Troy Gagan hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th and Matt Miller had a grand slam as the tenth-ranked Missouri Southern Baseball team won 11-10 in extra-innings against Southwest Baptist in non-conference action.
Southern (19-6) was led offensively by Miller as he had his first career grand slam, driving in four and scoring a run. Troy Gagan went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and a run scored, while Dexter Swims went 2-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored. Dan Lenz had a home run with a pair of runs scored and RBIs. Mike Million scored twice, while Freddie Landers went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Jon Leighton scored the winning run in the 10th. Denver Coffee went 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Ryan Hunter, Joe Kinder and Cole McBride all had hits for the Lions.
Cole Woods started for the Lions and went four innings, striking out two. Cole Gacke, Bradly Hershey, River Wright, Logan VanWey and Cam Bednar threw in relief with Bednar picking up the win.
The Lions got the scoring started in the third with an RBI single from Landers to score Swims. SBU (9-14) got a pair in the fourth to go up 2-1, but a home run from Lenz in the bottom half of the inning tied it at two after four.
The Bearcats picked up a pair in the fifth to go up 4-2, but Miller answered with his grand slam in the bottom half of the inning to put the Lions up 6-4 after five innings. SBU got two more in the sixth to tie it up, before the Lions picked up a run on an RBI double from Gagan in the sixth to put Southern back up 7-6.
SBU scored again in the 7th to tie it at seven, before the Lions picked up two more in the bottom half of the inning on RBIs from Lenz and Swims to lead 9-7 after seven.
The Bearcats scored three in the eighth to go up 10-7 after eight, but the Lions weren't done. Coffee doubled home Swims to tie the game and force extras and then Gagan sent the fans home happy with his walk-off single in the 10th.
The Lions will be back in action this weekend with a three-game MIAA set at Northwest Missouri.
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