The Missouri Western baseball team continued to struggle in MIAA play falling in a doubleheader against the Emporia State Hornets. The Griffons have lost eight of its last nine MIAA games and now sit at 8-11 overall and 5-8 in MIAA play.

Game 1
Emporia State 8
Missouri Western 4

In game one the Griffons fave up all eight runs in the first three innings of play falling 8-4. The Griffons had just eight hits while the Hornets had five of their ten hits in the first inning of play.

The Hornets jumped all over the Griffons in the first inning getting four hits and four runs claiming a 4-0 lead. The Griffons got on the board in the second inning when Matt Russell hit is first career homer cutting the ESU lead to 4-1 after two and a half. The Hornets scored two more in the second inning capitalizing on an MWSU error claiming the 6-1 lead after two.

The Griffons continued to play hard getting two back in the third as Dylan Koch doubled and scored on a Trevor LaHonta single. Cody Childs also scored in the inning on a Matt Estes sacrifice fly. Once again the Hornets put up runs scoring two on four hits going up 8-3 after three.

The Griffons got one more run in the fourth when David Chew homered. That was all the Griffons would get in the game. Five different Griffons had hits in the game while Mason Queen falls to 1-3 going one inning. He gave up five his and five earned runs while Josh Lansangan pitched three innings giving up five hits and two earned run.

Game 2
Emporia State 5
Missouri Western 1

In game two the Griffons hurt themselves in the field committing four errors. They did outhit the Hornets six to four but fell 5-1 in the contest.

The Griffons got on the board first in the second game scoring a run in the second when Cody Childs doubled in Jake Schrader. The rest of the game belonged to the Hornets as they scored five unanswered run taking the game.

Ryan Degner had three hits in the contest while Tyler Tuepker picked up the loss going three innings. He gave up three hits and two earned runs. he falls to 2-2 with the loss. Tyler Sanders pitched three innings giving up one hit and two earned runs with three strikeouts.

The two teams wrap up their four game series on Sunday, March 16 at 12 pm with a single nine inning game.

— MWSU Sports Information —