CANTON, Mo.\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>) —\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Jamestown baseball team opened its spring trip with a pair of wins Saturday, defeating Culver-Stockton College 10-3 and 5-2.<\/p>\n Jamestown improves to 8-5 while Culver-Stockton falls to 2-8. The two teams will meet again Sunday in a doubleheader beginning at noon.<\/p>\n UJ 10, Culver-Stockton 3<\/strong> Lincoln Trujillo<\/a> (SR\/Cheyenne, WY) doubled in two runs, Matt Meraz<\/a> (SR\/Aurora, CO) singled in two more, and Michael Asahara<\/a> (SO\/Spanaway, Wash.) drove in another with a single as UJ also took advantage of three straight walks to begin the game.<\/p>\n After Culver-Stockton scored one in the bottom of the first, Brian Rice<\/a> (JR\/Vancouver, WA) came home on a throwing error in the top of the second to make it 6-1.<\/p>\n Luke Shekeryk<\/a> (JR\/Seattle, WA)’s two-run homer in the top of the fourth pushed the Jimmies’ lead to 8-1.<\/p>\n Leading 8-2 in the top of the fifth, pinch-hitter Dylan Dudley<\/a> (JR\/Cottage Grove, OR) hit a two-run home run to make it 10-2 UJ.<\/p>\n Culver-Stockton added one run in the bottom of the seventh.<\/p>\n Dru Fitz<\/a> (SR\/Gresham, OR) (2-0) allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings to get the win. Fitz struck out six and did not issue a walk.<\/p>\n Trujillo and Meraz both had two hits for Jamestown.<\/p>\n UJ 5, Culver-Stockton 2<\/strong> Culver-Stockton took a 1-0 lead after the first and kept UJ off the scoreboard until Shekeryk homered leading off the fourth.<\/p>\n Shekeryk (2-for-4) and Foster (2-for-3) combined for four of the Jimmies’ eight hits.<\/p>\n Kensaku Akiya<\/a> (SR\/Kawasaki, Japan) (1-2) struck out five batters in 5 1\/3 innings for the win. He gave up two runs on three hits. Aaron Pugh<\/a> (SR\/Boissevain, MB, Canada) worked a scoreless seventh inning for his third save.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sat. UJ Baseball Canton, MO. Jamestown\u00a0 10 Culver-Stockton College 3 Jamestown 5 Culver=Stockton College 2 CANTON, Mo.\u00a0 (UJ) —\u00a0The University of Jamestown baseball team opened its spring trip with a pair of wins Saturday, defeating Culver-Stockton College 10-3 and 5-2. Jamestown improves to 8-5 while Culver-Stockton falls to 2-8. 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-220681","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\/220681","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=220681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220698,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220681\/revisions\/220698"}],"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=220681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA five-run first inning helped propel the Jimmies to a victory in Saturday’s opening game.<\/p>\n
\nLuke Shekeryk<\/a>‘s home run leading off the top of the sixth began a four-run rally for the Jimmies. Tanner Shepard<\/a> (JR\/Grand Rapids, MN) singled home Dylan Dudley<\/a>, Tayler Cullen<\/a> (JR\/Santa Rosa, Calif.) scored on a passed ball, and Brice Foster<\/a> (SR\/Lynnwood, WA) came home on Michael Asahara<\/a>‘s sacrifice fly to make it 5-1.<\/p>\n