ST. JOSEPH – It took a lot of back-and-forth to get there, but Missouri Western’s Brooks Day ended it quickly. The senior infielder rifled a 1-0 pitch just inside the left field foul pole for a leadoff, walk-off home run on Monday against Central Oklahoma as MWSU beat the Bronchos 7-6 at the Griffon Spring Sports Complex.

Griffon baseball (13-13, 10-8) held the lead three different times and UCO (18-11, 11-7) twice tied and twice took the lead from the Griffons before Day’s blast in the ninth ended the tussle and salvaged a win in the three-game series for the home team.

NOTABLES

• Casey Danley drove in Conrad McMahon on a ground out in the third to put the Griffs up 1-0
• UCO tied the game in the fourth with an RBI triple
• A Kyle Snuttjer single in the bottom of the fourth put the Griffs up 2-1
• The Bronchos took over the lead with a three-run fifth inning
• An RBI double by Jordan Jackson got the Griffs within one in the fifth, but UCO answered with another run in the top of the sixth
• A two-out, pinch hit double down the left field line by Josh Robinson drove in two to tie the game at five in the seventh
• McMahon saved a run in the eighth when he threw a runner out at home after catching a fly ball
• Dusty Stroup doubled with two-out in the eighth and Jordan Jackson drove him in to put MWSU up 6-5, but UCO answered again, tying the game in the top of the ninth
• Day hit the game-winner on the second pitch thrown in the bottom of the ninth

LEADERS

• Stroup finished 4-for-5 at the plate with a double and three runs
• McMahon was 3-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base
• Jackson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs
• Day went 2-for-4 with two runs scored
• Carson Dwyre (1-2) picked up the win, pitching the final three innings. He gave up two hits and one run, struck out two and walked two

UP NEXT

• A three-game series at Emporia State (18-11, 12-6), April 5-7
• The Hornets just came off dropping two of three to Missouri Southern at home.

— MWSU Athletics —