Jimmies baseball sweeps Briar Cliff on the roadway
REDFIELD, S.D.– The University of Jamestown baseball group mounted a late return to get a 10-9 win over Briar Cliff University (Iowa) on Tuesday, April 15, at the Redfield Baseball Field.The Chargers scored 2 runs in the top of the very first before the Jimmies’ Ryan Muizelaar hit a three-run shot to take a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the frame. The Jimmies included 2 more in the second to push the lead out to 5-2. The Chargers fought back with two of their own in the 4th to bring it closer at 5-4. The Jimmies added one more in the bottom of the fourth to make it 6-4 however the Chargers kept pushing with a 5 run sixth inning to take a 9-6 lead.
The Jimmies’ Triston Madison began the scoring in the sixth with an RBI double to make it 9-7 before they included another one in the frame to bring it to within one at 9-8. The Jimmies tied the game up in the bottom of the seventh and then Madison struck a walk-off single to score Alex Alva and offer the Jimmies a 10-9 win.BCU 9, UJ
10 BCU: 2 0
0 2 0 5 0– 9 10 3
UJ: 3 2 0 1 0 2 2– 10 10 1
WP: Payton Hochhalter (1-0), LP: Rance Bryant (1-3)
The Jimmies offense did not slow down in the 2nd game of the doubleheader as they got a 15-4 win over the Chargers.The groups traded runs in the first inning before the Jimmies(28-11 )exploded in the 3rd inning with Ben Patton putting the cap on a six-run inning to provide the hosts a 7-1 lead. The Chargers got one back on a two-run shot in the fourth to bring it better at 7-3. However, the Jimmies reacted by scoring another 6 runs on 5 hits to increase 12-3. The Jimmies made the most of some unpredictable pitching from the Chargers
in the 5th with both Madison and Isaiah Roebuck scurrying home on wild pitches to go up 15-3. The Jimmies are back in action at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 18, when they take on Dickinson State.BCU 4, UJ 15 BCU
: 1 0 0 2 0 1 0– 4 7 5 UJ: 1 0 6 6 2 0 X– 15 13 1 WP: Nolan McCaffrey(1-0 ), LP: Logan Kraegel (0-1) Hi, My name is Max O’Neill. I am a Sports Press Reporter at The Jamestown Sun. I am a native New Yorker, who graduated from Ithaca College in 2020 with a degree in Television-Radio.