ST. JOSEPH – Griffon baseball (9-7, 6-0) stretched its win streak to six games with its second consecutive MIAA sweep on Sunday.
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Nick Gawley RBI-single in the eighth scored
David Glaude for what would be the game-winning run in a 6-5 defeat of Southwest Baptist (9-6, 1-5).
NOTABLES
- Missouri Western is off to a 6-0 start in MIAA play and is tied for first in the league standings after entering MIAA play in last place a little more than a week ago
- The Griffons led 4-0 after two innings and 5-2 after three, but allowed three Southwest Baptist runs in the top of the sixth to tie the game at five each
- Gawley's RBI in the eighth proved to be the game winner
- Glaude extended his on-base streak to 16 games, every game this season
- Glaude also moved four RBIs from breaking the MWSU career record (134)
- Gawley extended his hit streak to 11 games
- It's the Griffons' best MIAA start since winning its first 13 league games in 2013
TOP PERFORMERS
- Jeremy Alvarado went 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI
- Glaude was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored
- Gawley was 2-for-5 with an RBI, a run and two stolen bases
- Dusty Stroup went 2-for-4 at the plate
- Andrew Curry went 2-for-2 at the plate with a run scored after entering as a pinch runner
- Kellan Richards (1-0) got the win, striking out the only batter he faced in the eighth
- Alex Heuring came out of left field to earn his second save of the season
UP NEXT
The Griffons play their next seven games on the road, beginning with a three-game series at Pittsburg State (7-10, 1-5) next weekend.
