WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Griffon baseball (5-8) fell at Central Missouri (9-2) 15-10. It is the first time this season Missouri Western has been swept in a series.

The final game of the series turned into a slugfest as the teams combined for 25 runs on 28 hits. MWSU and UCM were tied 5-5 after three innings before exchanging leads three times in the next four and half innings. The Griffons tied the game at 10-10 in the top of the eighth inning with a Will Jibas RBI single. The Mules broke the tie in the bottom of the eighth with five runs.

NOTABLES
– 10 runs is the most scored by Missouri Western since May 3, 2017 when it put 12 runs across the plate against Drury University

– The teams combined to use 27 position players and 13 pitchers in the three hour and 40 minute game

– Nick Schranck was 3-for-4 at the plate with two doubles and two walks

– Kyle Snuttjer had three RBIs and scored a run

– Dusty Stroup and Brooks Day each scored two runs

– Central Missouri’s Justin Graff-Rowe was 3-for-3 with four RBIs

UP NEXT
Missouri Western travels to Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana for a three-game series beginning on Friday, March 2.

— MWSU Athletics —