WICHITA, Kan. — Once the dust settled after 16 Griffon base hits, Missouri Western Baseball found itself with a 10-6 victory over Newman on Sunday afternoon at McCarthy Field, stopping an 11-game losing streak in the process.
The top of the first inning came up big for the Griffons (4-13, 1-8 MIAA), as
Hunter Olson started the scoring off with an RBI single to left field to bring home
Travis Wiese. In the very next at-bat,
Riley Higgins crushed a two-run home run to grab a 3-0 lead. Once Newman (10-13, 4-5 MIAA) made it a 4-2 game after four innings, Olson ripped a double to right to score
Brenden Andersen in the fifth. Moments later,
Hunter Rumachik made it a 6-2 game with an RBI base hit to plate Olson.
Newman's Hayden Vandepol cut the deficit down to one in the sixth with a three-run shot, making it a 6-5 game. However, MWSU brought
David Steffen onto the mound immediately afterwards, who then went on to pitch four innings of one-run ball, striking out seven Jets in the process. Missouri Western tacked on four more insurance runs thanks to small-ball scoring from Wiese, Munk and Cale Sacekwitz.
NOTABLES
- Noah Wenger had a big day, batting a perfect 5-of-5 at the plate.
- Wiese, Olson and Wenger all doubled in the win.
- Munk stole two bases while Andersen swiped one.
- These 16 base hits mark a season-high for MWSU this season.
- This is Steffen's first-career save.
UP NEXT
The Griffons are set for a one-off matchup with Central Missouri (14-7, 6-2 MIAA) on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Warrensburg, Missouri, at James R. Crane Stadium.
