TAHLEQUAH, Ok. — Despite grabbing the early lead and contending late, Griffon Baseball was swept with Sunday's 14-5 loss against No. 10 Northeastern State thanks to five RiverHawk home runs.
Missouri Western (5-24, 3-17 MIAA) went ahead 1-0 thanks a
Brenden Andersen RBI single to right to score
Brady Holden. However, pitcher
Jared Slater (0-4) was taken deep four times in his 2.2 innings pitched — giving up seven runs earned runs against 16 batters faced. Northeastern State (21-12, 11-9 MIAA) let MWSU come back to make it a 7-5 game in the fifth after Andersen blasted a two-run shot to left field, scoring
Alex Crouch.
As soon as the Griffons made it close, the RiverHawks made the cut deeper with a five-run bottom of the fifth. Northeastern ended the game sending seven-unanswered runners across the plate to put an exclamation point on their third victory in a row.
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Next Up
Missouri Western returns home for a non-conference game with Maryville (14-13, 4-4 GLVC) on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in St. Joseph at the Griffon Sports Complex. The Saints are coming off losing three-of-four against Drury (21-7, 6-2 GLVC) but are 6-4 in their last 10 contests.
