MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball lost at Northwest Missouri State Wednesday 8-4. It’s the fourth consecutive loss for the Griffons as they fall to 14-13 and 7-7 in the MIAA. Northwest has now won four straight as they’re now 16-12 and 12-5 in league play.

Missouri Western struck early when Nolan Meyer homered to left field with the second at-bat of the game. Identical to the first inning, Will Jibas homered to left field as the second batter of the inning. Jibas’s home run helped MWSU tie the game 2-2.

A bases loaded walk to Fahd Shakeel allowed Casey Danley to score a Griffon run for three consecutive innings and tie the game at 3-3. Northwest answered with two runs in the fifth inning before a Nick Schrank double drove in Maurice Bruce to cut the lead to 5-4. The Bearcats added three more runs in the eighth to pull away.

NOTABLES
– Missouri Western’s top four batters combined for five of the team’s seven hits

– Casey Danley and Nolan Meyer scored two runs with a RBI

– Dusty Stroup was 2-for-5 at the plate, his 12th multiple hit game this season

– Will Jibas extended his hitting streak to nine games with his second inning home run

– Every NWMSU batter in the lineup recorded a hit

UP NEXT
Missouri Western hosts Missouri Southern for a three-game series beginning Thursday at 5:00 p.m. from the Griffon Spring Sports Complex.

— MWSU Athletics —