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FREMONT, Neb.—After falling 15-2 in five innings against No. 13 Midland University in game one of Saturday afternoon's doubleheader, the University of Jamestown softball team rallied for a 3-1 nine-inning win in the second game to hand the Warriors their first loss in conference play this season.
THE BASICS
SCORES: #13 Midland 15, Jamestown 2 (5 innings); Jamestown 3, #13 Midland 1 (9 innings)
LOCATION: Schilke Fields / Fremont, Neb.
RECORDS: Jamestown 23-12 (7-7 GPAC); #13 Midland 33-5 (11-1 GPAC)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
- Midland got to Jimmie starter Abby Blair (8-6) for four runs on six hits in the first inning, and she lasted one-third of an inning before Sunny Halsey came on in relief.
- Gentrey Turin's two-run double in the top of the second scored Ally Battistoni and Maddie Spaeth to cut Midland's lead in half, but that would be the only scoring for the Jimmies.
- The Warriors tacked on another run in the bottom of the second to make it 5-2, and the score stayed the same until the bottom of the fourth. Midland broke out for 10 runs on seven hits against a pair of UJ pitchers and ended the game via the run rule.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
- Jamestown held on to a slim 1-0 lead entering the bottom of the seventh, but the Warriors scored an unearned run to send the game to extra innings.
- Samarah Martinez doubled with two outs in the top of the ninth to score Gentrey Turin and Maddie Spaeth, and the Jimmies came away with a 3-1 win.
- Prior to the seventh, the game's only run came in the top of the third. Turin led off the inning with a walk and took second base on Trinity Gregg's sacrifice bunt. A passed ball moved Turin to third base, and one out later, Kayla Quintanilla doubled to right center as Turin easily came home to make it 1-0.
- Midland got the leadoff batter on in the bottom of the seventh as Matti Reiling singled to right field.
- Jayci Reimers followed with a sacrifice bunt to move Reiling to second base, but the Jimmies had left third base uncovered and Reiling took the extra base.
- With one out and a runner at third, UJ pitcher Hope Ransome got Halle Meyer to pop out to Turin at second for out number two.
- Ariyana Crafton drew a walk to put runners on the corners for Midland's leadoff hitter, Emily Prai. While Crafton stole second base, Quintanilla tried to catch Reiling a few steps off the bag at third, but her throw was off-target and went into the outfield. Reiling came home with the tying run.
- Ransome (9-4) pitched her best game of the season since firing a two-hit shutout against Tabor (Kan.) on March 4 in Tucson, Ariz., going all nine innings while giving up just one unearned run. She allowed four hits, walked four, and struck out eight.
- Gregg, Martinez, and Quintanilla—the first three hitters in the UJ lineup—each had two hits and combined to drive in all three Jimmie runs. Gregg also swiped a pair of bases and Quintanilla added another.
UP NEXT
- Jamestown returns home for their final two regular season doubleheaders, beginning with Doane (Neb.) on Friday at 3 p.m., followed by a Saturday doubleheader against Hastings (Neb.) at 12 p.m.