PITTSBURG, Kan. – Griffon Baseball (11-7, 8-0) stretched its winning streak to eight games, sweeping a doubleheader Friday at Pittsburg State (7-14, 1-7).
The Griffons got a complete game from
Richard Peoples in a 2-1 win in the opening game, before piling on 11 hits in a 9-4 game two victory.
NOTABLES
- The Griffons had 20 hits and scored 11 runs in the doubleheader, giving up 12 hits and five runs
- Griffon batters drew 13 walks on the day while Griffon pitchers walked just six
- Missouri Western pitchers limited Pittsburg State to just a .194 batting average on the day
- The Griffons only had to use four pitchers all day, three in game two, with Richard Peoples earning his second complete game victory of the season in game one
- Nick Gawley stretched his hitting streak to 17 games in the first game of the day, but went without a hit in game two
- David Glaude moved into second all-time at MWSU with his 42nd career double. Glaude needs two more to become MWSU's career leader. He's also second all-time in home runs and RBIs. The senior's on-base streak was snapped at 32 games, dating back to last season. Glaude's reached safely in 65 of his last 67 games.
- Missouri Western has won its first eight MIAA games of the season, the longest such streak since winning the first 15 of 2013
TOP PERFORMERS
- Bailey Zimmer went 4-for-8 on the day with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Zimmer is now batting .389 on the season after going 9-for-18 in the Griffons' last six games
- Andrew Curry was 3-for-7 at the plate and also drew two walks with an RBI
- Jeremy Alvarado was 4-for-10 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored
- Dusty Stroup had three hits in eight at bats and scored three runs
- Peoples moved to 4-1 on the season and lowered his ERA to 2.92, limiting the Gorillas to five hits in nine innings
- Nate Hunter went seven innings in game two and improved to 3-1 on the season
UP NEXT
The two teams are scheduled to wrap up the series Saturday at 1 p.m., but weather could again force the game to be re-scheduled. Any change will be posted on gogriffons.com as well as official Griffon Athletics social media outlets.
