The Miles Community College bats were cooking on Monday afternoon in Scottsbluff, Nebraska as the Pioneers scored 24 runs on 24 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Region IX Western Nebraska. 

Game 1... Pioneers 13, Western Nebraska 11

The Pioneers built a 10-5 lead after 3 innings in Scottbluff but the Cougars scored 4 in the bottom of the 9th and then loaded the bases with 2 outs before Jay Neugebauer struck out the final Cougar batter. Dawson Parry (American Fork, UT) was the big bat on the day as he went 3-4 (HR) at the plate with 7 RBI. Tim Holyk (Nanaimo, BC) went 3-3 on the day including a homerun and he also scored 4 times. Stockton Brems (American Fork, UT) also went deep and had 2 RBI. 

MCC survived a 7th inning scare as the Cougars rallied from a 13-7 deficit to cut it to 13-11 when Jay Neugebauer (Rapid City, SD) came in and walked his first batter to load the bases but then struck out the next batter after falling behind 3-0 to end the game. 

Game 2... Pioneers 11, Western Nebraska 1

An 8-run 4th inning onslaught powered the Pioneers to an 11-1 win and a doubleheader sweep of the Cougars. The balanced Pioneer attack saw hits and RBI's come all the thru the lineup as each starter had a hit and multiple players had 2 RBI each. Brayden Howard (American Fork, UT) had 3 hits and Jake Lacey (Gillette, WY) added 2 hits as did Tim Holyk. Cade Stuff (Great Falls, MT) and Ian Krump (Rapid City, SD) each had a double and 2 RBI while Lewis Johnson (Evans Head, Australia) had a 2 RBI single. 

Jett Hasegawa had a stellar effort on the mound throwing a complete game 2-hitter. The Brisbaine, Australia native struck out 6 Cougars and did not allow a walk in 6 innings of work. 

The two teams will play another doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at 12:00 & 2:00 PM.