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Jimmies softball swept at Minot State

maxwell o'neill, the jamestown sun, n.d.
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Feb. 6—MINOT, N.D. — The University of Jamestown softball team lost in walk-off fashion 4-3 at Minot State University on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the Beavers' Air-supported Dome.

The Beavers opened the scoring in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead and then added on in the third on a two-run shot to take a 3-0 lead. The Jimmies' Hope Ransome helped herself out at the plate, as she hit her first career home run in the fourth to cut the deficit to 3-1.

Ransome came up clutch in the fifth on the mound as she got out of a bases-loaded jam to keep the score at 3-1. Her offense helped her out as they loaded the bases in the sixth and cut the deficit to 3-2 on a sac fly. The next batter was Ransome who continued her stellar debut with an RBI double to tie the game up at three.

The Winnipeg native finished her day throwing seven complete innings, giving up three hits on five runs with seven walks. At the dish, the freshman went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and one run.

The Beavers walked the game off in the bottom of the eighth when Sara Van Weckler hit a single up the middle to score a run and give her team the 4-3 win.

UJ 3, MSU 4

UJ: 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 — 3 7 4

MSU: 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-4 6 1

WP: Gabi Dawyduk (1-1), LP: Bristol Foytik (0-1)

Scoring plays:

First inning:

MSU: Sara Van Wickler RBI single, Abbey Kelley scores

Third inning:

MSU: Abby Loshe two run HR, Van Wickler scores

Fourth inning:

UJ: Hope Ransome solo HR

Sixth inning:

UJ: Ally Battistoni RBI sacrifice fly, Sidnie Aasen scores

UJ: Ransome RBI double, Kayla Quintanilla scores

Eighth inning:

MSU: Van Wickler RBI single, Hannah Murray scores

The Jimmies could not complete a late comeback in a 5-4 loss to the Beavers in the second game of the doubleheader.

The Jimmies' (0-2) Trinity Gregg lined a triple to the warning track in left with two outs in the seventh to cut the deficit to 5-4. But a ground out in the next at-bat ended the game.

The Beavers (5-1) opened the scoring in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead before they added another one to make it 3-0 in the second. The Jimmies started their comeback attempt in the fourth inning when Samarah Martinez hit an RBI double to cut the deficit to 3-1. They added another one in the frame to bring it back to a one-run game at 3-2. The score stayed that way until the sixth when a Jimmies error would come back to bite them as the Beavers added two unearned runs to push the lead out to 5-2.

The Jimmies return to the field at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, when they host Valley City State University.

UJ 4, MSU 5

UJ: 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 — 4 9 1

MSU: 2 1 0 0 0 2 X — 5 10 0

WP: Kierra Fournier (1-0), LP: Abby Blair (0-1)

Scoring plays:

First inning:

MSU: Gabi Dawyduk RBI single, Paige Kellogg scores, unearned, Loshe scores

Second inning:

MSU: Taylor Eatherton RBI single, Anna LaCount scores

Fourth inning:

UJ: Samarah Martinez RBI double, Trinity Gregg scores

UJ: Mackenzie Lefebvre RBI groundout, Martinez scores

Sixth inning:

MSU: Eatherton double, Lexi Barduson, Taylor Smith score, unearned

Seventh inning:

UJ: Gregg two RBI triple, Gentry Turin, Gracie Fisher score