VALLEY CITY, N.D.— The Jimmie baseball team used a 14-run eighth inning as part of a 20-3 victory over Valley City State University Saturday afternoon, bouncing back after a 6-0 loss in the opening game at Charlie Brown Field.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Jamestown 0-20, Valley City State 6-3
LOCATION: Charlie Brown Field / Valley City, N.D.
RECORDS: Jamestown 27-11 overall, 8-4 NSAA; Valley City State 16-25, 1-11 NSAA
GAME ONE
- Jamestown managed just three hits—a double by Jordan Singleton and singles by Ryan Muizelaar and Ben Swennumson—and only five batters reached base in seven innings.
- VCSU scored three times in the first, added another in the second, and two more in the fifth.
- Austin Shelton (2-1) lost for the first time this season after giving up four runs (two earned) on four hits over three innings.
GAME TWO
- Leading 6-3 going into the top of the eighth, the Jimmie offense exploded for fourteen runs and went on to post a 20-3 win.
- Nineteen batters came to the plate against five VCSU pitchers in the inning, with 11 recording a hit. Three others walked, while one reached on an error and another was hit by a pitch.
- Ben Patton was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and drove in six runs, and Triston Madison was 3-for-5 and drove in two runs.
- Alex Alva, Varen Sabino, and Isaiah Roebuck had two hits each. Ryan Muizelaar finished with four RBI.
- The Jimmies stole seven bases in the game, including two by Alva.
- Ryan Muizelaar went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs while Luke Zimmer struck out a career-high 10 batters as the Jimmies completed the sweep with a 4-1 win victory.
- Ben Patton reached on a fielder's choice to score Triston Madison with UJ's first run in the second inning.
- Isaac Hanson (4-0) remained unbeaten, pitching five innings with four strikeouts while giving up three runs on five hits.
- Jimmie relievers Ethan Petty, Kai Mayfield, Joe Hart, and Payton Hochhalter combined to work the final four innings and allowed just three hits.
UP NEXT
- The Jimmies will step out of conference play on Tuesday with a doubleheader against Briar Cliff (Iowa) in Redfield, S.D., beginning at 1:30 p.m.