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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team smacked 12 hits and used an eight run inning in game two salvaging a split against the Truman State Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon. Western managed just one run in game one falling 2-1. The Griffons are 29-12 overall and 22-9 in MIAA play.

Game 1: TSU 2, MWSU 1                                                
Things looked promising for Western in game one of the double header jumping ahead 1-0 after Grant Fink scored an unearned run off a Jimmy Smelcer single down the left field line. Ethan Ward cruised through four innings pitching scoreless baseball.

In the fifth the Bulldogs used three hits scoring the tying run and then scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth off relief pitcher Matt Bergin.

The loss snapped Western's seven game winning streak which was their second longest of the season. Western had seven hits with Michael Schulze going 2-for-3. Western left six runners on base.

Ethan Ward went 4.2 innings giving up four hits and one earned run while striking out two. Bergin falls to 2-4 going just 0.2 innings giving up four hits and an earned run.

The Bulldogs had eight hits while leaving six runners on base. Will Nader led the way with two hits while Tim Lee improved to 4-3 going all seven innings striking out three.

Game 2: MWSU 11, TSU 1
Nick Jurado stayed unbeaten going six innings giving up just three hits and one earned run while striking out six in the Griffons 11-1 victory. Jurado improves to 7-0 on the season.

The Bulldogs jumped on top of the Griffons in the second when Paul Trenhaile smacked a homer putting TSU up 1-0. The Griffons tied the score in the third when Schulze singled down the line scoring Tony Loeffler.

In the fourth the Griffons blew the game open scoring eight runs on six hits which included a three run bomb from Shawn Egge. It marked Egge's sixth home run in the past two weeks. Western led 9-1 after four innings.

Western tacked on two more unearned runs in the sixth giving them the 10 run lead. Schulze, Spender Shockley, Andrew Pieper and Egge all had two hits in the game. Ramler was 1-for-4 with two RBI and a runs scored.

The Bulldogs fall to 13-26 overall and 12-23 in MIAA action.

The two teams wrap up the series on Sunday, April 22 with a single nine inning game. First pitch is set for 12:00 pm in Kirksville, Mo.