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Box Score 2 The Pioneers went to Baker and took a pair of 10-run games on Friday. In Game 1,
Tino Luna took a no-hitter into the seventh while his teammates built a 13-0 lead. Two runs in each of the first 2 innings built a 4-0 lead, and a 4-run fourth doubled the advantage. MNU poured it on in the seventh with 5 more, and Luna came to the mound with a 13-run lead and a no-hitter intact. After the first batter reached on an error, the next hitter knocked a clean single to right to break it up. Three unearned runs crossed before Luna struck out his 10th and final batter for the complete game victory, and MNU won 13-3. Luna struck out 10 and allowed 2 hits in 7 innings, and
Trent Sullivan (2-5, 3 R, 2 RBI),
Joe Smith (3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI),
Jordan Eckley (3-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB, HBP),
Carlos Vargas (1-3, 2 RBI),
Ricco Moreno (2-4, R), and
Blake Robberson (1-2, 3 R, BB) had big games at the plate.
In Game 2, MNU jumped out to another early lead with 2 runs in the first and another in the third.
Trent Hedlund held Baker at bay and the Pioneers kept adding runs. Two in the fifth, 2 in the sixth, and 3 in the seventh pushed the lead to 10, and Hedlund completed the shutout with 2 strikeouts in the bottom of the inning. Hedlund scattered 5 hits and struck out a career-high 8 for his 7th win of the season, and
Trent Sullivan (2-2, 3 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SB),
Joe Smith (2-4, R, RBI, SF),
Jordan Eckley (2-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB, Sac),
Carlos Vargas (2-5, R, 2 RBI), and
Ricco Moreno (2-3, 2 R, 3B, BB) led the offense.
MNU is 22-11 (14-4 HAAC). MNU and Baker (14-20, 9-7) play another double header Saturday at 2:00.
