeter<\/a>,\u00a0Drew Nixon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jayden Shipman<\/a>\u00a0were patient at the plate and opened the inning with three straight walks to load the bases. Babiuk followed with a drive over the right-field fence, tying the game at 4-4 with one swing of the bat. The inning continued with two hit batters and two bases-loaded walks, and then\u00a0Drew Nixon<\/a>\u00a0capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly for a 7-4 lead.<\/p>\n

An RBI single by\u00a0Hunter Magnuson<\/a>\u00a0in the fifth inning extended the lead to 8-4, and the Vikings tacked on an insurance run in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n

Babiuk had a strong night for VCSU, batting 3-for-5 with the grand slam and four RBIs. The Viking catcher also threw out two runners on the bases, catching a pair of Mayville runners attempting to steal second base. Magnuson also had a multi-hit night, going 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.\u00a0Sal Avila<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ryan Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0each added a hit as the Vikings finished with seven total hits.<\/p>\n

Brooks Brown<\/a>\u00a0started on the mound for VCSU and went four innings, allowing six hits and four runs. He walked two and struck out five.\u00a0Chase Feller<\/a>\u00a0pitched three scoreless innings for the win, scattering three hits and striking out two.\u00a0Adam Thompson<\/a>\u00a0pitched the final two scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.<\/p>\n

Mayville State totaled 11 hits, including three by Anthony Villanueva and two each by Carson Lundmark and LaRocque.<\/p>\n

Matthew Johnston started on the mound for Mayville and worked into the fourth inning, allowing one hit and two runs. Gunner Thompson came on in relief and\u00a0took the loss. Mayville State used four different pitchers in VCSU\u2019s long fourth-inning rally. Jack Patten worked out of the inning and finished the game for Mayville, pitching the final 4 2\/3 innings and allowing five hits and two runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(VCSUAthletics.com) \u2013 VCSU freshman\u00a0Jaden Babiuk\u00a0hit a grand slam, and\u00a0Chase Feller\u00a0and\u00a0Adam Thompson\u00a0combined to pitch five scoreless innings out of the bullpen Monday night as the VCSU baseball team ended the regular season with a 9-4 win over Mayville State. Babiuk\u2019s grand slam erased a 4-0 deficit and sparked a seven-run fourth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":98366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248276,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248275\/revisions\/248276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}