EDMOND, Okla. – After the Missouri Western baseball team scored 22 runs at Central Oklahoma on Saturday, they were due for a calm, low-scoring effort on Sunday. Instead, the team matched its 22 runs and, again, tied the school record for home runs in a game with six.

The difference, Sunday, was Richard Peoples. The reigning MIAA Pitcher of the Week limited the Bronchos to two runs on nine hits. Offensively, it was much of the same, including another two-home run day for Brandon Downs, his second in as many days. Also homering for the Griffons on Sunday were Orencio Fisher, David Glaude, Nick Gawley and Cosimo Cannella.

Down 1-0 after the first, Missouri Western took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second, but UCO tied the game in the bottom half of the inning. It was all Griffons from there. Gawley and Fisher homered in a seven-run third inning for Missouri Western. Both home runs were two-run shots. Andrew Ramirez cleared the bases with a double in the inning. After adding two more runs in the fifth, the Griffons scored six in the sixth and five in the seventh.

Glaude and Gawley each had three hits and five RBIs. Glaude was 3-3 with three runs scored and three walks, reaching in all six plate appearances. Fisher also had a three-hit day, going 3-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs. Downs had three RBIs and three runs scored while going 2-3 at the plate.

On the weekend, Missouri Western scored 54 runs on 48 hits; hit 13 home runs and 11 doubles. Most importantly, the team moved back into a third place tie with Washburn in the MIAA standings. The Griffons moved to 24-11 overall, 16-8 in conference play and are now 17-4 on the road. A conference road swing continues next week with a single game at Northwest Missouri on Apr. 13 before a three-game series at Fort Hays State beginning Apr. 15.

— MWSU Athletics —