VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Dickinson State split Saturday's Frontier Conference baseball doubleheader against Valley City State, falling 6-0 in the opener before responding with a 15-4 win in Game 2.
The Blue Hawks are 24-23 overall and will enter the Frontier Conference tournament as the No. 3 seed.
Game 1: Valley City State 6, Dickinson State 0
Dickinson State was held to two hits in the opener as Valley City State took a 6-0 win.
Wyatt Wilharm and Luis Rodriguez recorded the Blue Hawks' hits. Ty Farwell and Jacob McIntyre each drew a walk.
Valley City State scored once in the first inning on a sacrifice fly, then added a solo home run from Evan Gonzalez in the second. The Vikings broke the game open with four runs in the sixth.
Patrick Dietz took the loss for Dickinson State, allowing six runs, four earned, on six hits with five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Rogelio Gonzalez threw 2/3 of an inning in relief.
Valley City State starter Connor Martin earned the win, striking out 13 in a complete-game shutout.
Game 2: Dickinson State 15, Valley City State 4
Dickinson State answered with 16 hits in Game 2 and scored in five different innings to earn a 15-4 win.
Kade Vatnsdal finished with two doubles and two RBIs, while Moses Dokes went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs. Ty Farwell drove in four runs, and Logan Braaten added a solo home run. Luis Rodriguez, Jadyn Roberts, Jaden Salazar and Kadin Finders also doubled for the Blue Hawks.
Valley City State scored twice in the first, but Dickinson State responded with six runs in the second. Finders drew a bases-loaded walk, Vatnsdal followed with a two-run double, Farwell walked in a run and Dokes added a two-run single.
Dokes hit a two-run home run in the fourth to extend the lead. Dickinson State added two runs in the fifth, two more in the sixth and three in the eighth.
Jerry Santiago Jr. earned the win in relief, allowing one run on five hits in three innings. Mason Manning started and allowed three runs, one earned, in three innings. Brandon Hegedus and Trent Chavez each threw scoreless relief outings.
