SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown baseball team extended its winning streak to five games with a sweep of Dordt (Iowa) College Saturday, taking the doubleheader by scores of 8-1 and 9-3 in a game shortened to five innings by rain.
Jamestown (20-10 overall, 10-4 Great Plains Athletic Conference) won for the eighth time in their last nine outings and will look continue the streak Sunday at Mount Marty (S.D.) with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
Game 1: Jimmies 8, Defenders 1
Dakota Nelson (SR/Dallas, OR) allowed an unearned run on four hits while going the distance as UJ took game one by a score of 8-1. Nelson (3-3) struck out three and walked one while lowering his earned run average to 2.81.
Drake Pilat (SR/Winnipeg, MB, Canada) had a pair of two-run singles for the Jimmies, who scored twice in both the second and third innings for a 4-0 lead.
Zach Zurbrugg (SR/Bremerton, WA) led off the fourth with a home run to center field, making the score 5-0.
Tanner Roundy (SR/Henderson, NV), Jared Bentley (JR/Washougal, WA), and Grant Okawa (JR/Mississauga, ON) also drove in runs for Jamestown.
Game 2: Jimmies 9, Defenders 3 (5 innings)
Leading 3-2 after three innings, Jamestown took advantage of three Dordt errors in the top of the fourth, scoring six times to take a 9-2 lead and settling for 9-3 win.
Chase Hacker (JR/Millcreek, WA) and Drake Pilat each drove in a pair of runs and Jaden Yackley (SR/Lynnwood, Wash.) was 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Kendall Yackley (FR/Lynnwood, WA) and Grant Okawa also had two hits each, as the Jimmies finished with 13 in the game.
Kensaku Akiya (JR/Kawasaki, Japan) improved to 5-0 on the year, allowing three runs on seven hits over five innings. He walked three and struck out four.
The Jimmies remain tied with Briar Cliff (Iowa) for second place in the GPAC standings at 10-4, three games behind Concordia (Neb.), who remains undefeated in the GPAC at 12-0.
