FARGO, N.D. (Interstat) — Ty Madison pitched 7 2/3 innings of no-hit relief and South Dakota State erased a four-run deficit to beat North Dakota State 5-4 on Saturday afternoon at Newman Outdoor Field in a Summit League game.

Madison entered in the second inning after the Bison had already scored three runs. He allowed only an unearned run on a wild pitch and struck out 10 batters without surrendering a hit. The right-hander retired 22 of the 24 batters he faced and lowered his season earned run average. The victory lifted the Jackrabbits to 13-26 overall and 5-15 in Summit play. North Dakota State dropped to 9-27 and 4-13.

The Bison struck quickly in the first inning. After a hit batter and a single put two runners on, Chase Womack singled to first base and drove in both runners. North Dakota State added another run in the second when Caleb Corbin doubled down the right-field line, scoring Grant Freiter, who had reached on a walk and advanced on a sacrifice bunt. In the third, Jake Gustafson singled to left field to bring home Austin Law, who had doubled, giving the home team a 4-0 lead.

South Dakota State began its comeback in the fourth. With one out, Carter Taylor singled and advanced to second on a throwing error by the third baseman, putting runners on second and third. Nick Werk’s sacrifice fly to center field scored the runner from third, making it 4-1.

The Jackrabbits took control in the fifth inning. After Ben Wroblewski sacrificed a runner to second, Nolan Grawe singled to left field to drive in the run. A walk and a single by Andrew Franke followed, and Taylor delivered an RBI single to left center, scoring two more. The Jackrabbits collected five hits in the inning and took a 5-4 lead.

South Dakota State added a crucial insurance run in the sixth. Wroblewski walked, stole second and scored on Nate Wachter’s single up the middle. Wachter finished with three hits, matching Taylor for the team lead. Kaden Rylance, who started the game and allowed three runs in 1 1/3 innings, returned in the ninth and retired the Bison in order to secure the win.

North Dakota State’s best chance to tie came in the seventh. Jacob Simon led off with a double, but Madison struck out Corbin, D. Smith and Becker to end the threat. He worked around a walk in the eighth before giving way to Rylance. The Bison managed only six hits, two by Corbin.

North Dakota State starter Parker Puetz threw 3 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and no earned runs with two strikeouts. Zak Szabo followed with 3 1/3 innings, giving up four hits and one earned run while striking out four. Cade Wiegert pitched a scoreless ninth.

The game was the second of a three-game series. North Dakota State won the opener 8-1 on Friday. The teams will conclude the series on Sunday.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of South Dakota State 4, North Dakota State 3, while the Interstat ELO system gave North Dakota State a 61 percent probability to win.