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JAMESTOWN — The University of Jamestown baseball team was held to three hits but the only one that mattered was the last one as Triston Madison hit a walk-off two-run homer to give his team a 2-1 win over Northwestern College on Saturday, April 6, at Jack Brown Stadium
The Jimmies entered the bottom of the seventh inning trailing by one run when Jett Nelson came up to lead off the inning. On the second pitch, he saw the junior flied a ball out to right that dropped as the right fielder Mason Porepp slipped on the right field line. The very next pitch was rocketed over the right field wall from Madison to end the game.
On the mound, the Red Raiders’ Drew Dykstra pitched 6+ innings giving up two runs, with one of them earned, while striking out nine and walking three hitters. The Jimmies starter was Avery Liestman pitched a complete game, giving up one run on six hits, while striking out three hitters and walking one.
The Jimmies’ three hits came from Ryan Muizelaar, Jackson Bonneville and Julian Sansores.
The Red Raiders broke the deadlock in the top of the sixth when Porepp hit a solo shot to right to take a 1-0 lead.
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NWC 1, UJ 2
NWC: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0–1 5 1
UJ: 0 0 0 0 0 0 2–2 3 2
WP: Avery Lietsman (5-0) , LP: Drew Dykstra (3-3)
Scoring plays:
Sixth inning:
NWC: Mason Porepp solo HR
Seventh inning:
UJ: Triston Madison 2-run HR, Jett Nelson scores, unearned
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