ST. JOSEPH – Griffon baseball (20-18) shutout Lindenwood (18-20) 8-0 to win the series. Missouri Western pitchers Jacob Miller and Preston Bailey combined to strikeout seven batters and held the Lions to just three hits in the game.
 
Jacob Miller shut down the LWU offense as he tossed 6 2/3 innings, allowed three hits and struck out six batters. He gave up just one extra base hit in his sixth win of the season. Preston Bailey relieved Miller in the top of seventh inning and continued the momentum. Bailey retired seven straight Lions in his 2 1/3 innings of work.
 
Missouri Western broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with a Brooks Day single that scored Casey Danley. Levi Schreiner's sacrifice fly two batters later drove in Nolan Meyer for the second run of the inning. Casey Danley slammed his sixth home run in the last nine games to provide the Griffons a five run lead in the seventh inning. MWSU added three more insurance runs in the bottom of eighth with a Will Jibas RBI double followed by a two run RBI single from Michael Miller.
 
NOTABLES

• Missouri Western outhit Lindenwood 11-3
• Levi Schreiner was 2-for-3 on the afternoon with a run scored and a RBI
• Will Jibas went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and scored a run
• Dusty Stroup batted .500 on the day
• Casey Danley recorded three RBIs and scored two runs for MWSU

 
UP NEXT
Missouri Western plays the final game of its five-game homestand on Tuesday, April 17 against Emporia State. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Spring Sports Complex.