The Pineville Pioneers (16-16) beat the Ballantyne Smokies (22-13) 5-1 on Monday at Ardrey Kell HS behind Andy Austin, who went 2-4 and hit a home run.
He homered in the first inning and singled in the third inning.Michael Gilroy racked up four strikeouts in the the Pineville Pioneers win. The Pineville Pioneers' pitcher gave up just four hits over four shutout innings.
The Pineville Pioneers couldn't get anything going as long as Weston Clarke was pitching. The Pineville Pioneers managed just one hit off of the the Ballantyne Smokies' pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out four during his two innings of work.
Brandon Miller couldn't get it done on the rubber for the Ballantyne Smokies, taking a loss. He lasted just five innings, walked one, struck out two, and allowed four runs.