2-15-2021  SAINT JAMES 9, Jemison 4

Saint James managed to get a season-opening baseball game in before the predicted winter weather onslaught on President's Day Monday morning as they defeated visiting Jemison 9 - 4 in a game shortened to 6 innings by rain and lightning.

Michael Winn went 2 for 3 including a two run home run, an RBI single, and a key early sacrifice to kickstart a three run second inning.  Foster Rasmussen had two more of Saint James' eight hits and drove in a run with a double.  Jeffrey Ford added a pair of RBIs with a single and a bases loaded walk.

The Trojans scored in the first inning on a two out Carson Howard walk, a stolen base, and an RBI single by starting pitcher Clint Shores, who went the first two innings.  He gave up three runs in the second to give the Panthers a brief 4 - 3 lead, but Saint James scored three of their own in the bottom of the second to retake the lead for good.  Cooper Wright came in to start the third and pitched three innings of two hit one run (unearned) ball to earn the win.  Reed Mangum faced the minimum number of Panthers in the sixth inning to seal the victory.

Saint James added three runs in the third, two on the Winn home run, and added single runs in the fourth and sixth innings before the game was called due to rain and nearby lightning.



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