Millington, Tenn. -- Tyler Sutherland hit a two-run go-ahead blast in the top of the 12th and the Missouri Southern baseball team took out Christian Brothers 8-6 in extra innings today. 

Sutherland went 3-7 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored. Cory Canterbury went 2-6 with a home run, three runs scored and an RBI, while Richie Gorski and Todd Hinkley had two hits each. Max Hogan had a hit and a run scored, while walking four times. 

The Lions (1-0) got strong pitching from starter Dan Hawk as he went six and two thirds, allowing just one hit and three earned runs, while striking out five. Brandon Saddler went an inning and a third with three strikeouts, while Colin Chandler threw an inning and a third, striking out one and holding the Bucs hitless. Cody Smith threw the final two and two thirds and struck out five, walked none and allowed just one hit to pick up the win. 

CBU (2-3) had two hits from Michael Halley as he dded a two-run single to put the Bucs up 3-1 early on. 

The Bucs picked up an unearned run in the first to go up 1-0 early, but Canterbury's blast to left in the third tied it up at one. 

CBU scored two in the third to go up 3-1, before the Lions scored three of their own to go up 4-3 in the sixth. Gorski drove in Canterbury to start the scoring, while Hogan scored on a wild pitch. Gorski then scored on an error. 

CBU tied it in the seventh, but the Lions answered back with an RBI single from Biggs in the eighth. An RBI triple from the Bucs' Brandon Dodd tied the game in the eighth and forced extras. 

Biggs reached on an error and moved to thiird on a failed pickoff attempt before scoring on a wild pitch to put Southern up 6-5 in the tenth. 

The Bucs again tied it in the bottom of the tenth, before Sutherland's homer in the 12th ended it. 

The two teams will be back at it tomorrow with first-pitch slated for 1 pm.