{"id":237379,"date":"2026-03-26T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/237379\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:46:19","slug":"baseball-rallies-to-pick-up-a-split-at-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/237379\/","title":{"rendered":"BASEBALL RALLIES TO PICK UP A SPLIT AT KANSAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/creighton_logo.png\" alt=\"Creighton\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Creighton<\/p>\n<p>3\/27\/2026 | 4 PM PT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 27 (Fri) \/ 4 PM PT&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/creighton_logo.png\" alt=\"Creighton\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Creighton&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/creighton\/179\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>LAWRENCE, Kan. \u2014 Junior Errick Dessens tied his Sacramento State career high with a four-hit day and junior <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jakob-poturnak\/10293\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10293\" target=\"_blank\">Jakob Poturnak<\/a> extended his hitting streak to 12 games with three hits as the Hornets picked up a split of their midweek series at Kansas, rallying for a 7-4 come-from-behind win against the Jayhawks on Wednesday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>Dessens finished 4-for-5 with his sixth home run of the season, three runs, scored and a pair of runs driven in, while Poturnak helped power the offense at the heart of the order with a 3-for-5 day, a double, a run scored, and an RBI. In all, seven different Sacramento State players finished with hits on the day while six players drove in runs.<\/p>\n<p>Poturnak&#8217;s 12-game hitting streak matched Dessens&#8217; run \u2014 which ended in Tuesday&#8217;s opener with Kansas \u2014 for the longest by a Hornet this season, while Dessens posted his second four-hit game of the season and his team-high 10th multi-hit game. Meanwhile, with a single in the fourth, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jace-jeremiah\/10979\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10979\" target=\"_blank\">Jace Jeremiah<\/a> reached base safely for the 19th consecutive game.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/trevor-wilson\/10994\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10994\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Wilson<\/a> (1-3) picked up his first collegiate win in relief of starter <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ethan-lay\/10297\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10297\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Lay<\/a>, throwing two innings, allowing a pair of runs on three hits and striking out four. Lay allowed a run while scattering six hits over the first four innings of the day, walking only one and striking out seven.<\/p>\n<p>He stranded six Kansas (16-9) baserunners \u2014 including the bases loaded in the second \u2014 and worked out a jam in his final inning, leaving two Jayhawks on.<\/p>\n<p>Junior left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sean-carey\/10277\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10277\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Carey<\/a> earned his first career save, pitching the final three innings, allowing a run on two hits and striking out three to close out the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah put the Hornets (10-16) in front by driving home a run in the fourth, singling through the right side to score Dessens for the 1-0 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kansas answered with a solo home run to lead-off the fourth, then took the lead back with a two-run triple in the fifth to go up by a pair.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sacramento State&#8217;s offense did well to answer back in its half of the sixth, plating three runs to regain the lead for good. An RBI double by Poturnak, an RBI single by <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-harry\/10976\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10976\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Harry<\/a>, and a run-scoring ground ball by <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cameron-sewell\/10270\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10270\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Sewell<\/a> put the Hornets up a run and Dessens made it a three-run lead with his sixth home run of the season \u2014 a two-run shot \u2014 in the seventh for a 6-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Jayhawks clawed a run back in the eighth, but Sacramento State did the same in the ninth as <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jamie-mullin\/10294\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10294\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Mullin<\/a> doubled, was sacrificed to third by <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jacob-cortez\/10268\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10268\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Cortez<\/a>, and scored on <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/luis-pimentel-guerrero\/10291\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10291\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Pimentel-Guerrero&#8217;s<\/a> sac fly to center for the final 7-4 score.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday is a travel day for the Hornets, who head to Omaha, Neb., for a three-game series against Creighton At Charles Schwab Field \u2014 home of the NCAA Men&#8217;s College World Series. 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