SIOUX CENTER, Iowa\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 — 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Game 1: Jimmies 8, Defenders 1<\/strong> Drake Pilat<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n Zach Zurbrugg<\/a> (SR\/Bremerton, WA) led off the fourth with a home run to center field, making the score 5-0.<\/p>\n Tanner Roundy<\/a> (SR\/Henderson, NV), Jared Bentley<\/a> (JR\/Washougal, WA), and Grant Okawa<\/a> (JR\/Mississauga, ON) also drove in runs for Jamestown.<\/p>\n Game 2: Jimmies 9, Defenders 3 (5 innings)<\/strong> Chase Hacker<\/a> (JR\/Millcreek, WA) and Drake Pilat<\/a> each drove in a pair of runs and Jaden Yackley<\/a> (SR\/Lynnwood, Wash.) was 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.<\/p>\n Kendall Yackley<\/a> (FR\/Lynnwood, WA) and Grant Okawa<\/a> also had two hits each, as the Jimmies finished with 13 in the game.<\/p>\n
\nDakota Nelson<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n
\nLeading 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.<\/p>\n