Mitchell SD (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown baseball team took advantage of three first-inning Dakota Wesleyan errors, scoring three runs without the benefit of a hit, in a 7-3 win Monday afternoon
The second game of the doubleheader was postponed a day due to weather. First pitch Tuesday is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
Jamestown (17-10, 7-4 Great Plains Athletic Conference) led 3-0 until DWU (11-15, 5-6 GPAC) scored a single run in both the fifth and sixth innings to cut the lead to 3-2.
The Jimmies plated four runs in the bottom of the sixth, all coming with two out, to increase their advantage to 7-2. A double by Chase Hacker (JR/Millcreek, WA) and singles by Tanner Roundy (SR/Henderson, NV) and Drake Pilat (SR/Winnipeg, MB, Canada) brought home runs while the first run of the inning scored on the Tigers’ fifth error of the afternoon.
Kendall Yackley (FR/Lynnwood, WA) and Jared Bentley (JR/Washougal, WA) also had hits for UJ.
Dru Fitz (JR/Gresham, OR) (3-2) allowed two runs on four hits over five innings to earn the win. He struck out five and walked one. Marshal Burgess (SR/Brandon, MB, Canada) worked a scoreless sixth inning, and Joe Harris (SO/Recluse, WY) pitched the seventh, allowing one run while striking out two.
