Jimmies break out bats in sweep of Mayville State

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The University of Jamestown baseball team combined for 27 runs and 30 in a doubleheader sweep of Mayville State (N.D.) University Monday evening at Jack Brown Stadium. The Jimmies took game one 15-6 and were 12-2 winners in the nightcap.

HOW IT HAPPENED--GAME ONE

• The Jimmies pushed home four runs in the bottom of the third to take a 4-0 lead. A Comet error led to the first two runs while Hayden Brown and Jett Nelson both drove in runs.
• Jackson Bonneville and Julian Romero had two-run hits in the bottom of the fourth, part of a seven-run outburst that made it 11-0. 
• Nelson and Ryan Muizelaar each had RBI singles in the fifth to build a 13-0 Jimmie lead.
• Mayville State put together five hits, including a two-ruin home run by Zach Evanochko, in the top of the sixth to get within 13-5.
• UJ answered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth, with Payton Smith singling home Riki Okamoto and Nelson doubling in RJ Woods.
• A solo homer by Chris Shopbell rounded out the scoring for the Comets in the top of the seventh.

FOR THE JIMMIES

• Nelson finished 4-for-5 at the plate with three doubles and four RBI.
• Chase Burke went 3-for-4 and stole a base.
• Ryan Radkey (1-0) struck out four and gave up two hits while pitching five scoreless innings in his Jimmie debut.
• Brown, Bonneville, Romero, and Jordan Singleton all had two RBI.

FOR THE COMETS

• Shopbell was 3-for-4 and Evanochko 2-for-3 to lead MSU.
• Gregor Farquharson (0-1) started on the mound and pitched three innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on five hits, walking two and strikiing out two.
• Riley Rankin and Channing Lenoir both had a stolen base.

HOW IT HAPPENED--GAME TWO

• Once again UJ was the first team on the scoreboard, thanks to a two-run triple by Alex Alva in the bottom of the second. 
• Triston Madison homered to lead off the bottom of the third to make it 3-0 UJ.
• The Comets used a leadoff double by Chris Shopbell and a single by Michael Feralio to cut the deficit to 3-1 in the top of the fourth.
• The Jimmies broke the game open in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run double by Alva, a two-run home run by Jordan Singleton, and a solo home run by Hayden Brown.
• Alva's sacrifice fly scored Ryan Muizelaar to make it 10-1, then Madison singled home Chase Burke and later scored on a wild pitch for the final three Jimmie runs.
• MSU scored their final run on a groundout in the top of the sixth.

 FOR THE JIMMIES

• Jack Howard (1-0) struck out six in 4 2/3 innings and gave up one run on four hits to get the win.
• Ethan Krupp, Connor Nipp, and Julian Sansores worked the final 2 1/3 innings in relief, allowing just one unearned run while striking out two.
• Alva finished 3-for-3 with 5 RBI while Madison and Muizelaar also had three hits.
• Burke stole two of the Jimmies' three bases

FOR THE COMETS

• Shopbell, Feralio, Anthony Villanueva, and Channing Lenoir had hits for the Comets.
• Connor Cory (0-1) took the loss for MSU, giving up four runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.
• Four Comet relievers gave up eight runs over the final 2 2/3 innings.

UP NEXT

• Jamestown (4-0) hosts Valley City State (N.D.) on Wednesday in a single nine-inning game beginning at 6 p.m.