Jimmies softball keep winning streak going with sweep at DWU

MITCHELL, S.D. — The University of Jamestown scored three runs in the sixth inning and that was enough to get a 5-4 win over Dakota Wesleyan University on Tuesday, April 18, at the Tiger’s Dr. McWhirter Field.

The Tigers’ Peyton Bagley scored on a wild pitch in the first to take a 1-0 lead. In the second inning, the Jimmies tied the game up before taking the lead at 2-1 in the fourth. The Tigers tied the game up at two in the sixth on an RBI groundout. In the Jimmies half of the sixth, Ally Battistoni led off with a single and eventually moved to third with Megan Neiles coming up. Neiles gave the Jimmies the lead back with a double and was eventually brought home on a Trinity Gregg double as the lead moved out to 5-2.

The Tigers made the Jimmies sweat in the seventh by scoring two runs but the game ended on a caught stealing as the Jimmies were able to hang on to the 5-4 win.

DWU 4, UJ 5

DWU: 1 0 0 0 0 1 2–4 8 2

UJ: 0 1 0 1 0 3 X–5 9 1

WP: Sunny Halsey (6-10) LP: Katelyn Farris (2-11)

Scoring plays:

First inning:

DWU: Peyton Bagley scores on a wild pitch

Second inning:

UJ: Sunny Halsey RBI groundout, Gentrey Turin scores

Fourth inning:

UJ: Sydney Grendler reaches on an error, unearned

Sixth inning:

DWU: Reagan Grossi RBI ground out, Bagley scores

UJ: Megan Neiles RBI double, Ally Battistoni scores

UJ: Trinity Gregg 2 RBI double, Angie Chin, Neiles score

Seventh inning:

DWU: Mckinley Mull RBI groundout, Brianna Dawson scores

DWU: Bagley RBI single, Katelyn Farris scores

In the bottom of the first inning, the Jimmies first five hitters all reached base as two runs scored and that helped the Jimmies get a 6-1 win over the Tigers in the second game of the doubleheader.

The only reason the Jimmies (18-16, 5-7) did not score more runs in the bottom of the first was because they ran into outs as the second hitter, Samarah Martinez reached on a fielder’s choice while Trinity Gregg ran into the shortstop McKinley Mull for the first out of the inning. The next hitter was Maddie Spaeth who hit a ground ball to the pitcher Keirstyn Krcil who fired a ball to the shortstop to get the lead runner, allowing Spaeth to reach. Two batters later, Gracie Fisher hit a bloop single to right to score two runs to go ahead 2-0 but she was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.

The Jimmies added two more runs in the fourth to push the lead out to 4-0 before the Tigers (7-28, 2-14) got one back in the sixth to cut the deficit to 4-1. In the bottom of the sixth, the Jimmies put the game away thanks to an Abby Blair triple to take a 5-1 lead.

The Jimmies are back in action at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 21, when they go to Doane University.

DWU 1, UJ 6

DWU: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0–1 6 0UJ: 2 0 0 2 0 2 X–6 7 0

WP: Abby Blair (8-4) LP: Keirstyn Krcil (0-4)

Scoring plays:

First inning:

UJ: Gracie Fisher 2 RBI single, Mackenzie Lefebvre, Maddie Spaeth score

Fourth inning:

UJ: Reece Floyd 2 RBI single, Abby Blair, Ally Battistoni score

Sixth inning:

DWU: Mull solo HR

UJ: Blair RBI triple, Battistoni scores

UJ: Neiles sacrifice fly, Blair scores