In an offensive shootout between the Jamestown Eagles and California Pintos, it was the Eagles who won 10-9 on a walk-off single April 10.
There was plenty of offense on both sides with three home-runs in the game, two by the Pintos and one by the Eagles.
Jamestown jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings, thanks to their patience at the plate, as they forced California pitcher Jacob Wolken to throw four walks in the first inning and scored two runs. The Eagles had nine walks in the game.
Jamestown Head Coach Brent Schnieders said his team listened to his advice about being selective at the plate.
"I always tell my guys to take an aggressive approach at the plate, but be selective and hit good pitches and they did that," Schnieders said.
Pintos Head Coach Steve Stock said the pitchers need to throw strikes.
"We are giving up too many walks, which leads to runs," Stock said.
California tied the game at 3-3, thanks to a three-run home run by Wolken. After the third inning, California had success on offense, as they scored four runs in the fourth inning. Three of those came off the bat of Kory Stephens, who hit a three-run home-run of his own.
Schnieders said there were some mistakes with pitch location.
"I think pitch location is the key for any pitcher to be successful," Schnieders said. " I think Mack (Sorrells) made a couple of mistakes with pitches up and the California hitters did a great job capitalizing on his mistakes."
Stock said when the team is scoring runs in multiple innings in a row, it puts them in a good position.
California had five errors in the game and two of them were costly in the late innings. There was an error in the fifth inning that kept the inning alive for Jamestown and, after the error, Clark Rohrbach hit a three-run home-run to tie the game at 8-8.
Schniders said the comeback helped the team realize they can compete with anybody.
"I always try to tell them to be competitive, have a great attitude on the field, have fun, and the outcome will be rewarding," Schnieders said.
Another costly error for the Pintos came in the sixth inning with two outs and Jamestown was able to tie the game at 9-9.
Stock said the errors hurt the team.
"Errors like walks cost you games," Stock said. "If we make the plays, we win this game."
California struck out nine times in the game and had three walks. The Pintos had all three batters strike out in the seventh inning against Dalton Oerly, who had four strikes in two and two-third innings.
There was a disputed hit-batter called in the bottom of the seventh, when Rohrbach was hit in the foot to lead off the inning.
Schnieders said he saw Rohrbach move his forward foot to avoid the ball and the pitch hit his back foot.
Stock was unhappy with the call and went out to talk to the umpires. He said they told him the batter was in the box when he got hit and was awarded a base.
The call stood and two batters later, Tristan Jones knocked in the game-winning run with a single.
The two teams combined for 19 runs on 18 hits - California had 10 hits and Jamestown had eight. Kory Stephens and Clark Rohrbach both had four RBIs in the game, Jacob Wolken added three RBIs.
Schnieders said the win is big for the confidence of the team.
"This is huge for the kids and their confidence," Schnieders said. "I'm super proud of each and every one of them for the way they competed. This shows they have no quit and can play with anybody."
Stock said the team needs to work on throwing strikes and making plays on defense.
California moved to 5-3 on the year, while Jamestown moves to 3-1 on the season.