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Missouri S&T MST 20-19
8
Winner Truman State TSU 7-32
Missouri S&T MST
20-19
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Final
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Truman State TSU
7-32
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Missouri S&T MST 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 6 8 3
Truman State TSU 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 X 8 9 3

W: Schneider,Zachry (1-8) L: Gross, Elijah (2-2) S: Missey,Holden (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | John Kean, Sports Information Director

Ward sets home run mark, but Miners fall short at Truman

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Missouri S&T was unable to overcome a six-run deficit Saturday afternoon as Truman State used a seven-run fourth inning to down the Miners 8-6 in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest.

After spotting the Bulldogs (7-32, 7-24 GLVC) a run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly, Michael Ward (Hazelwood, MO/Hazelwood West) belted a one-out homer for the Miners (20-19, 16-15 GLVC) in the fourth to tie the score.  The home run was the 11th of the season for the S&T first baseman and broke the Miners' single season record for homers that was set by Nick Ulrich in 2016.

However, Truman racked up its seven runs against S&T starter Elijah Gross (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit West) and reliever Matt Kaiser in the bottom half of the inning, scoring seven times on just four hits and taking advantage of two S&T errors and a pair of hit batters along the way.

The first error came on a wild throw on a double steal that allowed Holden Missey to score, then the Bulldogs scored two runs on hit batters with the bases loaded sandwiched around Steven Bradbury's RBI single.  Missey drove in two more runs before the inning ended and an error on the play allowed a third run to score.

S&T tried to claw its way back into the game, as Tate Morrell (Lloydminster, AB) homered in the fifth and two runs scored in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Garrett Weiner (Alton, IL/Marquette) and an RBI single by Doug Wood (Liberty, MO/Liberty North).  The Miners got two more runs across the plate in the eighth when Weiner reached on an error and got a man on base in the ninth, but couldn't push another run across.

Ward, Morrell and Will Hayes (Terre Haute, IN/South Vigo) all had two hits apiece for the Miners, who were outhit 9-8 in the contest.  Gross took the loss for the Miners, but did record eight of his 10 outs with strikeouts as the S&T staff fanned 13 in the game.

Saturday's win for the Bulldogs snapped the Miners' 11-game winning streak over Truman dating back to the 2017 season.

Missouri S&T closes its regular season schedule with the series finale Sunday against the Bulldogs at noon.


 
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