Missouri Western baseball (11-6, 4-3) pulled off a St. Patrick’s Day sweep, winning two games over No. 11 Missouri Southern on Saturday afternoon at the Griffon Spring Sports Complex.

Game 1: MWSU 3, MSSU 1

Western took advantage of a throwing error to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning that allowed Spencer Shockley to reach. The Griffons would tie the game when Jack Bond’s pinch-hit triple brought Shockely home. Shockely had advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Shawn Egge. Tony Loeffler’s sac bunt later in the inning scored Bond, for what would be the winning run.

Brandon Simmons (4-1) picked up his fourth win of the season, going all seven innings, allowing three hits, striking out three and walking three. Nate Ramler, Grant Fink and Bond provided Western with its only three hits off Southern’s Ryan Wheat (3-1).

Game 2: MWSU 3, MSSU 0

The Griffons got a complete game shutout from Nik Jurado (2-0), who allowed five Lion hits, stiking out five and walking none. Nate Ramler delivered his fifth home run of the season with a solo shot in the third that put Western up 2-0.

Western scattered its runs throught the second, third and fourth innings. In the second it was Spencer Shockley scoring from third on an error by Southern’s Cullen Baxter. Michael Schulze’s RBI double in the fourth brought Kyle Simpson in.

Shockley went 3-3 with a run scored and Ramler was 2-3 with a run scored and an RBI.

The Griffons and Lions conclude the series Sunday with a nine inning game beginning at noon.

— MWSU Sports Information —