Trojans Fall to Bruins in NSAA Tournament

Top-seeded Bellevue won the pitcher’s duel yesterday afternoon, advancing to the NSAA Baseball Championship game this afternoon with a 7-1 victory over No. 2 seed Dakota State.  

BU earned the first lead of the game after Tradd Richardson’s two-out RBI double in the top second inning.

DSU answered with a run in the bottom half of the second inning as Hakeem Yatim hit an RBI single. The Trojans were unable to gain the lead after leaving the bases full when the second inning ended.

Bellevue regained their lead at 2-1 in the top third. Then after trading zeros for the next four innings, the Bruins plated two runs in the top eighth. 

The Bruins hit a pair of RBI doubles and scored another run to make it 7-1 in favor of Bellevue.

The Bruins hit four doubles in the game with Kobayashi, Grant, Grade, and Richardson each with one double. Logan Grant and Anthony Lind each drove in two runs. 

Mason Macaluso finished the game with two hits for the Trojans. Chris Burke and Dawson Portner each tallied a single. Yatim collected a hit and an RBI. 

Blake Crippen (W, 9-2) propelled the Bruins (44-8 overall record) to a complete game, yielding the Trojans to one run on six hits. JD Kirchner (L, 7-3) took the defeat after tossing 8 2/3 innings for Dakota State

The Trojans are set to play in the loser’s out game this morning at 12pm versus Mayville State.