UJ – A combined seven errors by the University of Jamestown softball team led to 14 unearned runs Wednesday afternoon as the Jimmies dropped a GPAC conference doubleheader to No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa) at the Nelson Family Bubble. The Red Raiders won 12-3 in five innings in the opener and finished the sweep with a 2-0 win in game two.

THE BASICS

  • SCORES: #11 Northwestern 12, Jamestown 3 (5 innings); #9 Northwestern 2, Jamestown 0
  • LOCATION: Nelson Family Bubble / Jamestown, N.D.
  • RECORDS: Jamestown 18-9 (4-4 GPAC); #11 Northwestern 28-2 (6-0 GPAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

The Jimmies scored three runs, all with two outs, in the bottom of the first for a 3-0 lead.

Ally Battistoni‘s double brought home Kayla Quintanilla for the first UJ run, then Hope Ransome came through with a single that drove in Battistoni and Sidnie Aasen.

The score was 3-0 until the top of the third, when the Red Raiders broke through for eight runs on just three hits. Three of the first four NWC batters reached via error, and a bases loaded walk and a hit batter helped the visitors extend the inning.

One inning later the Red Raiders extended their lead to 12-3, adding four more runs on a pair of hits, another Jimmie error, and a wild pitch.

Jamestown had five hits in the game, but just two after the first inning.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

UJ’s bats were held in check in a 2-0 loss, with Trinity Gregg, Mackenzie Lefebvre, and Ally Battistoni each singling to account for the three Jimmie hits.

NWC’s first run came in the top of the third as the inning was extended by a Jimmie error that put runners on the corners, setting the table for a two-out single and a 1-0 lead.

The second Red Raider run came in the top of the fifth on an RBI single scoring a runner who had reached via error earlier in the inning.

Jamestown had runners at first and second with only one out in the bottom of the fifth, but the next two batters were retired to end the threat.

Abby Blair (7-5) allowed a pair of unearned runs on six hits in seven innings with six strikeouts, lowering her season ERA to 1.13.

UP NEXT

Jamestown hosts College of Saint Mary (Neb.) in a doubleheader scheduled for Trapper Field on Saturday at 12 p.m.