Box Score
Kyle Olson scattered 4 hits and struck out 8 in a 9-inning complete-game 3-1 victory at Oklahoma Wesleyan on Friday. The Pioneers got on the board in the top of the first when shortstop
Clayton Brandt led off with a double and was moved to 3rd on an infield single from
Kyle Brown. Brandt scored on a rundown after a pickoff at first, and the Pioneers took a 1-0 lead. A bases loaded 2-out balk gave the Pioneers a 2-0 lead, and Olson sailed through 7 innings unscathed. In the bottom of the 8th, a leadoff walk came around to score on a 2-out double to cut the lead in half, but
Dillon Moeller doubled home
Josh Greer in the 9th to push the lead back to 2. Olson got 3 easy outs in the bottom of the 9th to complete the victory.
Olson is 1-0. And
Clayton Brandt (2-5, R, 2B, 2 SB) and
Josh Greer (2-3, R, HBP) had 2 hits apiece.
MNU is 1-0. The next game is a double header at Oklahoma Wesleyan (3-2) on Saturday starting at noon.