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CRETE, NE. (jimmiepride.com) -The University of Jamestown baseball team advanced to the championship game of the Doane bracket in the GPAC postseason tournament, defeating Northwestern (Iowa) College 10-1 and Mount Marty (S.D.) University 9-5.
Jamestown, now 30-22 this season, will face Doane University Saturday at 10 a.m. The Jimmies will need to defeat the Tigers twice to advance to the GPAC championship game.
A bases-loaded walk to Tayler Cullen (JR/Santa Rosa, Calif.) and a two-run single by Mike Asahara (SO/Spanaway, Wash.) staked the Jimmies to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first against Northwestern in Friday’s opener.
SEWARD, Neb (jimmiepride.com).– The University of Jamestown baseball team racked up 20 hits, including 10 for extra bases, in an 11-9 win over No. 22 Concordia (Neb.) in game two of Sunday afternoon’s GPAC doubleheader at Plum Creek Park.
Nine doubles, including three by Grant Okawa (SR/Mississauga, ON) and two by Taylor Cullen, along with Chase Hacker (SR/Millcreek, WA)’s home run, came off four Bulldog pitchers.
Lincoln Trujillo (SR/Cheyenne, WY)’s first inning single scored Blake Arritola (SO/Salem, OR) and Okawa for a 2-0 Jimmie lead. UJ went ahead 4-0 in the top of the second on an RBI double by Hacker and a single by Arritola.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (JimmiePride.com) – The fifth inning of Monday afternoon’s game at Jack Brown Stadium was one to remember for the University of Jamestown baseball team.
Seventeen Jimmie batters went to bat, with 13 of them scoring on 12 hits, two walks, and an error against three Concordia-Moorhead pitchers, resulting in an 18-13 win over the Cobbers.
UJ hit five home runs in the frame, including a solo home run by Luke Shekeryk (JR/Seattle, WA) to lead off the inning. After Dylan Dudley (JR/Cottage Grove, OR) singled and Matt Meraz (SR/Aurora, CO) walked, Brice Foster (SR/Lynnwood, WA) smashed a three-run homer to cut the deficit to 12-10. On the very next pitch, Tayler Cullen (JR/Santa Rosa, Calif.) homered over the left field fence to make it 12-11 and chase reliever Nathan Leitner. Pinch-hitter Michael Asahara (SO/Spanaway, Wash.) greeted new Cobber pitcher Justin Kloster with a single, then Kendall Yackley (SO/Lynnwood, WA) doubled to put runners at second
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