TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Griffon baseball (18-15) fell at Northeastern State (18-15) 10-6 in game two of the series. The two teams combined for six runs in the final inning of play.
 
Northeastern State tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with a bases loaded single to centerfield. The next batter provided the walk-off grand slam for the Riverhawks.
 
Missouri Western broke a 5-5 ninth inning tie when Nick Schranck scored on a wild pitch. Schranck was put on a base after he pinch ran for Ryan Fisher. Fisher's two-out single to centerfield kept MWSU in position to take the late-game lead. An inning earlier, Brooks Day tied the game when he slammed his second home run of the day.
 
The Griffons took their first lead of the game, 4-3, in the sixth inning when Casey Danley and Day hit back-to-back home runs.
 
NOTABLES

• Brooks Day is the first Griffon this season to hit two home runs in a game
• Day and Casey Danley combined for three of MWSU's six runs
• Levi Schreiner was 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored
• Nate Hunter threw seven innings and struck out four batters
• Northeastern State pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts

 
UP NEXT
Missouri Western and Northeastern State play for the series win tomorrow at 12 p.m. in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.