TUCSON, Ariz.—The Jimmie baseball team rallied from a 7-4 deficit in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader, defeating Benedictine University Mesa 8-7 after the Redhawks took game one by a score of 3-1 at Kino Complex.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Jamestown 1-8, Benedictine Mesa 3-7
LOCATION: Kino Complex / Tucson, Ariz.
RECORDS: Jamestown 11-5, Benedictine Mesa 4-10
GAME ONE: BENEDICTINE MESA 3, JAMESTOWN 1 (7-inning game)
- Ryan Radkey (2-1) went the distance on the bump for the Jimmies, giving up just three runs on five hits over six innings while striking out five.
- The Redhawks led 2-0 after an RBI double by Joseph Cosenza in the bottom of the first, then added another run on Jude Sullivan's third-inning sacrifice fly.
- UJ was blanked through five innings but managed one run in the top of the sixth. Will Bachman's double scored Chase Burke to cut the deficit to 3-1.
- Ben Patton had a pair of hits for the Jimmies, including a double. Alex Alva added a triple.
GAME TWO: JAMESTOWN 8, BENEDICTINE MESA 7 (7-inning game)
- Isaiah Roebuck doubled with one out in the bottom of the seventh to score Ryan Muizelaar and Jamestown came away with an 8-7 win.
- Muizelaar led off the inning with a single and moved to second on Sy Steele's sacrifice bunt. After an intentional walk to Triston Madison, Roebuck drilled the first pitch from Thomas Lockyear (1-1) into right center field for a double.
- Ben Patton's double in the bottom of the second scored Roebuck and Landon Runge for a 2-0 lead.
- Benedictine Mesa plated five runs in the top of the fourth, but the Jimmies got two of them back on RBIs from Patton and Varen Sabino.
- UJ began their comeback in the bottom of the fifth. A sacrifice fly by Muizelaar brought the Jimmies within 7-5, then Ben Swennumson and Chase Burke had run-scoring singles in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game.
- Patton and Roebuck both finished with two hits.
- Grayson Sargent (1-0) struck out two batters and allowed one hit over the final two innings to get the win in relief.
UP NEXT
- The Jimmies will play Mount Marty (S.D.) University in a single nine-inning game on Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz., at 11:00 AM Central.