The Pioneers pulled out an important series win at Rose-Hulman this weekend.
Transy and Rose split the first two games of the doubleheader. Transy won the Sunday,
single game 10-2.

Game 1
The Pioneers raced out to an early 4-0 in the second inning of the first game. Henry
Mitcham led off the inning with double to right field and was advanced safely on an Austin
Taylor bunt base hit. Zach Forner worked a walk to load the bases for Walter Munday who
reached first and scored a run via a catcher's interference. Braden Becker then also singled
home a run on a bunt before Trent Pahl brought two home on a long single to left field.

Rose-Hulman steadily chipped away at Transy's lead and starter Connor Arnold;
tying it 4-4 in the bottom of the fifth. Rose took the lead in the seventh after Brennan Perry
relieved Arnold. The Pioneers staged a furious comeback over the eight and ninth innings
to put the game away however.

In the eight, Becker laced a one-out double to right center and Trent Pahl brought
him home with a single up the middle. Calvin Schubert got hit by a pitch and a wild pitch
advanced both to 2 nd and 3 rd . Henry Mitcham delivered the big blow with a two out, two-
strike, single to right field that saw the Pioneers take the lead 7-6.

The scoring continued in the ninth as Forner and Walter Munday delivered back-to-
back doubles to push the lead to 8-6. Becker singled and Bryce Dreher was hit by a pitch to
load the bases for Calvin Schubert who drove home all 3 of the baserunners with a double
to left center.

Game 2

The Pioneers again raced out to an early two-run lead in the top of the first inning.
Trent Pahl led off the game with a single and was advanced to second on a Calvin Schubert
hit by pitch. Once again, Henry Mitcham delivered with a single to center before Austin
Taylor capped the scoring in the first with a sacrifice fly to right field to score Schubert.

Rose managed to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth off of starter Jacob Moberly
and followed the fifth inning up with a 5-run seventh inning. The Pioneers attempted to
mount another comeback in the 8th and the 9th , but both potential big innings were quieted
on double play balls.

Game 3

Rose jumped out to an early lead in the finale off of starter Luke Patton. They
scratched two runs across in the bottom of the first on infield singles and a wild pitch. The
combination of Patton and Josh Furtado didn't allow another run to cross the plate the rest
of the game. Combined they game up seven hits while striking out twelve.

Offensively, the Pioneers catapulted into the lead in the top of the third inning.
Houston Manning reached base via an error and was advanced to 2 nd on a single by Braden
Becker. Trent Pahl walked to load the bases for Bryce Dreher who brought two men across
on an infield single; tying the game 2-2. Calvin Schubert squeezed in the third run of the
inning before a Henry Mitcham doubled allowed the Pioneers to take a 4-2 lead.

Transy added to their lead in the top of the 4th . Zach Forner doubled and once again,
Manning reached back via an error to put men on the corners for Walter Munday who
delivered a gargantuan three run home run to right field.

Transy steadily added to their lead in the sixth and the ninth. Trent Pahl drove home
all three of the Pioneers additional three runs.

Coach Getsee had this to say after the series:

"Our guys did a tremendous job this weekend. Winning a conference series on the road is
never easy and it's certainly not easy to do at Rose-Hulman. We battled through some stuff.

I definitely didn't feel like we played our best baseball, but to be able to still walk out of
Terre Haute with 2 of 3 was important for us."