The Pierre Governor baseball team would take game one from the Yankton Bucks at home on Friday with a 6-5 win and will look for the sweep on Saturday. Yankton would take a 1-0 lead on an unearned run in the top of the first but Pierre would get its first lead in the bottom of the second with an RBI single by Spencer Easland and a two run double from Matthew Brewer. In the top of the third with an RBI ground out and a passed ball. However, Pierre would gain the lead back in the bottom of the third as Cade Kaiser would score on a wild pitch before Jett Zabel would single home a run and Easland would get his second RBI going 3-3 in the game. Zabel would go five innings on the mound with five hits, three runs, one earned, on three walks and five strikeouts. JJ Bucholz would get the final six outs and with runners at second and third with one out in a 6-5 game, Bucholz would strike out Mark Kathol and after an intentional walk, would strike out Easton Nelson to close out the game and pick up the save to push the Governors one win away from clinching a spot in the state tournament.