ST. JOSEPH – The 23rd-ranked Missouri Western softball team (18-4, 2-0) racked up 16 extra base hits, and scored 25 runs in doubleheader sweep of Lindenwood (6-8, 0-2) Thursday night.

Missouri Western got a dominant, 14-1 five-inning win in game one before needing some late-inning heroics to win game two, 11-10.

NOTABLES
– Kailey Green hit four home runs, two in each game, bringing her career total to 31. The senior needs nine more home runs to break Keri Lorbert’s MWSU career record.

– Rebekah Mueller hit two home runs in game two

– Riley Wilson blasted an RBI-triple off the top of the wall in right center to score the tying run in the bottom of the seventh of game two. Two batters later, Wilson avoided the catcher’s tag on a fielder’s choice by Morgan Rathmann to score the winning run.

– The Griffons batted .448 in the doubleheader with 26 hits, seven doubles, three triples and six home runs

– Six Griffon starters batted .500 or better in the doubleheader

– Lindenwood pitchers had a 14.9 ERA in the doubleheader

– As a team, Missouri Western slugged .983 over the two games with a .529 on base percentage

TOP PERFORMERS
– Green broke out of a slump with a 5-for-6 performance at the plate. She hit the four home runs, had seven RBIs and scored four runs

– Mueller continued her hot streak, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, three RBIs and four runs scored. The junior catcher has batted. 533 over her last 12 games.

– Shelbie Atwell went 4-for-8 at the dish with three doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored

– Sydney Washington and Shelby Uhl both went 3-for-6 at the plate. Uhl had two doubles, both scored three times.

– Barbara Billingsley picked up the win in both games, going the distance in game one and pitching 2 2/3 in relief in game two. Billingsley is now 11-2 on the season.

UP NEXT
Missouri Western is scheduled to host Lincoln (2-16, 0-2) in a doubleheader, Friday, beginning at 3:30 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —