HUNTSVILLE – Alexus Jimmerson drove in four runs and Anna Chisolm scored four in an 8-0 mercy-rule win for the Jacksonville State softball team over Alabama A&M on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Chisolm was 3-for-3 with a walk, a double, three RBI and a stolen base to go along with her four runs that were all generated in some way by her speed. Jimmerson was 1-for-3 with a sac fly at the plate but put at least one on the board in three of her four plate appearances.
 
The Gamecocks (18-8) ended their final nonconference tune up before opening Ohio Valley Conference play this weekend with home doubleheaders against UT Martin and Southeast Missouri. The Bulldogs (8-19) couldn't get any offense going against the JSU pitching staff and saw costly errors allow six unearned runs score during the game.
 
The Gamecocks got an early run after some heads up baserunning from Chisolm in the first. After a leadoff walk, she took an extra base on an infield single by Cadi Oliver, when no one was covering third. The extra bag allowed her to score on Jimmerson's sac fly to center and give JSU a 1-0 lead.
 
JSU plated two runs in the second after a pair of AAMU errors. The first allowed Taylor Rogers to reach and advance to second. The second came after Chisolm's infield RBI single forced an errant throw to center and put the speedster on third. Oliver's line drive single to right scored her and gave JSU a three-run lead.
 
Errors bit the Bulldogs again in the third, when a dropped pop up that would have ended the frame resulted in four more runs. The first two came on Chisolm's two-run double to right center and the others on Jimmerson's rope single to right.
 
Chisolm put the eighth run on the board in the fifth. She led off with a bunt single, stole second and moved to third on a grounder to second by Oliver. Jimmerson then grounded to second to score Chisolm easily from third and record her fourth RBI of the game.
 
Whitney Gillespie (9-3) earned the win in a quick start that saw her need just 24 pitches to dispose of the only six batters she faced in two perfect innings of work. She struck out two batters before making way for Taylor West.
 
West allowed just two hits in her two shutout frames and the sophomore Faith Sims tossed a scoreless fifth to put the game away.
 
Rachel Sanders (0-3) suffered the loss after allowing seven runs, only one earned, on seven hits in four innings. She struck out one and walked six.
 
The Gamecocks open Ohio Valley Conference play on Saturday, when they host UT Martin in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. at University Field. Admission is free for JSU students and all fans ages 18 and under.