Pioneer's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Friday. They came out on top against the Fairfield Falcons by a score of 3-0. The Patriots haven't had any issues with the Falcons recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Drew Kersting
| 04/17/26 vs Fairfield | 10 |
| 03/30/26 vs Center | 6 |
| 03/10/26 vs Rodriguez | 4 |
| 02/28/26 vs Galena | 4 |
| 03/05/26 vs Casa Roble | 3 |
Pioneer got a great performance from Drew Kersting as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave Kersting a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Pioneer saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Santos Bermudez, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
Pioneer's record is now 12-9. As for Fairfield, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-8.
Coming up, Pioneer will venture away from home to challenge River City at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Fairfield, they will host Johnson at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Warriors have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 13 runs per game on average), something the Falcons will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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