Game 1
Henry Mitcham returned from the injured reserve and led the Pioneers to an important game 1
win against Manchester on a blustery day at Wild Health Stadium.

Manchester struck for three runs on two home runs in the first inning off of Connor Arnold,
which only seemed to ignite the Pioneers offense as they responded with two of their own in the
bottom half of the inning. Trent Pahl led off the frame with a walk and Calvin Schubert sent a triple
down the right field line to score Pahl. Henry Mitcham drove in Schubert with a ground ball to second
base.

Both teams traded zeroes in the 2 nd , before Manchester once again vaulted to a multi-run lead
by scoring four runs in the top half of the 3 rd inning. Once again, Transy responded with two runs of their
own to make it 7-4. Schubert singled, Mitcham worked a walk, and Austin Taylor drove a ball into left
center to score each of them.

The Pioneers struck for two more in the 4 th inning on a Walter Munday single to left, an error by
the third baseman had the Pioneers in business with two outs. Bryce Dreher delivered a massive 2 out, 2
RBI single to centerfield to close the gap to 1 run.

Both teams once again traded zeroes in the 5 th inning before Manchester stretched their lead to
9-6 after the top half of the 6 th . Once again, the Pioneers responded on their own and this time for good.
Walter Munday worked a walk, Braden Becker singled to right, Trent Pahl tripled to right field to make
the score 9-7. Dreher knocked a single up the middle to score Pahl and Calvin Schubert singled to right
to set the stage for Mitcham as he drove a ball into the right center gap to put the Pioneers ahead for
good.

Brennan Perry was masterful out of the bullpen, slamming the door on the Spartans offense
with 3 2/3 innings pitched.

Game 2

The story of the game was Jacob Moberly and Luke Patton dominating on the bump. Moberly
went 6 innings to earn the win, striking out 7 and walking 1 while only giving up 2 hits. Patton relieved
Moberly in the top of the 7 th and proceeded to strike out 7 over 3 innings. It's the second conference
shut out for the Pioneers on the season.

Offensively, the Pioneers jumped out early; scoring 8 runs in the first two frames. Pahl, Dreher,
Schubert, and Mitcham all reached base to start the game to make it 2-0 Pios before an out was
recorded. An Austin Taylor sac bunt allowed Houston Manning to drive in the 3 rd run of the inning.

The 2 nd inning was more of the same for the Pioneers as Walter Munday launched a ball out of
the park to right to lead off the frame. Braden Becker followed with a double, Pahl singled, Dreher
singled before Calvin Schubert doubled to right center to extend the lead to 7-0. Schubert would later
score in the inning on a wild pitch to end the frame with an 8-0 lead.