BRANDON, SD – Minnesota Crookston is known as having an aggressive offense. There was plenty of such Saturday, and Jamestown was the victim of it.
UMC swept a baseball doubleheader from the Jimmies 11-6 and 16-4 at First National Bank Field at Aspen Park.
Game 1: Minnesota Crookston 11, Jamestown 6 (7)
Two five-run innings helped Minnesota Crookston (13-10, 6-5 NSIC) to the win. Cole Hebl hit a tie-breaking three-run home run in a five-run second inning. The Golden Eagles took a 6-4 lead into the seventh inning, when they scored five more. Jackson Fliflet hit his conference-leading ninth home run, a grand slam, to cap the rally.
Jamestown (5-17, 1-10) grabbed the lead on RBI singles by Ben Swennumson and Benney Benitez in the second inning. Adrian Warcken smacked a two-run single in the fifth to bring the Jimmies within two runs. Jamestown had the bases loaded with nobody out and a chance for a big inning and a regained lead, but UMC reliever Jake Jaroszewski struck out Melvin Maldonado and Jett Nelson and induced a fly out by Swenneumson to end the threat.
Reese Logsdon gave the Jimmies their other two runs with his first collegiate home run in the bottom of the seventh.
Nolan McCaffery (1-3) gave up six runs (two earned) in three and a third innings.
Game 2: Minnesota Crookston 16, Jamestown 4 (7)
Minnesota Crookston (14-10, 7-5 NSIC) completed the sweep with a 17-hit attack against six UJ pitchers.
Aaron Wensloff homered in the first for a 1-0 Golden Eagle lead before Trayson Kostial evened the game for the Jimmies with an RBI single in the bottom of the first.
Luke Zimmer (0-5) struggled again in a start for the Jimmies, and he allowed four runs to Minnesota Crookston in the second. Elias Leach homered for the last two tallies.
Wensloff and Americo Sculati hit two-run doubles in a six-run fourth. Fliflet homered again, his 10th, in the seventh to assure UMC of the run rule win.
Mathieu Morin hit his third home run and Frankie Malagon launched his first for the Jimmies.
Jamestown will play their final non-conference game at Bismarck State on Wednesday. Coverage will begin at 2:45 PM on The Voice of the Jimmies, Jamestown 107.1.