EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Griffon baseball (6-9) snapped a four-game skid with a 3-1 win at No. 16 Southern Indiana (5-3), Saturday.
Down 1-0 after four innings, the Griffons scored two in the sixth and another in the seventh to snap the streak and put the team in position for a road series win against a ranked opponent. Casey Danley tied the game with an RBI-single in the sixth and scored the go-ahead run on Will Jibas’ RBI-single. Dusty Stroup added the insurance with an RBI-single of his own in the seventh.
NOTABLES
– Danley went 3-for-4 at the plate with the RBI and the run scored
– Brooks Day’s double was the only extra base hit for the Griffons who had seven hits
– Jacob Miller picked up the win, pitching 5 1/3 of three-hit baseball. He allowed the one run, and unearned run, while striking out four and walking one
– Nate Hunter earned a 3 2/3-inning save.
– Hunter struck out a pair and allowed just one hit
– Griffon batters struck out eight times
UP NEXT
The series will be decided Sunday at noon in Evansville, Indiana.
— MWSU Athletics —