2 weeks Ago By Max O'Neill
JAMESTOWN — The University of Jamestown baseball team could not cash in with runners on base and it cost them in a 5-2 loss to Dickinson State University (North Dakota) on Saturday, April 19, at Jack Brown Stadium. The Jimmies stranded 11 men on base and went 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position. ADVERTISEMENT The Jimmies’ Ryan Muizelaar opened the scoring in the first with a two-run shot to left to give his team a 2-0 lead.
The home run was his 12th of the season. The Blue Hawks brought it to within one in the third when Cameron Erickson hit a solo shot over the wall in right. The score stayed that way until the Blue Hawks were down to their final two outs but they did not care with Luis Rodriguez hitting a solo shot over the wall in left field to tie the game up at two.
The Blue Hawks took the lead in the top of the ninth when Jadyn Roberts hit a three-run homer to right to give his team a 5-2 lead. DSU 5, UJ 2 DSU: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3–5 13 2 UJ: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–2 8 1 WP: Trent Chavez (2-0), LP: Joe Hart (1-1) ADVERTISEMENT Jimmies win game two The Jimmies responded to the loss in the first game with a convicing 15-5 win over the BLue Hawks in the second game of the doubleheader. The Blue Hawks got off to a fast start when Wyatt Wilharm hit a solo homer to right to push the Blue Hawks in front 1-0.
The Jimmies responded in the bottom of the second when Ben Patton hit a single to center to score a run and make it 1-0 before they worked a bases loaded walk to take a 2-1 lead. The Jimmies’ Muizelaar added to the lead with a solo home run in the third to take a 3-1 lead. The Blue Hawks continued to hit the ball out of the ballpark with this one coming from Luis Rodriguez in the fourth inning to tie the game up at three.
The Jimmies punched right back in the bottom of the fourth with a nine run frame off nine hits to take a 12-3 lead. The teams traded runs in the fifth inning to see the Jimmies go up 13-4. The teams continued to trade runs from there to give the Jimmies the ten-run win.
The Jimmies’ Ryan Muizelaar went 3-for-5 with one RBI and three runs which was only outdone by his teammate Ben Patton who went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs..
