OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha shortstop Drew Borner delivered a two-run, walk-off single in the 10th inning to boost No. 3 seed Omaha to a 7-6 comeback win over No. 4 seed South Dakota State in an elimination game of the 2025 Summit League Baseball Championship Thursday at Tal Anderson.
In game where the Mavericks were hitless through the first five innings, Borner and company found a way to keep their season alive, outlasting the Jackrabbits with those two runs in the final frame. The Omaha native forced extra innings with a sacrifice fly in the Mavericks' final at-bat in regulation as that squared things up at 5-5.
SDSU would move back ahead in the top of the 10th on a sacrifice fly from Nolan Grawe, who had delivered a pair of run-scoring hits earlier in the contest and finished with a career-high four RBI.
Jackrabbit reliever Dylan Driessen retired the first two Omaha hitters in the 10th before the Mavericks rallied to load the bases, setting the stage for Borner's walk-off heroics. His single over down the right field line snuck just inside the foul line, setting off a wild celebration in center field.
Neither team managed a hit during the opening two frames but the Jackrabbits changed that in their half of the third. After Nicholas Werk drew a leadoff walk, the next three SDSU hitters followed with singles. Grawe drove in the first run with a sharp single up the middle, then Bryce Ronken followed with an opposite-field line drive to left to the Jacks up 2-0.
SDSU would keep the offense rolling in the fourth as the Jacks added three more runs to their lead. Grawe came through again with a two-run single and Carter Sintek would cap the scoring advancing home on a wild pitch.
SDSU starter Caleb Duerr kept the Mavericks out of the hit column through five innings as he allowed only two baserunners on a second-inning walk and third-inning error. He had retired eight straight before hitting the first two Mavericks to open the sixth inning.
Summit League Player of the Year Henry Zipay followed with an RBI single to break up the no-hit bid and plate the first run of the tournament for the Mavericks. Tyler Bishop then belted a three-run homer to right to quickly cut the Mavericks' deficit to 5-4 and chase Duerr from the game.
Jake Goble replaced the Jacks' starter and retired the next three Mavericks to preserve the one-run lead. He would do the same in the seventh and eighth as he retired the first nine Mavericks he faced.
In the ninth, Goble started to fade a little as the Mavericks were able to scratch across the game-tying run. Paul Schuyler came in as a defensive replacement in the top of the ninth and delivered a leadoff single in his first at-bat of the game and would score on Borner's sacrifice fly to right.
Schuyler came up with another key at-bat in the 10th when he walked with two outs, setting the stage for Cardel Dick who singled to left. After another walk drawn by Tyler Palmer, those two would score on Borner's game-winning hit.
Pitcher of Record
Win – Dylan Driessen (2-3): 1.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 earned runs, 3 walks, 1 strikeout
Loss – Sam Beck (1-0): 2.0 IP, 1 hit, 1 earned run, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts
Notable Notes
• Grawe, who had a career-high four RBI as well, now has 18 multi-hit games during his freshman season with four of those coming against Omaha.
• Sintek and Grawe combined for six of SDSU's 10 hits as both recorded three hits
• Bishop's sixth-inning home run was his team-leading ninth of the season
• The win snapped a five-game losing streak for Omaha in Summit League Championship contests as the Mavericks avoided being the first team eliminated for the third straight season
• Borner equaled his season-high in RBI with three for the third time in 2025
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Up Next
No. 3 seed Omaha will play the loser of the No. 1 seed Oral Roberts and No. 2 seed North Dakota State winner's bracket contest on Friday at 4 p.m. CT.
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