Pioneers 17... Williston State 15

If you are a baseball fan that likes offense, Connors Stadium was the place to be on Monday afternoon. The Miles Community College Pioneers won the MonDak Conference Tournament in a slugfest over the Williston State Tetons by the score of 17-15. The victory means the Pioneers will host the Region XIII Playoffs on May 13-15 at Connors Stadium in Miles City. 

The Pioneers erased an early 8-2 deficit by scoring 4 runs in the 4th and 9 more in the 5th and then held on in the 9th inning when the Williston State Tetons rallied with 5 runs and had the tying runs on base in a see-saw affair. 

Pioneer 1B Tim Holyk (Nanaimo, BC) had a huge day at the plate for the Pioneers going 4-6 (HR, 4 RBI, 3 R) and DH Tommy O'Connell (Kalispell, MT) belted 2 home runs in a 2-3 effort (2 HR, 2 BB, 4 RBI, 3 R) to help the Pioneers erase the early deficit they were in. 

C Takumi Kimoto (Brisbane, Australia) was 2-4 (BB, 2 RBI, 2R) and fellow Aussie 2B Ryota Kusumoto was 2-6 (3B, 2 RBI, R). SS Jaeden Jordahl (Billings, MT) helped out with 2 hits as well and 3B Tyler Tenny (Helena, MT) homered and scored 3 runs in the game. CF Jake Lacey also scored 3 runs after getting a double and walking twice. 

The Pioneers pounded out 14 hits and walked 8 times. 

Mason Flanary (St. Anthony, ID) took to the mound for the Pioneers and went 1.1 innings (6 runs, H, 4 BB, 2 SO). Patrick Dietz (Manhattan, MT) pitched the next 5 innings (4 R, 7 H, 3 BB, 4 SO) before giving way to Josh Banderob (Great Falls, MT) for the next 2 innings (5 R, 5 H, BB, SO). Bridger Erickson came in to nail down the final 2 outs (H, SO).

Miles Community College and Connors Stadium will host the Region XIII Playoffs that will start on Friday. #2 seed Williston State will face #3 seed Dakota County Tech at 12:00 PM and #1 seed Miles will face #4 seed Bismarck State at 3:30 PM MST.