ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western baseball team (26-18, 23-11) scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Central Missouri (30-13, 21-10) 4-3 Thursday night at the Griffon Spring Sports Complex.

Jeremy Alvarado’s two-out double down the left field line scored three runs in the eighth inning to give Missouri Western the 4-3 lead.

NOTABLES
– Logan Marston’s eighth inning fielder’s choice scored David Glaude to start the MWSU rally

– Zach Cross struck out all three Central Missouri outs in the ninth inning

– Levi Schreiner broke up the Mule’s Zach Girrens no-hit bid in the sixth inning with a two-out single to left field

– Dusty Stroup singled the next at-bat for the Griffons to extend his hitting streak to 12 games

– Missouri Western has now won 11 of its last 13 games

– Both teams were ranked in the latest NCAA Central Regional poll released on April 26, as UCM was third and MWSU was eighth

TOP PERFORMERS
– Dustin Agnew threw 7 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits

– Zach Cross tossed 1 1/3 relief innings as he gave up no runs with four strikeouts

– Jeremy Alvarado was 1-for-3 at the plate with three RBIs

– Zach Girrens went seven innings with no runs on two hits and five strikeouts for the Mules

UP NEXT
Missouri Western and Central Missouri will play a doubleheader Friday 2 p.m. Senior day activities are planned to begin at approximately 1:30 p.m. for the Griffons’ 10 seniors. All times are subject to change with impending weather. Missouri Western Athletics social media platforms and gogriffons.com will have schedule changes as soon they are available.

— MWSU Athletics —