 ST. CHARLES, Mo. –Â Lindenwood’s Blake Beckmann held Missouri Western to just two hits and three total base runners in a complete game shutout of the Griffons in the series finale between the two teams on Sunday.
After Anthony Castaneda threw a complete game shutout for the Griffons on Saturday, Beckmann answered to give Lindenwood (14-15, 8-7) a 2-1 series win over the Griffs (11-11, 9-6) with a 5-0 win on Sunday.
NOTABLES
- Fahd Shakeel’s two-out double in the ninth ended a run of 19-straight Griffons retired by Beckmann
- Shakeel and Josh Robinson each had one hit in the game
- Kyle Snuttjer was hit by a pitch in the third, the only other base runner for MWSU and the last before Shakeel’s double in the ninth
- Jacob Miller got the start for the Griffons, his first appearance since suffering an injury on March 2 at Missouri Southern
- Miller went three innings, giving up four runs – three earned – on five hits. He struck out two and walked two
- Lindenwood scored four in the third on Miller, three with two out
- Beckmann’s complete game was the first by a Lindenwood starter this season. He struck out 11 and didn’t walk a batter
UP NEXT
- Missouri Western travels to Northwest Missouri for a mid-week game on March 26 before hosting Central Oklahoma in a three-game set March 29-31.
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