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MAYVILLE, N.D.(JimmiePride.com)– A four-run first inning helped spark the University of Jamestown baseball team to an 11-5 victory over Mayville State University Wednesday afternoon.

The first three Jimmie hitters reached via walk, then Tanner Shepard (SR/Grand Rapids, MN) singled to center, scoring Reece McKenzie (FR/Gresham, OR) and Andrew Kupec (SO/Peoria, AZ). Julian Sansores (SO/Bellflower, CA) also singled, scoring Tayler Cullen (SR/Santa Rosa, Calif.). With one out, Kendall Yackley (JR/Lynnwood, WA) reached on an error to load the bases, then Connor Mormon (SR/Las Vegas, NV) drove in Shepard with a single, extending the lead to 4-0.

Yackley hit a three-run home run in the third, then Kupec doubled in a run in the fifth. Later in the inning, Kupec came home on an error, and McKenzie scored on a double steal.

Jamestown’s final run came in the eighth as Cullen scored on a wild pitch to make it 11-3. The Comets got a two-run single with one out in the ninth to cut the Jimmie lead to 11-5.

Payson Mills (JR/Blackfoot, ID) started on the mound and went the first four innings for UJ, striking out five and allowing three runs on four hits. Cameron Multer (SO/Greeley, CO) (1-1) pitched three scoreless innings for the win.

Eight different Jimmies had a hit, and the Comets were charged with six errors.

Jamestown, now 2-2 this fall, return to action at Jack Brown Stadium on September 29, hosting Mayville State in a nine-inning game at 6 p.m.