Pioneers Sweep Panthers

Pioneers Sweep Panthers- Wil Teague, Sports Information Director, 2-25-23

Crowley's Ridge- 13

Principia College - 1

Game One:

Elsah, IL- The Pioneers kept things rolling into day two of the series with the same mentality of scoring early and often. Josh Schmitt collected the RBI in the top of the second pushing the Pioneers ahead by taking a pitch and driving across Adonis Thomas. Chance Arender climbed the pitcher's mound and made quick work of the Panthers. Arender kept the Panthers shut out until the 6th when they scored their only run of the game off a single to center field. Meanwhile, the Pioneers scored two more in the third on back-to-back hard hits with Thomas tripling to center field and Seib reaching first with the help of a botched play by the right fielder. Matt Parker continued his day at the plate by smashing a 2-run shot to left field collecting his 3rd hit of the game in the 6th extending the CRC lead to 5-0. Again, the Panthers scored their only run in the bottom half of the 6th inning, but the Pioneers ran away with the game by getting 8 Pioneers to home plate ensuring the lead for the win 13-1.

Leaders: Hitting

The Pioneers totaled 13 runs on 11 hits. Matt Parker and Vancell Lucas both went 3-4 in game one with two RBIs each. Trey Drake also added a multi-hit game going 2-4. 

Pitching:

C. Arender: 6.0 inn., 5 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 SO

Game Two

Crowley's Ridge- 3

Principia College- 2

Elsah, IL- Game two would turn out to be a closer contest with the game being decided by one run. JackHenry Glasgow would get the start for the Pioneers and dealt the Panthers a hard hand as he only allowed three hits over 7 innings. Like the two previous games, CRC got on the board first, this time it came in the third inning with Trey Drake using his legs and scoring on a wild pitch. Trey Gossett continued his weekend in the box by barreling a ball to center field in the 5th that scored Drake and Matt Parker for CRC's next two and final runs of the game. With the lead to pitch with, Glasgow kept the Panthers off the scoreboard for almost the entire contest until they struck in the bottom of the 7th with their third hit of the game. The Paragould, Ark. native left a little too much of the ball over the plate and the Panthers capitalized hitting a 2-run HR making things interesting and cutting the Pioneers' lead to one, 3-2. Glasgow didn't panic and retired the next two batters with a fly ball to Vancell Lucas in right field and collected the final out himself with a grounder back to the pitcher. Pioneers complete the series sweep three games to none. 

Leaders: Hitting

The Pioneers scored three runs on five hits. Trey Drake led the Pioneers going 2-3. Seib, Lamb, and Gossett all collected one hit each.

Pitching:

Glasgow: 7.0 inn., 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 8 SO