Creighton University
12-2
Omaha
2-13
Baseball Outlasts Omaha, 8-7
3/12/2024 10:01:00 PM | Baseball
The Bluejays took control of the game with a five run seventh and held on for the victory as grad transfer Parker Primeaux worked a scoreless eighth and ninth to earn his first save as a Bluejay.
Creighton got on the board in the bottom of the first, taking advantage of a hit batter and three walks. Omaha answered quickly and decisively with a solo home run in the second by Tyler Bishop over the wall in left-center.
The Bluejays reclaimed the lead courtesy of a one-out triple by Kyle Hess and an RBI single from Tate Gillen in the bottom of the fourth.
Both squads pushed across a run in the sixth as Omaha got a one-out single from Haden Hunt and an RBI single from Grant Sommers. Creighton responded with a two-out rally as Nolan Sailors singled to right, then a loaded the bases with a pair of hit batters. Finally an RBI walk to Will MacLean put the Bluejays back ahead 3-2.
Scoring continued in each frame of the seventh as plated a pair on a two-out single followed by four consecutive free passes to surge ahead 4-3. Creighton responded quickly via a pair of singles singles from pinch hitter Colby Canales and catcher Hogan Helligso. Hess loaded the bases on a hit by pitch. Creighton pushed across runs on an RBI single from Gillen, a sac fly by Sailors, an RBI single from Teddy Deters and a two-out single by MacLean to take an 8-4 edge.
In spite of three defensive lapses in the final two frames, the Bluejays held on for the win. Reliever Mason Koch notched the victory to move to 2-0 on the season, tossing one-third of an inning. Omaha reliever Gage Ingram took the loss (0-1), allowing four runs on three hits and a hit batter.
Gillen guided the offense with three hits (3-for-6, with two RBI), while MacLean finished 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Koch, Mason (2-0)
L: Gage Ingram (0-1)
S: Primeaux, Parker (1)
Batting:
2B: Haiden Hunt 1
HR: Tyler Bishop 1
RBI: Matt Goetzmann 1 ; Grant Sommers 2 ; Noah Greise 1 ; Tyler Bishop 1
SF: Matt Goetzmann 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Matt Goetzmann 1 ; Tyler Bishop 1 ; Drew Lechnir 1 ; Trent Burkhalter 1 ; Tyler Palmer 1 ; Haiden Hunt 2
HBP: Haiden Hunt 1
Batting:
2B: Sailors, Nolan 1
3B: Hess, Kyle 1
RBI: Gillen, Tate 2 ; Sailors, Nolan 1 ; Deters, Teddy 1 ; MacLean, Will 2 ; Scherrman, Matt 1
SF: Sailors, Nolan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gillen, Tate 1 ; Sailors, Nolan 2 ; Deters, Teddy 1 ; Zukowski, Cuyler 1 ; Helligso, Hogan 1 ; Hess, Kyle 2
SB: Gillen, Tate 1 ; Sailors, Nolan 1 ; Deters, Teddy 1 ; Helligso, Hogan 1 ; Hess, Kyle 1
HBP: Sailors, Nolan 1 ; North, Ben 1 ; MacLean, Will 1 ; Hess, Kyle 2
