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The Nelson Warriors' baseball team (19-20) delivered one of the most explosive offensive performances in program history, finishing a second straight dominant doubleheader sweep against the Justice Lions at home once again with the offensive explosiveness of an atom bomb.

Game 1: Nelson 20, Justice 6 (7 innings – run-rule)
There was no hangover from the offensive display the day before as after Justice took a 3-1 lead in the top of the second, the Warriors answered with five runs in the bottom half of the frame when Brandon Ramirez walked, Gannon Aguilar doubled, and Josue Franco Jr. singled to drive in Ramirez. Shae Doree added a sacrifice fly, Gerardo Paco tripled in Franco, and Sam Hess singled to score Paco.

The offensive onslaught continued in the third when Doree crushed his first home run of the season, a three-run blast, to make it 8-3. The Warriors then scored six runs in both the fifth and sixth innings, highlighted by two more home runs from Adrian Nunez (a two-run shot in the fifth and a three-run homer in the sixth) and a two-run homer from Sam Hess.

Despite the Lions scoring once in the top of the 7^th inning to cut the Warriors deficit to 14 runs, it wasn't enough to forego the run-rule which ended the opening game after just 6.5 innings.

Game 2: Nelson 17, Justice 7 (5 innings – run-rule)
Fans in the stands were hoping for more when game two got underway, and they didn't have to wait long at all for action as the Warriors erupted for 10 runs in the first inning alone, amazingly all with two outs, sending 11 straight batters to the plate:

Gerardo Paco flied out to CF (1 out)
Sam Hess singled to center then stole second
Ethan Gustafson walked on four pitches
Jimmy Holloway popped up to 2B (2 out)
Adrian Nunez singled to drive in Sam Hess
Matthew Schulz followed with a single to score Ethan Gustafson
Gannon Aguilar doubled in Nunez
A wild pitch allowed Schulz to score
Josue Franco Jr. walked
Shae Doree singled to right field, scoring Gannon Aguilar
Gerardo Paco doubled to score Franco, Sam Hess singled in Doree
Sam Hess singled down the left field line scoring both Paco and Doree
Ethan Gustafson capped the historic inning with a two-run home run
Jimmy Holloway walked on four pitches
Adrian Nunez singled up the middle
Matthew Shulz was hit by a pitch to load the bases
Gannon Aguilar struck out (3 outs)

Nelson added four more runs in the second, capped off by Gustafson's second homer of the game, a three-run shot, his 16^th of the season. In the bottom of the fifth, Sam Hess smashed a 1-0 pitch to left-center for a solo home run on the second pitch of the inning, triggering the run-rule and ending the game at 17-7 after just five innings.

A day after scoring 29 runs in 14 inn., the Warriors pounded a historic 37 runs in only 12 inn. putting together some incredible individual stat lines. Sam Hess finished a white-hot 7-9 with 8 RBI and 6 runs scored. Adrian Nunez finished 6-8 with 7 RBI and 3 runs scored. Ethan Gustafson finished 4-6 with 2 walks and 6 RBI plus 4 runs scored. Shae Doree finished 3-4, with 6 RBI, with 5 runs and 3 walks.

Over the course of the two days and four games, the Warriors batted a screaming .472 batting average and a white hot .566 on base percentage scored 66 runs on 59 hits, with 27 walks, smashing 15 home runs, and 11 doubles – all is just 25 innings.

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