Game one:

 The Pacers entered the final two home games of the regular season needing to get back into the win column in order to have a chance at the postseason. The intensity was as high as the boiling heat index that shot above 90 for the 6+ hours of baseball from the USA National Training Complex.

    After a quiet first inning, Brevard would open the scoring in the top of the second on a 2 run home run by Frankie Vazquez. The Tornadoes would also push across one more in the frame on a bases-loaded walk 4 batters later. Senior Jack McIntosh was able to stop the bleeding and escape the inning, leaving 3 Tornadoes on base.

    The Pacers would answer quickly, with 2 RBI singles from guys that hadn't swung a bat in several weeks. Gabe Winham and Dalton Frasier, both back in the starting lineup for the first time since March, provided instant offense to draw the Pacers within one. 

    Peace would tie things up on an RBI groundout by Ian Turner in the bottom of the 3rd, and take the lead in the bottom of the 4th thanks to an Adam Joseph RBI single. 

    Meanwhile, Jack McIntosh had righted the ship on the mound. Once again, the senior pitcher, on senior day, put the Pacers in a position to win the ballgame. 

    In the 5th, Peace got back to work, starting with an RBI hit-by-pitch from Jake Cace. More production from Gabe Winham cashed in another run for the Pacers on a hot shot into center field that scored Nick Tubolino. Brevard gifted the Pacers their 7th run of the ballgame on an error. 

    Although the scoreboard read 7-3 in the Pacers favor, they weren't close to being done offensively. Arguably the most talented freshmen in the USA South this year, Gavin Turner, launched a ball into the warm afternoon air, giving the Pacers another run in the 6th. 

    One inning later, Pacer fans experienced a moment that only baseball seems to be able to provide. Senior first baseman Ian Turner, just one inning after his little brother Gavin had homered, demolished a ball that sailed over the right center field fence. The ball was out as soon as he hit it, and so were all of the emotions. The best Pacer crowd of the year came unglued, reacting to the show the Turner brothers had just put on. 

    The Pacers had extended their lead to 11-3 when Brevard stepped to the plate in the 8th. A combination of walks and hard hit baseballs started to give Brevard some momentum. The Pacers used three pitchers in the inning, trying to hang on to the lead. Sophomore Hunter Bennison came on when the deficit had gotten down to just two runs and got his man to end the frame. 

    Peace added an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th when Dalton Frasier singled in Nick Weisner, with the help of another Tornado throwing error. 

    Walker Dixon came on in the 9th and shut the door in what was a thrilling 12-10 Pacer victory on senior day. 

Game two:

    There is a saying in baseball that in order to score on a good pitcher, it must be done early. Brevard tried to follow that advice as they placed traffic on the bases immediately against senior pitcher Jarret Hall. Hall gave up an RBI double to Cale Oehler, but limited the damage to just 1 run in the top of the first. 

The Pacers had the answer in the bottom of the first, when Adam Joseph hustled to take an extra base and score on a throwing error from Brevard after an Alex Levesque single. Joseph, another senior on this Pacer squad, showed his determination to will the Pacers into a favorable position in the standings. No senior was going to let this team lose on this day. 

A productive out by Gabe Winham in the bottom of the second gave the Pacers the lead, a lead that would not be relinquished. Hall spun his way through 7.2 innings of 1-run baseball, giving everyone watching a pitching master class. 

Although a one run lead seemed to be enough for Hall, the Pacers added two in the 6th on RBI hits from Griffin Sandstrum and Jake Cace, and another in the 7th when Gavin Turner reached on an error. 

A 5-1 margin was more than enough for the combination of Hall and Ryan Manning, who came on to close and retired 4 out of the 5 batters he faced. 

In a picturesque day for baseball, the outcome for Pacer fans was equally as charming. Peace now controls its own destiny in terms of getting a bid to the conference tournament. It'll be time for playoff level baseball next weekend in Misenheimer, NC.