ST. JOSEPH – Griffon baseball (17-13, 10-7 MIAA) swept Missouri Southern with a 6-5 walk-off win Saturday. Maurice Bruce singled to centerfield to drive in the game-winning run.

The ninth inning comeback started from the beginning when Levi Schreiner was hit with a pitch in the first at-bat. The Lions couldn’t handle a Kyle Snuttjer bunt during the next batter and a throwing error allowed Schreiner to move to second base and Snuttjer to reach first.

MWSU intensified its scoring threat when a passed ball allowed both runners to move to third and second. The tying run came a few pitches later when another passed ball scored pinch runner Nolan Meyer and moved Jack Hazlett, another pinch runner, to third base. The passed balls set-up Bruce for Missouri Western’s second walk-off win in 11 days.

The Griffons scored five runs in the final four innings and held Missouri Southern scoreless during the stretch. Nate Hunter settled in after giving up two runs in the first inning to throw 8 1/3 innings and four strikeouts.

NOTABLES

• Maurice Bruce and Casey Danley combined to go 5-for-9 with three runs scored and three RBIs
• Danley hit his second home run of the season in the bottom of the first inning
• Dusty Stroup and Fhad Shakeel were both 2-for-4 at the plate with a run driven in
• Kellan Richards picked up his first win of the season with 2/3 innings of work and a strikeout
• Four different Griffons recorded at least two hits
• MSSU’s Zac Shoemaker went 6 2/3 innings, allowed four runs and struck out seven

UP NEXT
Missouri Western travels to Emporia State in Emporia, Kansas on Tuesday, April 3 for a 5 p.m. game.