ST. JOSEPH - Griffon baseball (5-8) takes a break from conference and regional play this weekend when the team travels to No. 16 Southern Indiana (4-2) for three games.
Missouri Western just wrapped up a three-game, MIAA-opening series at now No. 17 Central Missouri. The Mules took all three games of the series to drop the Griffs to 5-8 on the season and 0-3 in conference play. Just six games into its season, Southern Indiana is 4-2 with one of the losses coming at No. 2 Delta State.
NOTABLES
- Buzz Verduzco (538-398) needs three more wins to pass Doug Minnis as Griffon baseball's all-time wins leader. Verduzco and Minnis are the only two head coaches in the program's history.
- MWSU has a team batting average of .236, but have averaged more than five runs per game
- Nick Scharanck leads the team with a .306 batting average, and six doubles
- Carson Dwyre is 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA over four starts. He has struck out 19 while walking nine
- MWSU is 2-0 all-time against Southern Indiana winning both games in 2010 at Arkansas Tech
