VALLEY CITY – For the third time in the last four games, the Valley City State baseball team went to extra innings Wednesday night.
 
VCSU starter Hunter Magnuson dazzled with a career-high 15 strikeouts as pitchers dominated the night and combined to allowed just three total runs at Charlie Brown Field. Jamestown's offense pushed across a run in the top of the 12^th inning though as the Jimmies edged the Vikings, 2-1.
 
Valley City State drops to 2-3 overall during the fall season. The Vikings are now 1-2 in extra-inning games. Jamestown improves to 7-0, despite being held to their season-low offensive output.
 
Magnuson put on a show for VCSU, striking out a career-high 15 batters over his nine innings. The junior righthander scattered seven hits, allowed just one run in the fifth inning, and walked only one batter. Magnuson earned a no-decision in the game but lowered his season ERA to 2.05 and has now struck out 31 batters in 22 innings.
 
Valley City State took an early lead after Daegen Morcom singled home Jaden Babiuk for a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Jamestown would tie the game in the fifth inning, using a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly by Alex Alva to push across the tying run. The game would stay 1-1 until the top of the 12^th when Triston Madison delivered a two-out RBI single, scoring Riki Okamoto for the go-ahead run.
 
The Vikings put a pair of runners on in the 12^th, but Jamestown pitcher Luke Zimmer got a groundout and strikeout to end the threat and the game. VCSU had major threats in both the eighth and ninth innings, leaving the bases loaded in each inning.
 
VCSU and Jamestown both finished with nine hits and one error each.
 
Morcom was 2-for-5 with VCSU's lone RBI. Tory Nelson and Justin Rogers each had two hits for VCSU, and Babiuk had a hit and VCSU's only run. Kaden Rozdeba and Cam Pero both had a hit as well.
 
Christopher Dietrich pitched in relief for VCSU, going 2 2/3 innings. He gave up just two hits and the one run in the 12^th inning. Dietrich struck out two and did not walk a batter.
 
Jamestown used five different pitchers in the game. Ryan Radkey started and went five innings, scattering five hits and striking out eight. Zimmer pitched the final three innings, striking out six.
 
The teams combined for 38 strikeouts, including 17 by VCSU pitchers and 21 by Jamestown's staff.
 
Up next: Valley City State concludes the fall season on Sunday, hosting Mayville State for one game at 2 p.m.