EDMOND, Okla. – The Missouri Western baseball team (5-5, 3-0) blasted its way to an MIAA opening series sweep with two run-rule wins over Fort Hays State (0-10, 0-3) on Monday at Central Oklahoma.

The Griffons won both games of a doubleheader by way of 10-run rule after seven innings on Monday. Missouri Western took game one 11-1 and game two 20-3.

NOTABLES

• Missouri Western outscored Fort Hays State 38-5 in the three-game series
• The Griffons tied a program record with six home runs in game two of the doubleheader
• On Monday, MWSU out-hit the Tigers 23-8
• On the day, the Griffons hit seven home runs and had two doubles for a .793 slugging percentage in the DH
• Missouri Western hit .397 on the day and MWSU pitchers held FHSU hitters to a .163 average with 22 strikeouts
• It was the second-straight series sweep of Fort Hays State

LEADERS

• Fahd Shakeel tied an MWSU record with five hits in game two and went 6-for-8 on the day with two RBIS
• Dusty Stroup drove in seven on the day and hit a grand slam in game two
• Casey Danley hit two home runs, one in each game
• Jacob Miller struck out nine through five innings and allowed three hits and no earned runs in a game one victory
• Jacob Cooper got the win in game two in relief of Roy Robles. Cooper stuck out three and allowe just one hit through 1 2/3 of relief
• Robles struck out five in 2 1/3

UP NEXT

• The Griffons are scheduled for a three-game series at Missouri Southern (10-3, 3-0) next weekend
• The Lions swept a three-game series at Central Oklahoma this past weekend.

— MWSU Athletics —