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Jellison, Dee lead J-Hawks to sweep

One guy knocked in the winning run in both games, the other got off his sickbed to pitch his second complete game in as many starts.

And Jefferson snapped a four-game losing streak.

Dylan Jellison's bad-hop single gave Jefferson an 11-10, eight-inning win in the opener, and Jordan scattered five hits in a 4-3 win in the nightcap as the J-Hawks swept Cedar Falls on Friday night at the J-Hawk baseball diamond.

Jellison had five hits in the twin-bill and scored three runs. His sacrifice fly in the fourth inning gave the J-Hawks a 4-2 lead and plated what proved to be the game-winning run.

"I haven't had many opportunities to drive in runs," said Jellison, the J-Hawks' scrappy lead-off hitter. "It's good to get two wins, and it's good to finally have a zero in that (error) column."

Jefferson (5-10, 4-4 MVC) has been plagued by errors, but had only two Friday night. Both came in the opener.

"I'd have to say the defense was what really helped me out tonight," said Dee, who struck out five.

Dee was sick Wednesday that he did not make the trip with the J-Hawks to Davenport West.

"Every time I ate something I vomited," he said. Tests were run Wednesday to check for a possible ulcer or gluten problem, Dee said. Those results have not come back.

Dee said he spent Thursday on the couch and wasn't sure how long he could go Friday night.

"I told coach I could go a couple of innings," Dee said. "Then we got to the fourth and my elbow started tiring. I told coach in the fifth to get a guy ready, but after the fifth I told him I'm going the rest of the way."

Cedar Falls (7-8, 1-7) scratched out a run in the sixth on Clint Fletcher's RBI single, but Dee set the Tigers down in order in the seventh for his second straight win. He beat Washington last Friday night, 5-1.

"That was a gutsy pitching performance," Jefferson Coach Mike Kuba said. "It was a tribute to him to be able to keep the ball down like he did."

The J-Hawks won a wild opener that featured four home runs when Jellison bounced a grounder toward the hole at short that took a crazy hop over the glove of Cedar Falls shortstop Colby Creger and scored courtesy runner Ben Koering from second base. It was Jellison's third hit of the game.

"I just put my head down and ran as hard as I could," Jellison said.

"I am so proud of Dylan Jellison," Kuba said. "He really made a commitment to baseball this year and put in a lot of hard work and it really paid off tonight. He came through for the team, but more importantly, he came through for himself."

Sam Techau's three-run home run in the first inning staked the J-Hawks to a 4-2 lead.

Jeff Daniels' two-run double in the sixth inning gave Cedar Falls an 8-5 lead.

Chance Tiedtke's two-run home run in the Jefferson sixth cut the lead to 8-7, but Cedar Falls responded with a two-run home run by Shawn Hagarty in the top of the seventh that gave the Tigers a 10-7 lead.

But Hagarty misplayed Ky Kramer's fly ball to center leading off the Jefferson seventh for a two-base error and Jellison followed with a single. Christian Knox then lined a game-tying, three-run home run off the scoreboard in left-center field.

"That was awesome," Jellison said of the blast.

It was almost as awesome as winning a pair of games.

"It definitely was critical to get these wins," Jellison said "Now we have to go get two more Monday night."

Jefferson hosts Linn-Mar on Monday. The Lions crushed the J-Hawks 15-2 in five innings to open the season in the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament back on May 21.

"It's good to get to .500 in the conference," Kuba said. "It should give us some confidence coming into Monday when we play a very good Linn-Mar team. We're going to have to bring our A-plus game, because our A game won't be good enough."

GAME ONE

CEDAR FALLS (10)
Dylan Paup, cf-rf, 3 2 0 0, Jared Deines, 1b, 4 3 4 0, Luke Mozena, 2b, 0 0 0 0, Shawn Hagarty, cf, 3 1 2 2, Jared Farley, 3b, 3 1 0 0, Clint Fletcher, lf, 3 1 1 1, JT Sole, c, 3 0 0 0, Jeff Daniels, rf-2b, 4 0 1 2, Michael Kuntz, p, 3 1 1 1, Jacob Seehase, cr, 0 0 0 0, Nick Hagedorn, p, 1 0 1 0, Colby Creger, ss, 5 1 1 0. Totals 32 10 10 6.

JEFFERSON (11)
Dylan Jellison, 2b, 5 1 3 1, Christian Knox, cf, 4 2 2 3, Jordan Dee, 1b, 4 2 2 0, Austin Goodell, p-rf, 3 1 1 1, Aaron Gruwell, cr, 0 1 0 0, Chance Tiedtke, lf, 3 1 1 3, Sam Techau, 3b, 4 1 1 3, Colten Jourdan, c, 4 0 1 0, Ben Koering, cr, 0 1 0 0, Layne Sullivan, rf-p, 2 0 0 0, Dylan Wright, p, 1 0 0 0, Ky Kramer, ss, 4 1 0 0. Totals 34 11 11 11.

Cedar Falls     200 213 10 --  10  10   5
Jefferson      401 002 31 --   11  11  2
(Two outs when winning run scored)

Kuntz, Hagedorn (7) and Sole. Goodell, Wright (6), Sullivan (8) and Jourdan. W - Sullivan. L - Hagedorn. 2B - Daniels, Kuntz, Knox. HR - Hagarty, Knox, Tiedtke, Techau. SB - .

 

GAME TWO

CEDAR FALLS (3)
Paup, lf, 3 0 2 0, Deines, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Hagarty, cf, 2 1 1 0, Farley, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Fletcher, dh, 2 1 1 1, Creger, p, 0 0 0 0, Sole, c, 3 1 1 2, Daniels, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Mozena, ss, 3 0 0 0, Kuntz, rf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 24 3 5 3.

JEFFERSON (4)
Jellison, 2b, 3 2 2 1, Knox, cf, 2 0 0 0, Dee, p, 3 0 1 1, Gruwell, cr, 0 0 0 0, Tiedtke, lf, 2 0 0 0, Techau, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Jourdan, c, 3 1 2 0, Koering, cr, 0 0 0 0, Wright, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Kramer, ss, 2 0 0 0. Totals 23 4 6 2.

Cedar Falls      010 101 0 --  3  5  2
Jefferson        101 200 x --  4  6  0

Creger and Sole. Dee and Jourdan. W - Dee. L - Creger. 2B - Paup, Jellison. SB - Hagarty, Fletcher, Gruwell.

 

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