PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Missouri Western softball team (30-14, 17-5) stretched its win streak to 12 games with an offensive onslaught Saturday at Pittsburg State (21-24, 9-11).
The Griffons scored 12 unanswered runs over the final two innings of a game one 13-3 run-rule victory. In game two, the Griffs added nine more hits and two more doubles in a 7-2 win.
Missouri Western’s current win streak that includes six consecutive MIAA doubleheader sweeps is the longest since the 2015 team won 16 in a row.
GAME 1
Missouri Western 13, Pittsburg State 3 (6 innings)
- Down 3-1 after four innings, MWSU scored seven in the fifth and five more in the sixth to win by run-rule
- The seven-run fifth featured six Griffon hits, two for Morgan Frost
- MWSU added to its MIAA-leading home run total with a first inning solo shot by Gabi Carter and a three-run shot by Emma Hoffart that got the scoring started in the fifth, the 33rd and 34th home runs of the season for the team
- Six Griffs had at least two hits, including three by Frost and Carter
- Sydni Hawkins’ two-hit game pushed her hitting streak to 14 games
- Kaili Hinds held Pitt State to three hits and picked up her 14th win of the season
GAME 2
Missouri Western 7, Pittsburg State 2
- The Griffons had nine hits and took advantage of Pitt State miscues
- MWSU scored two in the first, one on a passed ball and another on an error
- Frost made it 4-0 Griffs with a two-run double in the second
- Taylor Hoelscher drove in two with a single in the third
- An Pittsburg State error in the fourth allowed Brea Blanton to score MWSU’s seventh run
- Frost had two more hits and drove in two. Another double gave her 19 on the season, second most in the MIAA
- Blanton was 2-for-3 with three runs scored
- Hawkins made it 14 straight games with a base hit, going 1-for-3
- Kenzie Hilzer went the distance and improved to 6-7 on the year, her fourth-straight appearance with either a win or save
UP NEXT
- The Griffons get next week off before hosting two MIAA series to end the regular season
- Washburn and Emporia State visit the Spring Sports Complex on April 26th and 27th, respectively.
— MWSU Athletics —