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\"\"Valley City (Mark Potts)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown baseball team\u00a0defeated number 2 Bellevue 7-6 in 10 innings in NSAA Bracket A Tournament play\u00a0on Monday in Valley City.<\/p>\n

The game had a rain delay of 5:30 from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
\nThe Jimmies scored two in the bottom of the 10th, game-winning walk-off single by Nico Kelly.<\/p>\n

UJ is now 40-18. Bellevue drops to 49-9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Jimmies\u00a0need one more win to head to\u00a0the NAIA national tournament, when they take on Mayville\u00a0 State on Tuesday at 1-p.m. in the North Star Athletic Association tournament championship game.<\/p>\n

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By Mark Potts<\/p>\n

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VALLEY CITY, N.D. \u2013 The University of Jamestown came back from the brink of
\nelimination twice Monday afternoon, moving on to the NSAA Tournament championship
\ngame after Nico Kelly\u2019s walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th led the Jimmies to
\na 7-6 win over top seed Bellevue University.<\/p>\n

Bellevue scored single runs in the top of the ninth and 10th innings but Jamestown
\nfought back each time. In the bottom of the ninth, it was Landon Uetz\u2019 sole home run
\nthat tied the game and forced extra innings. In the 10th, the Jimmies scored the
\ntying run on a throwing error and the Kelly delivered a walk-off single back up the
\nmiddle to score Scooter Turin and set off a wild celebration.<\/p>\n

With the win over Bellevue in the Bracket A championship, Jamestown advances to the
\nNSAA Tournament championship game on Tuesday at 12 p.m. in Valley City. The Jimmies
\nwill face the winner of Valley City State\/Mayville State, who play Monday night.<\/p>\n

The game featured a weather delay of 5 hours and 30 minutes. First pitch was at
\n10:59 a.m., but a lightning strike at 1 p.m. brought the teams off the field with
\nthe game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth innings. A pouring rain followed
\nshortly after and continued for almost two hours. Crews worked hard to get the field
\nplayable again at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Before the rain delay, the Jimmies opened the scoring with a single run in the
\nbottom of the first inning. Matt Noll reached on a one-out single and then moved up
\non Landon Uetz\u2019 single through the right side. Noll was later picked off for the
\nsecond out but Tyler Ludlow delivered an RBI double to right field that scored Uetz
\nfor the first run of the game.<\/p>\n

Bellevue tied the game in the top of the second after Todd Nicks led off the inning
\nwith a sharp single and later came around to score. Jamestown regained the lead in
\nthe bottom of the inning after Christian Shouman singled home Peter Pennylegion for
\na 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Bellevue responded in the top of the third when Todd Nicks\u2019 one-out double put
\nrunners on second and third. Riley Baasch would score on Joe Moran\u2019s RBI groundout
\nand tie the game at 2-2. The Bruins took the lead for good in the fourth when Derik
\nBontempo drilled a two-run double off the center field fence for a 4-2 Bruin lead.<\/p>\n

Jamestown got one run back in the bottom of the fifth when Matt Noll successfully
\nexecuted a squeeze bunt that scored Christian Shouman and cut the deficit to 4-3.
\nThe Jimmies rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth. Tyler Ludlow drew a
\nwalk to open the inning and was lifted for pinch runner Taichi Sasaki. Sasaki moved
\nto second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on Quinn Irey\u2019s fly out, and then
\ncame home when Peter Pennylegion beat out a ground ball to shortstop for an infield
\nsingle. The rain delay followed immediately after that play.<\/p>\n

Bellevue rallied for a go-ahead run in the top of the ninth. Riley Baasch and Todd
\nNicks had back-to-back two-out singles and then Joe Moran drew a walk in a 10-pitch
\nat bat. Myles Campbell then delivered the go-ahead hit, a ground ball to third base.
\nJimmie third baseman Landon Uetz dove and knocked the ball down but could not get up
\nin time to throw anyone out as pinch runner Blake MacDonald scored to make it 5-4.<\/p>\n

The Jimmies would not go quietly though as Landon Uetz delivered a dramatic home run
\nin the bottom of the ninth, lifting a 1-2 pitch over the center-field fence and
\ntying the game at 5-5.<\/p>\n

With runners on first and second in the top of the 10th inning, Bellevue\u2019s Brandon
\nSalmon stole third base on a close play. Jake Browne took off from first base on the
\nthrow to third and then Jimmie third baseman Uetz air-mailed his attempt to throw
\nout Browne at second base, allowing Salmon to score the eventual game-winning run.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to the bottom inning and Jamestown put runners on first and third with
\none out. Bellevue pitcher Max Dwyer attempted a pickoff throw to first base that
\nwent into the dirt and past the first baseman, allowing Quinn Irey to score the
\ntying run. After the winning run moved to third, Jimmie leadoff batter Kory Wolden
\nattempted a two-strike squeeze bunt but popped out behind home plate for the second
\nout. That set up Kelly\u2019s dramatic hit, a bouncer up the middle that had just enough
\non it to squeak into center field as the game-winning hit.<\/p>\n

Chase Thometz picked up the win after pitching the 10th inning for Jamestown. Dwyer
\ntook the loss, allowing four hits and three runs in two innings.<\/p>\n

Jamestown had 13 hits in the game, including three by Christian Shouman and two each
\nfrom Uetz and Peter Pennylegion. Bellevue finished with 13 hits as well, led by a
\n4-for-5 game from Jake Browne. Todd Nicks added three hits and a run.<\/p>\n

Up next: Jamestown (40-18) advances to the NSAA Championship on Tuesday at 12 p.m.
\nBellevue will take a few days off before hosting a bracket in the NAIA Opening Round
\nnext week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valley City (Mark Potts)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown baseball team\u00a0defeated number 2 Bellevue 7-6 in 10 innings in NSAA Bracket A Tournament play\u00a0on Monday in Valley City. The game had a rain delay of 5:30 from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Jimmies scored two in the bottom of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":98363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121153"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121172,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121153\/revisions\/121172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}