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Senior Pioneers picked up Zanesville Post 29 Sr. Legion

three out of four upping record still holding steady as they

gear up for Findlay by Matthew Dotson
by Matthew Dotson

Vs Marietta Legion Post 64 double- ing went on to add two more runs and
header (6/23) take the lead 4 – 2 in the top of the sev-
In game one of the doubleheader enth inning. Zanesville tried to come
at Gant Stadium Marietta opened the back but fell one run shy of a tie and lost
game with a run in the top of the first the game to Wheeling 4 – 3.
inning taking the lead and holding onto
it until the top of the third inning when Vs Wheeling Post 1 15U (6/15)
they padded it with a second taking On the road to Wheeling on Sunday,
a 2 – 0 lead. Marietta had a third run the Legion Post 29 team was hoping
in the top of the fourth inning, but the to grab a win after losing to Post 1 the
Zanesville Legion answered back in the day before. With the game starting off
bottom of the inning with a single from with neither pitcher willing to give up a
Wiseman to drive in McClellan followed run, Zanesville finally broke through to
by a single by King to drive in Huffman light up the scoreboard in the top of the
narrowing the gap to 3 – 2. In the bot- third inning off of a Grandstaff single
tom of the fifth inning, the Legion Post and a sacrifice fly by Hindel to gain a
29 team grabbed a run off of a single 2 – 0 lead. In the top of the fourth in-
by Grandstaff that scored Better, and ning, the Legion Post 29 team laid down
a single from McClellan that scored four more runs to take a commanding
Grandstaff taking the lead at 4 – 3. The 6 – 0 edge. Wheeling answered back
Legion held their lead til the seventh in- with one run but was not able to get any
ning and walked away with the win. more than that and with an additional
The next matchup for the Senior Le- run in the top of the fifth, Zanesville
gion Post 29 team will be at Gant Sta- walked away with a 7 – 1 victory.
dium on Friday, June 28th for a 12:30
pm match against Marietta and a 5:30
pm match against Findlay Post 3 19U
be sure to get your tickets!

Vs Wheeling Post 1 15U (6/16)
Wheeling Post 1 made the trip to
Gant Stadium on Saturday to face the
Legion, but Zanesville was ready for Made with 100%%
them, taking a single run in both the
third and fourth inning to lead the game local news.
2 – 0 until Wheeling tied everything up
at 2 in the top of the fifth inning. Wheel-

Wes Carder swings at a fastball from the Junior Pioneers pitcher. Matthew Dotson

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