JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri S&T's baseball team opened up a stretch where it will play nine of its next 10 games away from home Wednesday with a non-conference setback at Lincoln University, as the Blue Tigers took a four-run lead in the first two innings and went on to beat the Miners 8-2.

Lincoln got three runs in the opening inning off S&T starter Drew Schrader (Troy, Mo./Troy Buchanan HS), getting a two-run single off the bat of Drew Fannin and another run on a fielder's choice, then tacked on another run in the second on an RBI groundout to take the 4-0 advantage.

The Miners got a run back in the fourth as Eric Van Dyke (Longmont, Colo./Silver Creek) was hit by a pitch to open the inning and Lee Voth-Gaeddert (Hesston, Kan./Hesston HS) followed with a hit. With two outs, Zach Carter (Perkins, Okla./Perkins-Tryon) reached on an error and a subsequent wild throw allowed Voth-Gaeddert to score.

Lincoln got a run off reliever John Auble (St. Louis, Mo./Lutheran South) – the only one he allowed in five innings of work – in the sixth, then the Miners scored again in the seventh when Carter hit a leadoff homer. The Blue Tigers added three more runs in the eighth for the final margin.

The Blue Tigers outhit the Miners 15-4 on the afternoon.

Missouri S&T, 8-9 on the year, will return to Great Lakes Valley Conference play Saturday with a doubleheader at Bellarmine.