JAMESTOWN, ND. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown Blue Jay baseball season kicked off on Thursday night and sophomore Ethan Gall sparked a three-run fourth inning to lead the Jays past Bismarck High 5-3 in the opening game.

Gall doubled off the wall with two outs in the fourth inning for the first hit of the game for Jamestown. The Jays were trailing 3-1 before Mason Lunzman singled to continue the frame. Junior Connor Hoyt laced a ball into right field for a double to score Gall and Lunzman. Hoyt would score on the next at-bat when senior Jacoby Nold put the Jays up for good with an RBI single.

Jamestown tacked on one more run in the fifth inning after Michael Mahoney doubled into left field to score Jakob Schempp. Five Blue Jays ended up with just one hit on the day, but it was enough to get past the Demons and starting pitcher Treyson Eaglestaff.

On the bump, Carson Orr pitched five scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit while striking out three Bismarck hitters. Orr earned the first win of the season for the Jays. Jacoby Nold went two innings as the starter for Jamestown, giving up three runs, none of which were earned.