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Blundell, Bies Celebrating
Emily Mendez
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Ark.-Fort Smith ARK.-FOR 1-6
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Winner William Jewell WILLIAM 1-1
Ark.-Fort Smith ARK.-FOR
1-6
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Final
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William Jewell WILLIAM
1-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Ark.-Fort Smith ARK.-FOR 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 1
William Jewell WILLIAM 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 8 1

W: Hunt, Ryan (1-0) L: S. Fak (0-1)

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Ark.-Fort Smith ARK.-FOR 1-7
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Winner William Jewell WILLIAM 2-1
Ark.-Fort Smith ARK.-FOR
1-7
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Final
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William Jewell WILLIAM
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ark.-Fort Smith ARK.-FOR 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 9 9 2
William Jewell WILLIAM 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 X 13 11 2

W: Greiner, Mathew (1-0) L: L. Stringer (0-1) S: Hunt, Ryan (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Jewell Gets Two-Game Sunday Sweep Over Lions

LIBERTY, Mo. – After rain in Liberty postponed William Jewell Baseball's Saturday game to a doubleheader on Sunday the Cardinals avenged their game one loss to Arkansas Ft. Smith by taking both games against the Lions Sunday afternoon at Talley Stadium. 
 
Teams combined for 27 runs in the two games with a 3-2 walk-off in the seven inning opener followed up with a 13-9 win in a full nine inning contest that saw the Cardinals battle back to take the rubber match and the three-game series.
 
Game 1 (Jewell 3, Arkansas - Ft. Smith 2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Down one in the third, Luke Bies homered to right field to knot the game up at one all.
  • The Lions matched with a solo-shot of their own to regain the lead in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of the frame Luke Isaacs singled through the right side of the infield that plated Bies to tie things up again.
  • Ryan Hunt didn't allow a hit coming out of the pen in the final two innings, including forcing a one-two-three inning in the seventh with a trio of ground outs to give Jewell the opportunity to walk it off in the home half of the inning. 
  • Santiago Jimenez ripped a double down the right-field line and advanced to third off the right-fielder's error in the corner to lead-off the inning. After Justin George was intentionally walked, Austin Dahlberg stepped up and delivered the walk-off RBI single to win 3-2.

KEY STATS
  • In his first Cardinal start, Taylor Brenneman went 5.0 innings, striking out four, and gave up two runs on six hits getting the win.
  • Bies's homer was the second in as many games, while Isaac's went two-for-four with one RBI.
  • Dahlberg's walk-off was the second walk-off in the last three games at Talley Stadium as Jonah Sanford walked-off the season finale against Rockhurst last year.
 
Game 2 (Jewell 13, Arkansas - Ft. Smith 9)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Tied at one all in the second inning Ilyas van den Bos cranked a two-run homer scoring Austin Dahlberg that gave Jewell a two-run lead early in the game.
  • The Lions rallied in the top of the third with two runs of their own when Justin George hit a mammoth home run to left field to give Jewell the one-run lead.
  • With the bases loaded in the fourth a fielder's choice from Luke Bies scored Brayden Blundell to make it 5-5. After Arkansas Ft. Smith regained the lead in the fifth inning, 6-5, Blundell rocked a three-run shot to put Jewell up 8-6 heading into the sixth.
  • The back-n-forth battle continued with the Lions going up 9-8 with a homer of their own, but after a fielder's choice from George made it nine all. Blundell busted open the game again 11-9 when his bases-clearing double scored Austin Dahlberg and Luke Isaacs. Jewell tacked on two more runs for good measure in the last two innings courtesy of Santiago Jimenez and Dahlberg for the 13-9 bat busting win.

KEY STATS
  • Alex Smith got the start on the bump, going 3.2 IP while allowing five runs and punching out five. Matthew Greiner received the win after his 1.1 inning appearance not allowing a hit. Coming back in game two, Ryan Hunt gets the save after giving up one hit in the final two innings.
  • Jewell collected 11 hits from seven players, including two-hit games from Jimenez, George, Blundell, and van den Bos.
  • Four homers is the most since the four hit on March 20, 2025 versus Truman.
  • Teams combined for five ties, six lead changes, 20 hits, and 22 runs.


UP NEXT
Cardinals will open a three game home series against Winona State on Friday at 3:00 PM.
 
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