KEARNEY, Neb. – Griffon baseball (23-17, 20-10) beat Nebraska Kearney (13-27, 6-21) 6-3 for its seventh consecutive win.
David Glaude hit his 49
th career double in the third inning, breaking Spencer Shockley's record of 48. It is the third career record Glaude has broken this season.
NOTABLES
- Jeremy Alvarado and Bailey Zimmer each homered in the win making it the first multiple home run game for MWSU since March 31
- Dusty Stroup's RBI single followed by Nick Gawley's two RBI triple padded the Griffon lead to 6-2 in the ninth inning
- Levi Schreiner extend his hitting streak to 11 games as David Glaude reached base for the 16th straight game
- Nate Hunter and Zach Cross combined to strikeout 11 Loper batters, the second most this season for the Griffons
- The first five batters in the Missouri Western lineup had nine of its 11 hits
TOP PERFORMERS
- Nick Gawley was just a home run short of the cycle as he went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs
- Nate Hunter threw 6 2/3 innings with a season high seven strikeouts and gave up one earned run
- Zach Cross earned his first save of the season on 2 2/3 innings of relief work and tied his season best four strikeouts
UP NEXT
Missouri Western and Nebraska Kearney play game two of the series tomorrow, April 22 at 3 p.m.
