Baseball Game Preview: Leavenworth PIONEERS vs. Turner Golden Bears

For the second straight game, Leavenworth will face off against Turner. The PIONEERS will square off against the Golden Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Leavenworth has four straight wins, Turner has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Leavenworth barely beat Turner the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The PIONEERS were the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over the Golden Bears on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the PIONEERS, who have now won ten matchups by six runs or more so far this season.

Pierce Gray tossed a big game, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Leavenworth is 2-1 when Gray allows one or fewer earned runs, but 9-13 otherwise.

Noah Davis

Runs (Career)

05/13/25 vs Turner	3
05/07/25 vs Wyandotte	2
04/19/25 vs Lawrence	2
04/17/25 @ Piper	2
04/09/25 vs Highland Park	2

On the hitting side, Oliver Rambo and Noah Davis did most of the damage at the plate: Rambo went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI, while Davis got on base in two of his four plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those three runs gave Davis a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Gabe Fryman, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.

Leavenworth pushed their record up to 11-14 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Turner, their loss dropped their record down to 5-19.