Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 DUBOIS, Pa. - The Apprentice School baseball team is one win away from earning their fourth Small College World Series title after defeating top-seeded Salem and third-seeded Penn State Mont Alto Thursday afternoon.

GAME ONE - AS 7, SALEM 2
The Builders went out in front early in the first as Lucca Pascarella singled to plate Landon Turner and take an early 1-0 lead, but the Tigers answered with single runs in the second and third to take a 2-1 lead.

Apprentice answered in the bottom of the third with their biggest inning of the game. A three-run blast by Pascarella and an Isaac McCallister single made it 5-2 through three complete.

McCallister plated another run in the fifth on a fielder's choice before Pascarella finished off the scoring with a RBI single that pushed the Builders into the championship.

Pascarella went 3-for-3 in the game with five RBIs. Jackson Thomas was 2-for-3. Nick Redman (11-1) got the win, going the distance with six strikeouts.

GAME TWO - AS 6, PSU MA 4
Apprentice again used first inning offense to get the game going as Pascarella continued his hot day with a double down the line in right, scoring a pair before a Lion error and a Thomas sacrifice fly made the score 4-0.

Mont Alto answered in the fourth with four of their own, taking advantage of a Builder error, followed by a double and a pair of singles to tie the game.

McCallister, who started the game on the mound, came up even bigger at the plate with a two-run dinger to center in the sixth that served as the game winner. Aiden Walker (4-0) finished off the game on the mound, allowing just one hit over three innings to force Friday's national title decider.

Pascarella led the way at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI, while Yeary went 2-for-3.

The Builders and Lions will meet tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. with the winner earning the title of National Champions.