ST. JOSEPH – An eight-run sixth inning blew what was turning into a tight game wide open as Griffon Baseball (15-15, 12-10) run-ruled Northwest Missouri (17-17, 13-9), 16-3 in seven innings on Friday.
 
Two runs in the top of the fifth by Northwest pulled the Bearcats within four at 7-3, but the Griffs scored another in the fifth and had the big sixth inning to shorten the game.
 
NOTABLES

• The Griffons had 13 total hits and capitalized on one Northwest error
• MWSU homered four times, taking advantage of winds over 20 miles per hour out to left
• 13 Griffs came to the plate in the six-hit, eight-run home half of the sixth
• Casey Danley homered twice and was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and four runs scored
• Dusty Stroup stayed hot at the plate with a double, a home run, four RBIs and three runs scored. Stroup now has 14 hits in his last five games
• Brooks Day went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored, he also homered
• Thomas Ruwe got the win in his first career start, striking out eight over five innings
• Josh Miller struck out two and allowed one hit over two innings of relief

 
UP NEXT
Game two of the three-game series will be played Saturday at 4 p.m. Members of the 2000 Griffon Baseball team – Buzz Verduzco's first at MWSU – will be recognized prior to the game.