GAME 1 BOX | GAME 2 BOX

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Corby McGlauflin tossed a career-high 5 1/3 innings of relief, allowing just one hit, to lead Southwest Minnesota State to a come-from-behind 9-6 victory over the University of Sioux Falls in game two of a doubleheader on Tuesday.  USF, behind a five-hit shutout from Derek Fischer, won the opener 4-0.

The doubleheader was played at North High School in Sioux City, Iowa.  The two games were originally scheduled for Wednesday in Marshall but were moved because of field conditions.

SMSU trailed 6-1 with two outs in the top of the fourth when McGlauflin – pitching on the field where he played high school baseball - entered the game and shut the Cougars down the rest of the game to allow the Mustangs back into the contest.  McGlauflin retired the first 12 batters he faced, until allowing a two-out walk in the eighth.  The only hit he allowed came with two outs in the ninth inning.

USF started the scoring by pushing across single runs in the first three innings to build a 3-0 lead.  SMSU scored an unearned run in the bottom of third to cut the deficit to 3-1 and nearly made it 3-2, but Kyle Young was thrown out at the plate to end the inning following a double by Jarred Carlson.

The Cougars added to the lead in the fourth using a sac fly and another two-run homer to make the score 6-1, before McGlauflin entered the game and SMSU made its charge back for the comeback.

Steven Kremer started the Mustang rally with single and moved to second on a walk by Jason Minett.  Tanner Neale stroked an RBI double to make it 6-2, before Josh Hanson walked to load the bases.  Ben Korger hit an RBI grounder that was misplayed for an error to cut the lead to 6-3, before Jon Ellis was hit by a pitch to score another run.  Brian Ness then tied the game with a two-run single, putting runners on the corners with no outs, but two strikeouts and a fly out kept the game tied at 6-6.

SMSU took its first lead of the game in the bottom of the fifth pushing across three runs.  Neale and Hanson coaxed a one-out walks, Korger then promptly ripped an RBI double to give SMSU the lead.  Following a ground out, Ness came through with a clutch two-run double to score Hanson and Korger to give SMSU a 9-6 advantage.

McGlauflin (1-1) finished the game with one strikeout and one walk.  His previous longest outing was four shutout innings versus Upper Iowa on March 31, 2012.

Ness led the offense going 2 for 4 with four RBIs, while Korger was 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBIs. 

Taylor Klingenberg started on the mound for SMSU and lasted 3 2/3 innings, giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits.

In the opener, Fischer tossed a five-hit shutout with eight strikeouts to lead USF to the victory.

SMSU starter Colton Smit and Fischer were locked in a duel in the early stages of the game with Smit facing the minimum 12 batters in the first four innings, while Fischer allowed just two hits. 

SMSU's best chance to score came in the bottom of the second on a Kremer single and a double by Minett to put runners on second and third.  But Fischer, USF's No. 1 pitcher, struck out the final two batters of the inning to keep the game scoreless.

The Cougars finally broke through in the fifth, behind a two-run homer by Kelbe Beste and a two-run homer by Keith Cutler in the sixth inning to build a 4-0 lead.  Beste (2) and Cutler (3) have combined to hit five of the team's six home runs this season.
 
SMSU had another chance in the sixth using a single and two fielding errors to load the bases, but again Fisher worked out of the jam with another strikeout.  The Mustangs, which left eight runners base, were shutout for the third time this season.

Smit (0-4) suffered the loss, tossing a career-high 6 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits and four runs with three strikeouts and no walks.  Dylan Shoemaker recorded the final two outs of the game without walking a batter, marking the first time this season SMSU did not allow a walk in a game.

SMSU is not scheduled to play this weekend and will have eight days off until returning to action on Wednesday, April 24, at Concordia-St. Paul.