TOPEKA, Kan. – The Missouri Western baseball team (4-7) hit four home runs off the 2016 MIAA Pitcher of the Year and won its MIAA opener 8-6 at Washburn (8-4) on Saturday.

NOTABLES
– Missouri Western hit four home runs off Nick Silva, the 2016 MIAA Pitcher of the Year

– Jeremy Alvarado hit two of the home runs

– Nick Gawley broke and MWSU single game record with five stolen bases

– Washburn led 3-2 after three innings, but Missouri Western scored the next six runs

– Missouri Western drew 12 walks in the game, and had 11 hits

– The win snapped a three-game skid for the Griffons

TOP PERFORMERS
– Alvarado homered twice, went 2-2 at the plate with three RBIs, three runs scored and three walks

– Nick Gawle was 4-4 with two walks, an RBI and a run scored

– David Glaude was 3-5 at the plate with a home run and two runs scored

– Logan Marston went 2-4 at the plate with a solo home run and a walk

– Richard Peoples pitched 8.1 innings and struck out seven Washburn batters

UP NEXT
The two teams continue the series with game two scheduled to start at 1 p.m. on Sunday in Topeka.

— MWSU Athletics —