Meyer_Washburn_19
John Ellis
9
Winner Missouri Western MWSU 12-11, 7-9 MIAA
3
Northwest Mo. St. NWMSU 11-15, 10=6 MIAA
Winner
Missouri Western MWSU
12-11, 7-9 MIAA
9
Final
3
Northwest Mo. St. NWMSU
11-15, 10=6 MIAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Missouri Western MWSU 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 9 11 2
Northwest Mo. St. NWMSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 1

W: Cooper, Jacob (3-0) L: Slocum, A. (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | MWSU Athletic Communications

Offense Comes to Life in Baseball Win at Northwest

Griffons Break Out for Nine Runs on 11 Hits

MARYVILLE, Mo. – After a slow start, Griffon Baseball (12-11) turned on the offense in a non-conference win at Northwest Missouri (11-15), Tuesday afternoon.
 
Northwest led 1-0 after three innings on a single run in the first, but MWSU jumped out to a 6-1 lead after scoring three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.
 
NOTABLES
  • Making his first start of the season, Jacob Cooper gave up three hits and a run in the first, but held the Bearcats hitless and scoreless over the next four innings to move to 3-0 on the season
  • Wyatt Meyer put MWSU on the board in the fourth with an RBI single, his second hit of the game
  • Brooks Day made it 3-1 with a two-out, two-RBI single to center
  • The Griffs added three more two-out runs in the fifth on a two-RBI single by Zach Pych and an RBI-single by Dusty Stroup
  • Northwest made it 7-3 in the seventh, scoring two runs on an error
  • Jordan Jackson gave the Griffs insurance with a pinch-hit, two-run home run in the eighth. It was Jackson's third home run in just 28 plate appearances this season
  • Day stole two bases and Fahd Shakeel added a stolen base
  • All but two Griffons in the starting lineup contributed to the team's total of 11 hits
 
UP NEXT
  • A home series with Central Oklahoma (16-9) that is scheduled to begin Friday
  • The Griffons and Bronchos are tied for fourth in the MIAA standings at 9-6
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