– Jimmie Baseball splits at tournament, Monday

NAIA National Championship Opening Round–Oklahoma City, Okla.

Game 1

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (uj.edu) — Three batters into Monday’s Opening Round Oklahoma City Bracket game against, the Jimmie baseball team was on the wrong end of a 2-0 score.

DB Vidal led off with a walk, and after a sacrifice bunt moved him to second, Isaiah Bond homered on a 2-1 pitch from Shane Groth (SR/Sisters, OR) to give the Panthers an early two-run lead. Following Bond’s home run, Groth came back and struck out the next two York hitters to finish the inning.

In the Jimmie dugout, the wakeup call was heard loud and clear. The Orange and Black scored the game’s next 14 runs, winning handily 14-4 and advanced to Monday’s 6 p.m. game against No. 1 seed Oklahoma City.

Game 2..

Oklahoma City (uj.edu) – After recording double-digit runs and hits in a 14-4 win against York (Neb.) earlier in the day, the University of Jamestown baseball team had the favor returned Monday evening by Oklahoma City University in a 19-8 loss in the Opening Round Oklahoma City Bracket.

Jimmie starter Chase Thometz (SR/Sandy, OR) worked around a first-inning single and walk to keep the Stars off the board, but the host team tagged the UJ right hander for eight runs on seven hits in the bottom of the second for an 8-0 lead. All eight runs came with two outs.

Oklahoma City (48-7), the bracket’s top seed, plays No. 3 seed Central Methodist (Mo.) (41-14) at 2:30 p.m. todday. The first game of the day begins at 11:00 a.m. as No. 5 York (Neb.) (26-27) and No. 2 Mobile (Ala.) (42-16) meet in a loser-out contest. The winner of York/Mobile faces the No. 2 Jimmies (42-10) at 6 p.m. in another loser-out game.