MOORHEAD, Minn. (UJ) — Brian Rice (JR/Vancouver, WA) went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI and Lincoln Trujillo (SR/Cheyenne, WY) was 2-for-4 with a home run and a pair of RBI to help the University of Jamestown baseball team to a 7-3 victory over Concordia-Moorhead College Tuesday afternoon.
Kendall Yackley (SO/Lynnwood, WA) also went 2-for-4 as the Jimmies finished with 12 hits on the day.
Mitchell Dennis (FR/Okotoks, AB, Canada) (1-0) worked three innings and gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits. He walked one and struck out five.
Jamestown took a 3-0 lead after the top of the first on an RBI single by Dylan Dudley (JR/Cottage Grove, OR) and Trujillo’s two-run shot. The Cobbers responded with three runs of their own in the bottom half on a double by Matt Gruber, a single by Ben Swanson, and a Jimmie throwing error.
Rice’s sacrifice fly in the top of the third gave UJ a 4-3 lead, and a Rice double in the top of the fifth pushed home two more. Yackley doubled in Rice to extend the Jimmie advantage to 7-3.
Six Jamestown relievers each tossed a scoreless inning, combning to allow just one hit while striking out eight. Five of the final Cobber outs came via strikeout.
The Jimmies improve to 14-10 overall and will play a doubleheader at Midland (Neb.) on Friday beginning at 1 p.m.
