MSSU baseball defeats Missouri S&T 14-5

(From Missouri Southern Sports)

Rolla, Mo. - The 7th ranked Missouri Southern baseball program defeated Missouri S&T 14-5 on Wednesday Mar. 22nd in a non-conference midweek tilt at the Ballpark at S&T.

The Lions (20-7, 10-3 MIAA) had four hitters have two RBIs, four scoring two or more runs and three that walked twice. Matt Miller scored three times had two RBIs and walked twice with one hit and a stolen base, Garrett Rice scored three times and had two walks with a hit to go 1-for-2. 

Steen Lane picked up his second win of the season with six strikeouts in five innings giving up two hits as Kyle Kaempf, Jacob Davis and Kaydon Patrick recorded a strikeout each from the bullpen.

Southern scored first in the third inning as an Ethan Clark double to right field scored Matt Miller and Henry Kusiak to cap off an early 5-0 lead over Missouri S&T (9-11, 1-7 GLVC). The Miners would score in the fourth inning before two more runs were added by the Lions in the fifth inning from a wild pitch and a Miller double to left center scoring Will Doherty to make it a 7-1 lead. In the sixth Nate Mieszkowski singled home Drew Davis for the lone run in the inning as a Chayton Beck double to left field scored Tyler Ferguson and Miller before Mieszkowski drove in Beck to make it a 11-1 lead.

The Lions would get two more runs in the eighth as a Tyler Ferguson bases loaded walk scored Doherty and a Davis sacrifice fly to center field scored Miller, Missouri S&T would score two runs in the bottom half of the inning to force a ninth inning as a Kusiak double to left center scored Rice to finish the scoring at 14-5.

Up next for the Lions will be Emporia State in an MIAA home weekend at Warren Turner Field. Game times are set for 6:00pm on Friday, 1:00pm on Saturday and 1:00pm on Sunday.