In their first meeting, East Central got more runs than any team this

season. Meyer wasn't going to let it happen again, even if he wasn't on his

typical game.

He blanked East Central through six innings and provided all

the offense he would need. In the earlier meeting, East Central scored three

runs against Meyer

in just three innings, but their pitching staff was no match-up against

the Pirates’ bats.

They weren’t Monday evening as well as the Pirates hammered out

a 6-1 win.

Although Meyer only gave up two hits, his normally good control

wasn’t there Monday as he walked eight Trojan hitters. He had his

power, however, as he mowed down 12 hitters on strikes retiring the

last two in the first three innings and the final hitter in the

other three innings. In his final inning of work he retired the side on