Creighton University
12-9-1
Kansas State
17-10
Bluejay Baseball Suffers 8-2 Loss to Kansas State
3/30/2014 3:26:00 PM | Baseball
OMAHA, Neb. - Despite a two-run bomb from senior Mike Gerber, the Creighton baseball team suffered a 8-2 loss to Kansas State on Sunday, March 30.
The loss dropped the Bluejays to 12-9-1 on the season, while Kansas State moved to 17-10 overall.
Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the third, Creighton seized a 2-1 lead on senior Mike Gerber's fifth home run of the season. With one out in the inning, junior Jake Peter set the scene with a single up the middle. Gerber sent the second pitch of his at-bat over the opposite field wall in left-center.
Kansas State, however, responded with three runs in the top of the fourth to reclaim the lead at 4-2.
The Wildcats added a single run in the sixth and put the game away with three runs in the ninth.
Creighton starter Taylor Elman suffered the loss (1-3), allowing five runs on seven hits in six innings, while Kansas State's Nate Griep earned his third win of the year (3-0) by holding Creighton to two runs on seven hits in seven innings.
Despite the loss, Creighton got five hits from the middle of its order as Peter finished 3-for-4 and Gerber was 2-for-3.
Creighton returns to action on Monday, March 31 as the Bluejays face UNLV in a single game at 6:30 pm.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Griep, Nate (3-0)
L: Elman, Taylor (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Meyer, Mitch 1 ; DeBord, Blair 1 ; Yagi, Carter 1
RBI: Kivett, Ross 2 ; Santigate, RJ 1 ; DeVinny, Tanner 1 ; Meyer, Mitch 2 ; Yagi, Carter 1 ; Dalrymple, Clayton 1
SH: Yagi, Carter 1
SF: Kivett, Ross 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kivett, Ross 1 ; Conlon, Shane 1 ; Santigate, RJ 2 ; Meyer, Mitch 1 ; DeBord, Blair 2 ; Yagi, Carter 1
SB: Santigate, RJ 1 ; Dalrymple, Clayton 2
HBP: DeBord, Blair 1
Batting:
2B: Fitzgerald, Ryan 1
HR: Gerber, Mike 1
RBI: Gerber, Mike 2
SH: Lamb, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Peter, Jake 1 ; Gerber, Mike 1
HBP: Gerber, Mike 1
