Pioneer Baseball stays alive in region tourney

KINSTON, NC., SMC Baseball (41-17) stayed alive in the 2016 Region X Baseball Tournament with a 11-6 win over Florence Darlington Tech Sunday afternoon. The Pioneers will face USC Salkehatchie today at 1:00pm in an elimination game. If SMC wins, they will play again at 7:00pm tonight against the winner of Louisburg College and Pitt CC.  Updated bracket here

Sunday

The Pioneers bounced back to defeat Florence Darlington Tech, 11-6, in their second game of the Region 10 tournament. Lancaster, Berne and Gayle each homered. Agle gets the win with 5 strong innings of relief only allowing 2 hits.

WP: Agle (4 K, 2 BB, 2 H, 2 R, 5 IP) 
Leading Hitters:
Berne 3-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, HP, R
Lancaster 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 R
Jackson 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R
Gayle 1-4, HR, RBI, R

Game one

The Pioneers fell to USC Salkehatchie in the opening round of the Region X Tournament, 13-6, to move to the losers bracket. 

Leading Hitters:
Berne 2-5, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R
Brown 2-5, RBI, R
Jackson 1-4, RBI, BB, SB
Hill 4 BB, 2 R