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Pacey Phillips vs Dak State 3/28
9
Winner Bismarck State (ND) BISMARCK 20-21
8
Valley City State VALLEY C 22-20-1
Winner
Bismarck State (ND) BISMARCK
20-21
9
Final
8
Valley City State VALLEY C
22-20-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Bismarck State (ND) BISMARCK 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 9 9 3
Valley City State VALLEY C 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 12 1

W: Walters, River (4-0) L: Easton Francis (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Logan Hoff, Sports Information Coordinator

Baseball rallies past Valley City State 9-8 in 10 innings

Phillips homers, Mystics erase four-run deficit to win in extras.

VALLEY CITY, N.D. -- Bismarck State erased an early four-run deficit and outlasted Valley City State 9-8 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, scoring the go-ahead run on Karsen Haney's bases-loaded walk in the top of the 10th Charlie Brown Memorial Baseball Field.

The Mystics trailed 5-1 after the opening two innings as Valley City State scored twice in the first and added three more in the second. Devin Minney's single helped set up the Vikings' first-inning push, which included a bases-loaded walk by Grady Shipman and an RBI fielder's choice from Merik Junker. Bismarck State got one run back in the second when Lucas Vasey drew a bases-loaded walk, but Valley City State controlled the game early.

Bismarck State began to close the gap in the sixth. Eric Reiling delivered the key swing of the inning, driving a two-run single to right to trim the deficit to 5-3. The Mystics then surged in the seventh. Pacey Phillips tied the game with a two-run homer over the left field wall, and Brayden Bunnell followed later in the frame with an RBI triple to left that put Bismarck State in front 6-5.

The lead did not last long in a game filled with traffic on the bases. Valley City State answered with one run in the seventh and two more in the eighth. Junker drove in a run with a triple, and Minney later drew a bases-loaded walk to give the Vikings an 8-7 edge. Bismarck State responded again in the ninth when Greyson Dockter worked a bases-loaded walk, down to the Mystics' last strike, to force home the tying run.

Haney's patient plate appearance in the 10th produced the decisive run as the Mystics drew their 18th walk of the game. River Walters (4-0) earned the win in relief, allowing two hits and one walk over two innings while striking out one and holding Valley City State scoreless in the final two innings.

Phillips led the Mystics offensively, going 3-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs scored and the seventh-inning home run that shifted the game's momentum. Reiling added two RBIs, Bunnell tripled, drove in a run and drew three walks, and the Mystics kept grinding through a windy, partly sunny evening that stretched into late into the night before Haney's walk and Walters scoreless bullpen appearance, finally settled it.

UP NEXT

The Mystics host their final conference series of the year as they welcome Frontier Conference front-runner, No. 3 Bellevue (Neb.). The Bruins have won 28 straight games and have clinched the number-one seed in the conference tournament with a 20-0 record and 40-3 overall mark. 

BSC is currently tied for fifth in the Frontier Conference Standings at 7-13 (20-21), but has an opportunity to jump as high as second with the parity in the middle of the pack entering the final weekend before the tournament. 

Their weekend series at Haaland Field begins at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 24.

 

Check out the baseball schedule for information on how to follow and watch the team during their upcoming games.
 

Be sure to visit BSCMystics.com and download the MysticNation app to continue to stay up to date with everything going on in Mystic Athletics.

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