DICKINSON, N.D. (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown baseball team took to the road for a home doubleheader Tuesday, serving as the home team against Presentation (S.D.) College at Dakota Community Bank & Trust Ballpark in Dickinson. The games were originally scheduled to be played Wednesday at Jack Brown Stadium in Jamestown, but were moved up a day due to adverse field conditions.
Jamestown took game one 9-4 before Presentation forced a split with a 12-5 victory in the nightcap. The Jimmies had their eight-game winning streak come to an end and are now 23-11 this season while the Saints are 14-15.
UJ is in Nebraska this weekend for a pair of Great Plains Athletic Conference doubleheaders, taking on Concordia University Friday and Midland University on Saturday.
Game 1: Jimmies 9, Saints 4
Four runs in each of the first and third innings helped Jamestown to an 8-0 lead. Those runs were more than enough support for Joe Spradlin (SR/Helena, MT), who pitched five innings for the win. Spradlin allowed three unearned runs on six hits, walked one, and struck out six.
Jaden Yackley (SR/Lynnwood, Wash.), Chase Hacker (JR/Millcreek, WA), Matt Meraz (JR/Aurora, CO), and Lincoln Trujillo (JR/Cheyenne, WY) each had two hits. Yackley, Hacker, and Tanner Roundy (SR/Henderson, NV) all swiped a pair of bases as the Jimmies finished with nine steals in the game.
Andrew Reed (JR/Woodinville, WA) and Seth Pigg (SR/Reno, NV) each worked an inning of relief to help close out the win.
Game 2: Saints 12, Jimmies 5
Presentation built a 5-1 lead after three innnings, eventually taking a commanding 10-2 advantage in a 12-5 win in game two.
Jamestown had just one hit, a Jaden Yackley double in the bottom of the third, through six innings. Yackley and Drake Pilat (SR/Winnipeg, MB, Canada) would both double in the bottom of the seventh for UJ’s final base knocks.
Jesse Spangler and Kyle Angielski each had four hits for the Saints. Three other PC batters posted two-hit games as the Saints ended with 18 hits off of six Jimmie hurlers.
