
JAMESTOWN – After a tough loss, Jamestown Blue Jay Baseball appeared that it may take another to close the regular season Monday. However, a two-out rally helped the Jays end the regular season happily.
Cody Busch completed a two-out, three-run rally with a game winning RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to give Jamestown a 7-6 win over Legacy at Jack Brown Stadium.
Legacy won the first game 8-5.
Game 1: Legacy 8, Jamestown 5
Isaac Lewis finished a five-run rally with a go-ahead three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning for Legacy (17-8, 14-5 WDA). His homer came two batters after Harrison Johnson tied the game at 5-5 with an RBI single.
Kale Verke had given the Blue Jays (14-9, 12-7) a 1-0 lead in the home first inning with an RBI single.
Legacy scored three runs in the third, then Jamestown grabbed the lead with four in the last of the fifth. Jaxon Kolpin walked with the bases loaded to bring the Jays within 3-2 before Bennett Goehner hit a two-run single for a 4-3 Jamestown lead. The fourth run of the inning scored on a passed ball.
Game 2: Jamestown 7, Legacy 6
Jamestown (15-9, 13-7 WDA) had patience at the plate to start their winning rally. With one out, Verke, Thomas Newman and Kolpin all walked. With two out, Brenner Weber reached on a error that allowed two runs to score and tie the game before Busch’s winning hit.
Newman hit a two-run double in the third inning and a two-run single in the fifth as Jamestown came from 3-0 down to lead 4-3.
Legacy (17-9, 14-6) took the lead back with three sixth-inning runs, two due to errors and one on a passed ball.
This win assures that the Blue Jays will finish in the top six of the WDA standings and avoid playing in a West Region play-in game. Jamestown will play next in the West Region quarterfinal round in Williston on Thursday, May 22.
