The Missouri Western baseball team split in their first two home games of the 2012 against the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Western won game one 7-2 behind a complete game from Brandon Simmons. In game two Western fell 6-2 and sit at 2-3 overall on the season.
Game 1: MWSU 7, UNK 2
Brandon Simmons held Nebraska-Kearney without a hit through six innings and the Griffons pounded out 11 hits behind him on the way to winning the home opener for Missouri Western baseball. Simmons improved to 2-0 on the season in his first complete game of the year. Simmons gave up three hits (all in the seventh inning) while striking out eight.
Western opened up the scoring in the first inning when Bubba Dotson doubled in Michael Schulze putting Western up 1-0. The Griffons scored their second run on a balk and scored two runs in the four off a Ramler homerun and Shockley scored off an error by the Lopers.
The Griffons big inning was the sixth when they used three hits to score three runs and claim a 7-0 lead heading to the seventh. Shawn Egge and Schulze scored on a double by David Chew while Chew scored on another Loper error.
Simmons took a no hitter into the final inning but three straight Loper hits earsed the no hitter and the shutout.
David Chew went 3-4 with two RBI, Shawn Egge was 2-3 with two runs scored and Nate Ramler’s one hit was a solo homer.
UNK got hits from Mike Nowak, Chandler Lute and Brian Wuest. Cory Ridenour falls to 0-2 going five innings giving up four earned runs while striking out four.
Game 2: UNK 6, MWSU 2
Matt Bergin had a rough outing for the Griffons in game two giving up four hits and three earned run in the first inning. Bergin went just 3.1 innings ginvg up five hits and five earned runs while striking out just three.
The Lopers three more runs in the four off three hits going up 6-1after four.
Western scored one run in the second off two hits and one in the eighth. Western had eight hits with Ramler getting two. Oliver Kadey had a solid outing out of the bullpen pitching four innings giving up just one hit while striking out five.
The Lopers had 10 hits with Chandle Lute going 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI. Adam Peters picked up the victory going five innings giving up six hits and striking out five. The Lopers sit at 1-4 on the season.
The two teams will wrap up the series tomorrow with a doubleheader at the Griffon Baseball Field . First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 pm.
— MWSU Sports Information —