Missouri Western sweeps Pitt State to push winning streak to eight games

PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Missouri Western baseball team swept a doubleheader at Pittsburg State Friday to extend its winning streak to eight games. The Griffons won the opener 2-1 behind a complete game from Richard Peoples and they won the second game 9-4.

Western improves to 11-7 this season and 8-0 in the MIAA, while the Gorillas fall to 7-14 and 1-7 in league play.

NOTABLES
– The Griffons had 20 hits and scored 11 runs in the doubleheader, giving up 12 hits and five runs

– Griffon batters drew 13 walks on the day while
– Griffon pitchers walked just six

– Missouri Western pitchers limited Pittsburg State to just a .194 batting average on the day

– The Griffons only had to use four pitchers all day, three in game two, with Richard Peoples earning his second complete game victory of the season in game one

– Nick Gawley stretched his hitting streak to 17 games in the first game of the day, but went without a hit in game two

– David Glaude moved into second all-time at MWSU with his 42nd career double. Glaude needs two more to become MWSU’s career leader. He’s also second all-time in home runs and RBIs. The senior’s on-base streak was snapped at 32 games, dating back to last season. Glaude’s reached safely in 65 of his last 67 games.

– Missouri Western has won its first eight MIAA games of the season, the longest such streak since winning the first 15 of 2013

TOP PERFORMERS
– Bailey Zimmer went 4-for-8 on the day with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Zimmer is now batting .389 on the season after going 9-for-18 in the Griffons’ last six games

– Andrew Curry was 3-for-7 at the plate and also drew two walks with an RBI

– Jeremy Alvarado was 4-for-10 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored

– Dusty Stroup had three hits in eight at bats and scored three runs

– Peoples moved to 4-1 on the season and lowered his ERA to 2.92, limiting the Gorillas to five hits in nine innings

– Nate Hunter went seven innings in game two and improved to 3-1 on the season

UP NEXT
The two teams are scheduled to wrap up the series Saturday at 1 p.m., but weather could again force the game to be re-scheduled. Any change will be posted on gogriffons.com as well as official Griffon Athletics social media outlets.

— MWSU Athletics —