Box Score ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team was shutout in its second MIAA Tournament game, falling 10-0 in seven innings to Central Missouri on Friday night.
 
The fourth seeded Griffons managed just four hits on the night against top seeded Central Missouri's Ethan Westphal. Meanwhile, Central Missouri totaled 13 hits against Griffon pitching to move on in the double-elimination tournament.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Missouri Western (35-17) faces elimination on Saturday against Northwest Missouri State (25-27) at 4 p.m. The winner of that game will move on to face second seeded Emporia State at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
 
NOTABLES
- Missouri Western is now 0-4 on the season against Central Missouri, the only team to defeat the Griffons more than three times this season (Arkansas Tech 1-3)
- Westphal earned his second complete game victory over the Griffons this season
- Head coach Buzz Verduzco stays on 498 career wins
- It was just the second time this season Missouri Western was shutout (vs. NW Missouri, 4/26
- Missouri Western won two of three with Northwest Missouri this season
- Third team All-MIAA pitcher Richard Peoples will likely start for the Griffons on Saturday against Northwest Missouri

IN THE BOX SCORE
- Alex Clavet took the loss (5-3), pitching the first two innings and allowing 4 runs on 5 hits. He struck out 2 and walked 1
- Kellan Richards (1.1), David Anderson (2.2) and Mike Calimeno (0) rounded out the Griffon pitching
- Andy Rieth, David Glaude, Kody Matthews and Ozzie Rodriguez had one hit each; Glaude doubled