GLENVILLE, West Virginia - Salem hit the road down to Glenville this afternoon for a weekend doubleheader against the Glenville State Pioneers. This was the Tiger's first time on the road in eighteen games, after a homestretch Salem went 15-3.

GAME ONE

Salem got the offense rolling early. Mackenzie Wainwright kicked things off with a sacrifice groundout that scored Jose Lojo from third. The Tigers capped off the top of the inning with a Nathan Kuhn single that brought in Luis Angarita to make it 2-0 Salem. Sam Schmitt took the mound as Salem's starter in the bottom half of the inning and delivered a scoreless frame for Salem. The Tiger offense hit paydirt again in the third when Jacob Hurley sent a ball into center field that scored Angarita and Lojo and moved Tyler Shinn over to third. Shinn caught the Pioneers by surprise and swiped home plate for the Tiger's third run of the inning, and extended their lead to 5-0. Glenville took one out of play off of Schmitt in the top of the fourth for their first run of the afternoon. Glenville reached home again in the fifth off a wild pitch from Schmitt and struck again with an RBI single up the middle. After this Salem turned to Jhayden Raineri to help right the ship. The Pioneers tacked two more on after the Tiger substitution off another single tying the game up 5-5. Salem turned things up a few notches offensively in the top of the sixth. The Tigers totaled nine runs in the inning to take a commanding 14-5 lead over Glenville. Salem tacked one more on in the seventh to make their lead an even ten runs with just three outs separating the Pioneers from defeat. Glenville looked like they might make a run when they scored three in the bottom of the seventh, but the deficit was too large and the Tigers came away victorious with a final score of 15-5.

GAME TWO

After a scoreless top of the inning, the Tigers sent out Colby Scheuber to mound the helm of the Salem defense. The Pioneers jumped out to an early lead with a two-run homer to gain their first lead of the afternoon. After an explosive game one Salem struggled to find their swing for the afternoon's final game. Glenville continued to have the long ball working for them in the fourth. The Pioneers went back-to-back jacks to score three runs and extend their lead to five. Glenville continued to pile it on with a triple to tack on one more before Salem turned things over to Zack Kendall to try and get them through the frame. Glenville sent yet another ball out of play for two more runs making the Salem deficit 0-8. Salem began to make a run at things in the top of the fifth when Brett Ehr got a hold of one and sent it out of the park with Max Atkinson and Luis Angarita on base to score three. The Tigers continued their momentum into the sixth when Angarita worked a bases-loaded walk to score Jacob Hurley. The Tigers walked in another when Jose Lojo got clipped by a pitch to send Aaron Forbes home making it 8-5 Pioneers. The Glenville pitching staff prevailed through the end of the game, splitting the series.

Salem continues their road trip tomorrow afternoon in Concord, West Virginia against the Concord Mountain Lions at 1:00 and 3:00 PM.