The Missouri Western pitching staff struggled on Saturday afternoon giving up 40 hits and 30 runs against the #24 Central Missouri Mules. The Griffons baseball team fell in game one 15-2 before falling 15-7 in game two. The Griffons fall to 24-17 overall and 20-14 in MIAA play.

In game one the Griffons got down 5-0 after three innings and were able to score two in the top of the fourth cutting the score to 5-2. From there the Mules piled on 10 more runs taking the 15-2 victory. The Mules had 19 hits in the contest.

Hunter Weiss had two of the Griffons five hits while Jake Jones falls to 5-3 giving up 12 hits and six earned runs in 4.1 innings. The Mules were led by three players with three hits while Kurtis Schuyler got the victory going all seven innings. He improves to 6-2 with the victory.

In game two the Griffons pounded out 15 hits but a nine run first by the Mules downed the Griffons 15-7. Dylan Koch and Cody Childs both had three hits while Trevor Lahonda, Ryan Degner, David Chew and Mitch Thorman each had two hits. Michael Yeager hit his first homer of his career with three RBI.

Tyler Sanders falls to 3-3 on the season going just 2/3 of an inning. He gave up seven hits and four earned runs. Mark Spreckles went 3.1 innings in relief giving up eight his and three earned runs.

The Mules improve to 32-13 on the season and 29-7 with the victory.

The Griffons return to action on Friday, April 25 opening up their final regular season series against the Fort Hays State Tigers. First pitch is scheduled for 6 pm in St. Joseph, Mo.

— MWSU Sports Information —