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Zanesville Post 28 Sr Legion Jr Pioneers take three game

look to game against Post 68 win streak after Capitals

Friday doubleheader sweep and

triumph over Bisons
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Brody Hammersley hits a solo home run against Chillicothe. Matthew Dotson

Vs. Ohio Bison 18O (6/23) first, 1 – 0. Chris Conley stepped up
On the road against the Bisons on later in the inning to single to left
Tuesday, the Jr. Pioneers came out field, bringing in Peyton Tichenor
swinging in the first inning as Carter and Reis to lead 3 – 0 at the end of
McLain grounded out to drive in Car- the first. The Capitals nabbed a run
son Anderson at the top of the inning in the top of the next inning, but still
for a 1 – 0 lead. After quickly dis- trailed 3 – 1. Chillicothe landed an-
patching the Bisons in the bottom of other run at the top of the third, trail-
the inning, they popped back in the ing still, 3 – 2. In the bottom of the
bottom of the second inning to grab inning, a ground out and a forced run
two runs and flip the lead in their fa- popped the Jr Pioneers up to a 5 –
vor, 2 – 1. The Pioneers answered 2 lead, followed by a grand slam by
Zanesville’s Soloman Norris fires off a pitch for the Post 29 Sr. Legion. Matthew Dotson back in the top of the third with a pair Slade Glaub to blast forward 9 – 2.
of runs as a result of a single hit by The Capitals were not giving up. By
Vs. Wheeling Post 1 (6/20) the first inning to lead 2 – 0. A triple Jake Ralph, which drove in Anderson the top of the fifth, they had bounced
On the road in Wheeling, the Sr. and a double at the top of the second and Wyatt Stapleton to lead again, 3 back to close the gap to just 9 – 6. A
Legion fell behind quickly as Wheel- pushed them up to an 8 – 0 lead. – 2. After loading the bases, a walk single by Glaub in the bottom of the
ing landed four runs in the bottom of While continuing to hold back Post drove in Ralph to increase the lead to fifth that drove in Conley, and an er-
the first, 4 – 0. Post 1 came back 29, Beverly put up two more doubles 4 – 2. The Bisons landed a run in the ror that allowed Cayden Camphorst
with three runs in the bottom of the at the top of the third, 13 – 0. With bottom of the fourth inning, but still to score, brought the Pioneers’ lead
second inning, one run in the bottom a pair of runs in both the fourth and trailed 4 – 3. Zanesville stepped up to 11 – 6. Despite grabbing two more
of the third, and three final runs in fifth innings, the visitors took a 17 – in the top of the next inning to grab runs, the Capitals fell in game two
the bottom of the fourth to lead 11 – 0 shutout win over Zanesville. a run off a single by Brody Hammer- 11 – 8 for a Pioneers clean sweep of
0, which would become the winning sley that brought home Aiden Reis, 5 the doubleheader.
score after a Sr. Legion shutout. Vs. Lancaster Post 11 Sr (6/16) – 3. Hammersley scored a forced run
The Sr. Legion will face Post 68 Sr. In Lancaster on Tuesday, Zanes- when Stapleton was walked a few at- Vs. Turn2 Blue Jays (6/18)
Legion on Friday, June 26th, at Gant ville Post 29 Sr. Legion tried to fight bats later, 6 – 3. Likewise, Anderson Hosting the Turn2 Blue Jays on
Stadium, with a 7 PM game time. back from a 7 – 0 lead from the first was hit by a pitch in the next at-bat Thursday in Zanesville, the Jr. Pio-
two innings as they put up three runs to drive home Brady Ventura to final- neers jumped out to a 1 – 0 lead in
Vs. Post 159 Senior (6/19) in the top of the fourth and fifth in- ize the winning score at 7 – 3 as the the first inning that was answered
Post 159 stepped to the plate in nings, but couldn’t eclipse the host- Bison could not recover. by the Blue Jays in the second with
Zanesville on Friday and proceeded ing Lancaster team and fell 8 – 3. The Jr. Pioneers will host the Olen- a flip of the lead 2 – 1, before tying
to drive in four runs in the top of the tangy Baseball Club on Saturday for up the game in the bottom of the in-
first inning to lead 4 – 0. Zanesville Vs. Cambridge/Belle Valley Post a doubleheader, with game one set ning, 2 – 2, and jumping back out to
answered back with a run in the bot- 84/641 (6/15) to start at 11:30 AM. a 3 – 2 lead after three innings. But
tom of the inning, but still trailed 4 Cambridge/Belle Valley visited a five-run blowout by Turn2 in the top
– 1. The second inning went without Gant Stadium on Monday for a dou- Vs. Chillicothe Capitals (6/20) of the fourth inning sealed the game
a score for both teams, but Post 159 bleheader against the Sr. Legion. In In a doubleheader at Gant Munic- for them, and they eventually took
picked up in the top of the third with game one, the visitors popped out to ipal Stadium in Zanesville on Satur- an 8 – 4 win.
four more runs, which they duplicat- a 5 – 1 lead after two innings before day, the Jr. Pioneers let one run slip
ed in the top of the fourth to lead battling through to win the matchup by them in the top of the first inning, Vs. Bo Jackson Elite (6/16)
12 – 1 before a mercy ruling at the 12 – 6. but answered back quickly with a run Facing the Elite on the road on
bottom of the fifth inning that gave Game two was much closer for off a Reis single that allowed Ander- Tuesday, the Pioneers held a 2 – 0
them the win. Zanesville, who made a late-inning son to score to tie the game 1 – 1. lead for the first two and a half in-
comeback from a 3 – 0 Cambridge Zanesville grabbed the go-ahead run nings before the hosts pumped out
Vs. Beverly/Lowell Post 389/750 lead to tie the game and jump out 4 when Hammersley stepped up to the six runs in the bottom of the third to
(6/17) – 3 after a four-run fifth inning. Post plate to drive a solo home run out of grab a lead that they never let go of,
The team from Beverly command- 84 turned around and blasted out six the park to win game one 2 – 1. building up to a 13 – 6 victory over
ed the game from the start on runs in the top of the sixth to win 9 – The Pioneers took control of game the visiting Zanesville team.
Wednesday in Zanesville when they 4 and sweep the doubleheader. two right away with Ralph hitting a
slammed out two runs in the top of solo home run in the bottom of the

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