HURON – Pierre Governor Baseball swept a doubleheader in Huron Tuesday, defeating the Tigers 9-5 and 4-1.
In the opener, Huron scored five runs in the first inning on only one hit and four walks. The Governors then rallied four four runs in the second on three errors and a wild pitch. A Huron error tied the game in the fifth, followed by a Maguire Raske RBI single to give Pierre a 6-5 lead.
Spencer Letellier had three hits and an RBI. Matthew Hanson earned the win with four shutout and hitless innings, striking out four.
Pierre scored on an RBI groundout by Jayden Wiebe in the third inning and a sacrifice fly by Lincoln Kienholz in the fourth inning of game 2. Andy Gordon drove in the other two Governor runs with a sixth-inning single.
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Apr 17, 2021 6:34 PM
HARRISBURG – Pierre Governor Baseball had an early 5-0 lead Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader, then held on to defeat Harrisburg 8-5 for a split. Harrisburg had won the first game 10-0.
In the second game, two errors and a wild pitch by Harrisburg helped the Governors to a four-run second inning to extend their lead to 5-0. The Tigers cut the lead to 5-4 before Pierre (6-2) scored three runs in the sixth. Jayden Wiebe had three hits and Andy Gordon drove in two runs for the Governors. Aaron Booth struck out six in four innings for the win. Maguire Raske pitched an inning and a third in relief and struck out four.
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