Vs Pickerington Ducks doubleheader (6/23)
On Saturday the Pickerington Ducks came to Gant Stadium to face the Pioneers for a doubleheader. In game one the Pioneers were on fire, taking a 6 – 2 victory over the visiting Ducks. Game two, however, was a different story as the Ducks shut out the Pioneers and proceeded to pile up 10 runs including a huge seven-run second inning including a pair of doubles one by McGrew and the other by Scharbarth. The final two runs of the game came in the top of the fifth inning when Shroyer ran in on a sacrifice fly, followed by White who ran in on a single from Helbing to wrap up game two with a 10 – 0 score.
The Pioneers will be back at Gant Stadium on Sunday, June 30th for a doubleheader against the Westerville Expos. Game one starts at 11 am.
Vs Junior Pioneers ( 6/20)
Thursday night at the Gant Stadium in Zanesville the Pioneers met up with Junior Pioneers. The game started off slow with no score for the first two innings. The top of the third inning is when things got interesting as the Junior Pioneers lit up the scoreboard first with a run by Campbell off of a sacrifice fly by Teke that gave the Juniors a 1 – 0 lead. After two strikeouts for the Pioneers and a ground out to second base, the Junior Pioneers were back at bat, which allowed them to grab another run this time Swartz scored off of a line-drive single from Coffman setting their lead at 2 – 0. In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Pioneers answered back with a single from Pauley that led to Lundell running across home plate to narrow the lead to 2 – 1. The Juniors grabbed another run in the top of the fifth inning off of a single by Teke that brought in Blecha setting the score to 3 – 1 Junior Pioneers. In the bottom of the fifth, Frame doubled to center bringing in Barclay, followed by Neff singling to center to bring home Frame and tie the game at 3 all. Try as they might, the Junior Pioneers couldn’t pull off another run as they struggled through two-and-a-half scoreless innings. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Neff doubled for the Pioneers bringing in Carder for the walk-off win at 4 – 3
