Pioneers Lose Series to Cleveland State
The Pioneers took on Cleveland State in a home TCCAA series. Game one was all Cleveland State as they jumped out to a 7-0 lead after one inning. Josh Griffin led off the bottom of the first for Vol St with a home run to get the Pioneers on the board but that would be all the offense for the Pioneers as Cleveland went on to win 11-1.
In game two, a double by Jacob Burris put the Pioneers up 4-3. A solo home run in the 6th by Caleb Hawkins extended the lead to 5-3 going into the final inning but the final frame saw Cleveland St score 3 unearned runs and steal a 6-5 win. Nathan Rhodes had his first conference start and pitched well going 6 innings allowing 3 earned runs and striking out 5.
Game three saw the Pioneers fall behind 3-1 before scoring 8 runs in the second inning and 4 more over the next 2 to salvage the final game of the series by a score of 13-3. Camden Madding and Carter Vrabel both homered for Vol St.
Top performers from the weekend:
Josh Griffin 4-10, HR, 3RBI
Jacob Burris 3-9, 2B, 3RBI
Camden Madding 3-7, 2B, HR, 2BB, 2RBI
Carter Vrabel 4-8, 2B, HR, 2RBI
Nathan Rhodes 6IP, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 5K
Keith Cooper 2.1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 2K (Win-game 3)
Pioneers are now 27-17 and 10-13 in the TCCAA