Edmond, Okla. - The Missouri Southern baseball team got a strong outing from Zach Parish and held on to defeat Northeastern Oklahoma State in its opening game at the Edmond First Pitch Classic hosted by Central Oklahoma.
Southern (1-0) was led by Parish's day as the lefty went six innings, striking out nine while allowing just one hit and one run.
Corey Cowan and Logan VanWey pitched in relief with VanWey picking up the save. Parish now has 304 strikeouts in his career (Northeastern State and MSSU) and sits just 46 strikeouts from breaking the MIAA single-season record.
Matt Miller and Clay Milas had home runs for the Lions, with Tommy Stevenson, Troy Gagan and Jordan Fitzpatrick picking up a double each. Stevenson and Milas had a pair of RBIs, while Dexter Swim and Miller had an RBI each. Brad Willis and Jordan Fitzpatrick each scored twice, while Miller, Gagan and Milas had a run each. Stevenson and Gagan led the way with two hits each.
Northwestern (0-1) had both Jake Darrow and Justin Gordo pick up a pair of hits each.
Both teams scored a run in the first with the Lions picking up their run on an RBI single from Swims scoring Willis.
Southern picked up three runs in the fourth inning when Miller homered to start the inning and Milas homered scoring Gagan. The Lions added two runs in the seventh on a two-RBI double from Stevenson scoring Fitzpatrick and Willis.
Another run came across in the ninth for the Lions when Fitzpatrick scored after Gagan had reached on a bunt.
Southern led 7-1, going into the ninth when Northwestern started to put some runs together. Cowan started the ninth and allowed two runs before giving way to VanWey, who after allowing a single, struck out the final batter for the save.
The Lions will be back in action tomorrow evening, taking on Central Oklahoma at 7 pm.
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