Box Score

ALLENDALE, Mich.  —  Behind the first complete game of his career from Zander Street (Festus, MO/St. Pius X) and another explosive offensive showing, Missouri S&T rolled to a 10-2 victory over Davenport on Friday morning at GVSU Baseball Field. They play Grand Valley State at 2:05 p.m. EST today. A win will send the regional to a winner take all game tomorrow, while a loss will send the Miners home.

The Miners improved to 36-19 on the season after piling up 10 runs on 10 hits while Street controlled the game from the mound from the opening pitch to the final out. The right-hander worked all nine innings, allowing just two runs on six hits while striking out five in a career-best outing. Street consistently worked ahead in counts, induced 11 ground-ball outs, and stranded five Panther runners in a commanding 109-pitch performance.

Davenport grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single from Travis Liford, but Street quickly settled in. After allowing the run, he retired seven of the next eight hitters and kept the Panthers from building momentum as the Miners' offense came alive.

Missouri S&T broke through in the fourth inning with a three-run frame. Bricen Smith (Perry, GA/Mount de Sales Academy) started the rally with a walk before Garrett Meyer (Jacksonville, IL/Jacksonville) also reached to put pressure on the Panthers. Denton Damgaard (Colorado Springs, CO/Cheyenne Mountain HS) delivered the tying and go-ahead runs with a single to center that skipped past the outfielder, allowing both Meyer and Smith to score. Later in the inning, Will Beckham (Mountain Home, AR/Mountain Home) added an RBI single to extend the lead to 3-1.

After Davenport cut the deficit to 3-2 in the fifth, the Miners answered immediately. Will Muench (Wentzville, MO/Timberland) reached to start the inning before Smith lined an RBI single to left field, restoring Missouri S&T's two-run cushion.

The Miners then broke the game open in the sixth with their biggest inning of the day. Damgaard and Aiden Cizek (Wildwood, MO/Lafayette) opened the frame with back-to-back hits before Caleb Horsey (Springdale, AR/Springdale) delivered a two-run double down the left-field line in a pinch-hit appearance. Missouri S&T continued to apply pressure as Nick Krodinger (DeSoto, MO/DeSoto) worked an RBI walk and Meyer followed with a two-run single to center, stretching the advantage to 9-2.

Street continued to cruise through the late innings, including a sharp seventh inning that ended with a double play started by the pitcher himself. Missouri S&T added one more insurance run in the eighth when Meyer lifted a sacrifice fly to left field.

Smith finished the day scoring three runs and drove in another while tying the Missouri S&T school record for runs scored in a season. Meyer produced a game-high three RBIs, while Damgaard added two hits and an RBI. Horsey's pinch-hit double also proved pivotal in the Miners' decisive sixth inning surge.

The Miners' defense backed Street throughout the contest, turning two double plays and limiting Davenport to just two runs despite multiple traffic situations on the bases.

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