Glenville, W.Va. – The Glenville State Pioneer Baseball (12-7, 8-6) team completed a two game sweep of the Davis & Elkins Senators (4-10, 4-10 MEC) on day one of their four game series this weekend.

Game One | Glenville 13, Davis & Elkins 7
Game Two | Glenville 17, Davis & Elkins 6
 
How It Happened
 
Game One:
 
Davis & Elkins would strike first early in the game scoring four runs. D&E's Christian Ortega hit a two RBI single to left scoring John Arcaro and Alex Castaneda. Then later in the same inning, Najay King smacked a two RBI double down the right field line as Ortega and Cole Hitch both crossed the plate as they led, 4-0.
 
Glenville State bounced back in the second as Ryan Rodriguez hit a two RBI single up the middle scoring Mathew Mangum and Tyler Phillips. Then Zach Morris advanced to second on a passed ball with Colby Werry advancing to third and Ryan Rodriguez scoring as the Pioneers trailed, 4-3.
 
The Pioneers tied the contest up at 4-4 in the third when Spencer Blackburn singled through the left side scoring Shane Talvacchio.
 
Glenville State then captured the lead in the fourth. Duane Englund homered to left field scoring Tre'von Smith, Zach Morris, and Colby Werry as they Pioneers led, 8-4.
 
Ryan Rodriguez then hit a solo homer to left center as GSC now held a 9-4 lead in the bottom of the fifth. However, GSC wasn't done in the fifth as Tre'von Smith homered to right scoring Zach Morris and Colby Werry as they took a 12-4 lead. Mathew Mangum gave GSC one more run in the fifth scoring Tyler Phillips off of a triple to center field as the Pioneers held a 13-4 hold over the Senators.
 
Davis & Elkins added three runs in the seventh but the Pioneers went on and claimed game one, 13-7.
 
Colby Werry went 3-for-4 with Tre'von Smith going 2-for-4 with three RBI's. Duane Enguland went 1-for-4 but had four RBI's and Ryan Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with three RBI's.
 
Adam Riggleman picked up his third win on the mound. He pitched 5.0 innings allowing three hits, four runs, with three strike outs.
 
Game Two:
 
The Senators started game two much as they did in game one as they struck first in the first inning scoring two runs to take a 2-0 lead.
 
Glenville State answered back in the bottom of the first when Colby Werry scored on a wild pitch. Then Tyler Phillips singled to right scoring Tre'von Smith and Zach Morris as GSC now led 3-2. But then in the same inning, Shane Talvasshio singled to left as Duane Englund crossed the plate putting GSC up 4-2.
Davis & Elkins pulled within one run in the third when Cole Hitch homered to center field making it, 4-3.
 
But the Pioneers would continue their hot bats in the bottom of the third as Mathew Mangum homered to left center scoring Shane Talvacchio making it 6-3. Then Colby Werry singled to left scoring Spencer Blackburn as they now led 7-3. And GSC was just getting started in the third.
 
Then Zach Morris singled to right, scoring Ryan Rodriguez. Then Tre'von Smith launched a ball over the right field fence scoring Zach Morris and Colby Werry. Duane Englund then homered to left field as the Pioneers now led 12-3. GSC would get one more score in the third when Mathew Mangum hit a sac fly to left scoring Tyler Phillips as the Pioneers held a 13-3 lead. All in all GSC scored seven runs in the third inning.
 
Glenville State added another run in the fourth making it 14-3.
 
The Senators added one run in the fifth but GSC added a run in the bottom of the fifth and two runs in the bottom of the sixth as they went on to take game two, 17-6.
 
Zach Morris went 3-for-3 and had an RBI. Tre'von Smith went 1-for-3 with three RBI's while Fabian Escalante went 1-for-1 with a two run home run.
 
Tyler Phillips finished game two going 3-for-4 with two RBI's and Mathew Mangum went 1-for-3 with three RBI's
 
Joseph Rubalcaba earned the victory on the mound pitching 6.0 innings, giving up seven hits, four runs, with three strike outs.
 
Inside the Box Score
 
The Pioneers tallied 31 total hits in the two contests while the Senators had 15 hits.
 
Overall, Tre'von Smith went 3-for-7 with six RBI's in the two games with Duane Englund going 2-for-7 with five RBI's. Ryan Rodriguez went 4-for-8 with four RBI's.
 
Coming Up
 
Glenville State will return to the diamond tomorrow (Sunday, April 11) as they will play game three and game four against Davis & Elkins at the Sue Morris Sports Complex. Game three is slated for 1pm.