EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Three, two-out runs in the top of the 11^th inning lifted Griffon baseball (7-9) to a 6-4 series clinching win at No. 16 Southern Indiana (5-4) on Sunday.
 
The win was Buzz Verduzco's 540^th as the head coach at Missouri Western, tying him with Doug Minnis, the Griffons only other head coach.
 
Southern Indiana got a two-out run of its own in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings. Maurice Bruce put the Griffs back on top in the 11^th with an RBI-single that scored Ryan Smith. Dusty Stroup added to the lead with an RBI-single of his own and a throwing error led to Missouri Western's third two-out run of the inning.
 
NOTABLES

• Nate Hunter (2-2) picked up the win in relief in his second-straight appearance as the team's closer. Hunter went 4 2/3, allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits while striking out four
• Stroup went 3-for-5 at the dish with an RBI and a walk
• The Griffons scored six runs on six hits, all singles, but had four sacrifice bunts and a sacrifice fly
• Griffon pitchers combined for six strikeouts and just one walk
• Stroup and Bruce each had four hits and two RBIs in the series
• Casey Danley went 4-for-12 in the series with an RBI
• Brooks Days scored three runs in the series

 
UP NEXT
The Griffons return to conference play and the Spring Sports Complex, hosting Washburn (6-9) for a three-game series, Mach 9-11.