JOPLIN, Mo. – Griffon baseball fell to Missouri Southern 6-5 in 12 innings.

NOTABLES

• Missouri Southern scored the game winner in the bottom of the 12^th inning on an error after tying the game with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning
• Falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, the Griffons scored the game's next three runs to take a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning
• Missouri Western slugged two home runs, the second consecutive game of multiple home runs
• MWSU forced MSSU to strand two runners on base in both the eighth and ninth innings
• The Lions hit into four double plays on the afternoon

TOP PERFORMERS

• Ryan Smith went 3-for-6 at the plate with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored
• Richard Peoples threw 7 1/3 innings as he gave up three runs on just five hits, it was his fifth start of the season with seven or more innings pitched.
• Alex Heuring was 2-for-4 from the plate, with two RBIs and a home run

UP NEXT
Missouri Western looks to even the series up tomorrow, March 18 at 1 p.m. in Joplin.