HURON – Pierre Governor Baseball swept a doubleheader in Huron Tuesday, defeating the Tigers 9-5 and 4-1.
In the opener, Huron scored five runs in the first inning on only one hit and four walks. The Governors then rallied four four runs in the second on three errors and a wild pitch. A Huron error tied the game in the fifth, followed by a Maguire Raske RBI single to give Pierre a 6-5 lead.
Spencer Letellier had three hits and an RBI. Matthew Hanson earned the win with four shutout and hitless innings, striking out four.
Pierre scored on an RBI groundout by Jayden Wiebe in the third inning and a sacrifice fly by Lincoln Kienholz in the fourth inning of game 2. Andy Gordon drove in the other two Governor runs with a sixth-inning single.
Brady Getz won, striking out seven and allowing four hits in five shutout innings.
Pierre is now 8-2 and will play its first home games of the season Friday at Hyde Stadium in a doubleheader against Brookings, starting at 5:00 PM.
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