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3
Winner William Jewell WJC 1-0
2
Arkansas-Fort Smith UAFS 4-4
Winner
William Jewell WJC
1-0
3
Final
2
Arkansas-Fort Smith UAFS
4-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
William Jewell WJC 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 7 0
Arkansas-Fort Smith UAFS 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1

W: Fitzanko, Nick (1-0) L: Tanner Callahan (0-1)

3
William Jewell WJC 1-1
4
Winner Arkansas-Fort Smith UAFS 5-4
William Jewell WJC
1-1
3
Final
4
Arkansas-Fort Smith UAFS
5-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
William Jewell WJC 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 10 2
Arkansas-Fort Smith UAFS 0 0 0 3 1 0 X 4 8 1

W: Grant Shankle (2-0) L: Rambo, Charlie (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Cardinal Baseball Opens Their Season In Arkansas

FORT SMITH, Ark. – The William Jewell baseball team opened up their 2025 season Friday afternoon against the University of Arkansas Fort Smith with a doubleheader against the Lions. Jewell scored three runs in each game resulting in a 3-2 game one win and 3-4 game two loss. The Cardinals quickly sit at 1-1 on the early season.

Game 1 (Jewell 3, Arkansas Ft. Smith 2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Jewell wasted no time to begin the season scoring as in the first inning after a pair of Cardinal hits, Will McCombs singled into left center to score Cale Blasi from third to go up 1-0 early.
  • After two Lion runs, Jewell battled back in the 6th inning when a second McCombs single to left would score a runner. This time it was Jordan Phillips who crossed home to tie the game at two runs apiece. 
  • Originally set to go seven innings due to the doubleheader, in the extra 8th inning Ben Click hit a sac fly to center that scored Phillips to go up 3-2.
  • A one-two-three inning in the bottom half of the frame gave Jewell their season-opening victory.

KEY STATS
  • Chandler Ashby got the start on the bump for Jewell, tossing 4.0 innings and striking out six.  
  • Nick Fitzanko received the win, putting up four K's in his appearance.
  • Both McCombs and Phillips had two hits, with the former having two RBIs.
 
 
Game 2 (Jewell 3, Arkansas Ft. Smith 4 )
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Both teams traded base hits through the first three innings, when in the 4th a Justin George double plated a pair to go up 2-0. One batter later a single up the middle from Jonah Sanford gave Jewell a three-run lead.
  • Arkansas Ft. Smith answered back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame to deadlock the game at 3-3.
  • The Cardinals would collect three hits in the next three innings but would not be enough after the Lions when up 4-3.

KEY STATS
  • Sophomore Charlie Rambo got the loss in his first start of the year, allowing seven hits, four runs, and issuing three walks in his 4.1 IP.
  • Will McCombs had three hits to up his two-game total to five.
  • After stealing a career-high three bases in the first game, AJ Rios tacked on another two steals in the nightcap.

UP NEXT
Due to rain in the region, the series has been moved up to finish Saturday. Jewell will conclude the three-game series at 2:00
 
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