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Box Score 2 Missouri Western baseball played a double-header Saturday afternoon against Harding University. The Griffons split on the day falling in game one, 5-4 and winning game two by a score of 2-1.
Game 1The Griffons and Bison needed an extra inning to decide the winner of game one. Harding punched in a run when Shane Kinnear drove in Alan Copeland in the bottom of the 10
th inning.
The Bison used a four-run third inning to jump out to an early lead. Zac Stewart of Harding drive in two-runs on a double to right center and Jaxon Mohr followed that up with an RBI single into center field. The final run for the Bison came on a wild pitch to eventually score Stewart from third.
Missouri Western was able to close the gap in the bottom of the six when
David Glaude hit his second homerun of the season to right center making the score 4-2.
In the eighth inning, the Griffons were able to tie the game when
Mitch Thorman reached on a fielder's error by the first baseman. This allowed
Orencio Fisher and
Cosimo Cannella to both come around and score.
Matt Russell tallied the pitching loss for the Griffons and Zac Stewart was able to record the win. The Griffons finished the game with seven hits, two errors and left six runners left on base.
Game 2Missouri Western used a
Mitch Thorman two-run homerun in the top of the sixth inning to beat Harding in the second game.
Hardings only run came on a fielding error by the shortstop which allowed John Chapman to score.
MWSU relied on
Josh Lansangan to throw 3.1 innings. He gave up one-run and struck out two batters before
Richard Peoples came into relief. Peoples finished with 3.2 innings pitch, two strikeouts and tallied his first win of the season for the Griffons.
Cosimo Cannella and
Trevor LaHonta each went three-for-three in the game with
Mitch Thorman's homerun being the only other hit for the Griffons.
Jacob Stripling was the losing pitcher for the Bison. He went 5.2 innings, struck out two and allowed six hits.
The Griffons are now 3-3 on the season and will finish up the weekend with a nine inning game against Harding on Sunday afternoon.
