ST. JOSEPH – Griffon Baseball has added a non-conference game against Emporia State to its home schedule this week.

Missouri Western will host the Hornets in a single non-conference game, Wednesday, April 24 at 4 p.m.

Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the Griffons’ early season schedule, particularly at the Spring Sports Complex. So far, MWSU has played just nine of its 35 games at the Spring Sports Complex and the Griffons played as the guest in one third of those.

To help compensate for the cancellation of seven home games and a change in venue of six other home games, Missouri Western has now added three non-conference games to the final two weeks of the regular season. In addition to Wednesday’s game with Emporia State, the Griffons will host Illinois-Springfield in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 30.

Missouri Western is 18-17 overall and 15-12 in MIAA play. Emporia State (24-16, 17-10) took two out of three from MWSU in the teams’ MIAA series in Emporia, Kansas earlier this month. With two conference series remaining, the Griffons are in a three-way tie for fifth place in the MIAA standings with Pittsburg State and Lindenwood.

The Griffons are set to host Southwest Baptist in a three-game MIAA series beginning on Friday. MWSU is now scheduled to play its final nine regular season games at home.

— MWSU Athletics —