MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team defeated Northwest Missouri State 5-1 Tuesday in Maryville to extend its winning streak to six games.

The Griffons improve to 22-17 and 19-10 in the MIAA, while the Bearcats have now lost five straigth games and they’re 24-15 and 13-13 in league play.

NOTABLES
– MWSU scored back-to-back runs in the second inning to take its only lead 2-1 with Bailey Zimmer’s RBI ground out and Logan Marston’s RBI single

– David Glaude cleared the bases in the third inning with his fifth home run of the season to give Missouri Western a 4-1 lead

– Glaude provided more run support in the fifth inning as his sacrifice fly to left field scored Ryan Smith for a 5-1 advantage

– Two through five in the MWSU batting order scored four of the five runs and collected four of the six hits

– Griffon pitchers combined for eight strikeouts in the win

– Missouri Western has now won six straight games with five of those wins coming by five runs or more

TOP PERFORMERS
– Jared Lloyd threw six innings and allowed just one run on five hits with four strikeouts

– David Glaude recorded three RBIs with a run scored

– Levi Schreiner was 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored

– Nate Hunter threw one inning of relief work and notched two strikeouts

UP NEXT
Missouri Western travels to the University of Nebraska-Kearney for a three-game series beginning Friday at 6 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —