ROLLA, Mo. – In a clash of the top two teams in the Great Lakes Valley Conference's West Division, Missouri S&T's baseball team dropped the opening game of the four-game weekend series to Quincy 3-1, but rebounded in the nightcap to take a 12-6 victory in a rain-shortened second game.

The Miners scored six times in the bottom of the fifth – scoring all of the runs after the first of two weather delays – to take the six-run lead into the late innings. S&T scored 11 of 12 runs thanks in part to six Quincy errors in the second game.

After the Hawks scored twice in the first inning, the Miners got one back in the bottom half of the frame as Will McCord (Kingman, Ariz./Kingman HS) drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Josh Caffrey (Burlington, Iowa/Burlington HS)'s hit.

Quincy got its two-run lead back in the second on Jacob Burlingmair's sacrifice fly, but the Miners took advantage of three Hawk errors in the second inning to put five runs on the scoreboard.

Drew Davenport (McHenry, Ill./McHenry West) opened the inning by reaching on a throwing error by the third baseman, advancing to second when the throw went into right field. After Grant Brasher (Bridgeton, Mo./DeSmet Jesuit) was hit by a pitch, Nick Burke (Good Hope, Ill./West Prairie HS) attempted to sacrifice the runners over, but the throw to third was wild to allow Davenport to score.

Eric Van Dyke (Longmont, Colo./Silver Creek) followed by hitting a ball to short that scored Brasher, but he also reached on a wild throw and sent Burke to third. McCord followed with a squeeze bunt to score Burke, then he scored moments later on a hit by Caffrey.

Quincy tied the game with a run in the third and two in the fifth, then the Hawks' sloppy defense played a role in S&T's six-run outburst in the bottom of the fifth.

Lee Voth-Gaeddert (Hesston, Kan./Hesston HS) and Ben Pieper (O'Fallon, Mo./St. Dominic) had back-to-back singles to open the inning, then Zach Carter (Perkins, Okla./Perkins-Tryon) was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The Hawks brought in reliever Travis Ruppel after Carter reached, but the game was delayed due to lightning in the area.

When play resumed after a 39-minute delay, the Hawks got an out, but Brasher was hit by a pitch to bring home the go-ahead run. Burke followed with a run-scoring single, then Van Dyke singled to right center to drive in two. The throw home in an effort to get Brasher got away from the catcher, allowing Burke to score as well.

S&T got its sixth run of the inning when McCord doubled into the corner in right; Van Dyke held up at third momentarily, then came in to score after the relay throw was mishandled.

Kyle Robertson (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) pitched into the fifth inning before turning the contest over to Nolan Korn (Cedar Hill, Mo./Northwest), who completed that inning and pitched the sixth to earn the win and improve to 3-1 on the year.  The game was stopped a second time while S&T was batting in the bottom of the sixth and was called after Saturday's doubleheader was postponed by rain.

In dual of lefthanders in the first game, Quincy's Mitchell Fairley got the better of the Miners' Zack Gronek (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell) in the 3-1 Hawk victory.

The Hawks got two runs off Gronek – who suffered his first loss of the season after winning his first six decisions – in the third inning. With one out, Dan Entzeroth tripled when Pieper slipped and fell in a wet outfield as he tried to change directions on the ball and came in on a sacrifice fly by Justin Dunning.

Quincy got its second run in the third when Gavin Meyer walked after the sacrifice fly, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a balk.

In the fifth, Meyer drove in Quincy's third run with an opposite field hit that scored Entzeroth.

The Miners got on the scoreboard in the sixth as Caffrey doubled with one out, went to third when Voth-Gaeddert reached on an infield single and scored on a ground out by Pieper.

S&T (20-15, 13-7 GLVC) finished with eight hits in game one – Caffrey had three hits and Davenport two – but stranded seven runners on base. Gronek allowed just four hits in seven innings of work and struck out three.

The Miners' next scheduled game is April 30 when they face Maryville University in St. Louis in a doubleheader to begin a four-game series.