From Jimmie Athletics
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (jimmiepride.com)– The Jimmie baseball team swept a pair of games against Dordt University on Tuesday, winning 5-4 in the opener and 4-3 in game two.
Jamestown improves to 20-16 overall and 9-9 in the GPAC. The Jimmies are scheduled to play at Northwestern (Iowa) College on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
Game 1:
A two-run fifth inning ended up being the difference for UJ in a 5-4 win. After the Defenders hit a pair of solo home runs in the top of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead.
Hayden Brown was hit by a pitch to start the inning, and one out later pinch-runner Isaiah Roebuck moved to third on a double by Ben Patton. Chase Burke flew out to right field, scoring Roebuck and advancing Patton to third. Troy Berg reached on an error with Patton coming home on the play.
Brown had given UJ a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI single. The lead grew to 3-0 as Jamestown scored twice more in the second inning. The Defenders answered with a pair of runs in the top of the third, cutting UJ’s lead to 3-2.
At the plate, Brown finished 2-for-2 and Patton went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored. Connor Nipp was credited with the win and Kendall Yackley got the final out to record the save.
Game 2:
In the third one-run game of the series, Troy Berg drove in Chase Burke from second with one out in the bottom of the seventh, capping off a three-run comeback over the final two innings.
Burke drew a one-out walk and then stole second base, his second steal of the game. Berg’s single gave him his second hit and second RBI, with his first giving Jamestown a 1-0 lead in the third.
Dordt scored twice in the fifth to go in front 2-1, then added another in the sixth to make it 3-1.
Jordan Singleton tied the game with a one-out two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth. In the top of the seventh, the Defenders threatened to retake the lead, getting runners on first and second before Kendall Yackley came on in relief. Yackley induced a ground ball that turned into a double play and the Jimmies worked out of the jam.
Six other UJ players had at least one hit, including a double by Triston Madison.