Edmond, Okla. -- Ryan Hunter smashed an 8th-inning two-run double and the Missouri Southern baseball team took out No. 34 Central Oklahoma 5-4 tonight on Wendell Simmons Field.
Southern (9-3, 2-0 MIAA) got a 2-for-3 night from
Dan Lenz as he scored a run and added a double.
Ryan Hunter went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs.
Denver Coffee,
Freddie Landers,
Dexter Swims,
Cole McBride and
Matt Miller had a hit each. Coffee,
Alex Phillips, Swims, McBride and Lenz scored a run each. Gummere and Coffee drove in a run each.
Zac Shoemaker started and went six innings, striking out eight and allowing just three earned runs.
Logan VanWey threw two-thirds of an inning, while
River Wright went an inning and a third to get the win and move to 1-0 on the season.
Cam Bednar threw a scoreless ninth to pick up save No. 3.
The Lions started the scoring as Coffee scored on a passed ball in the first. Coffee thren drove in McBride in the third with a sacrifice fly. UCO (6-4, 0-2 MIAA) picked up a run in the fourth to make the score 2-1, but the Lions answered with an RBI from Gummere, scoring Lenz.
The Bronchos scored three in the seventh to go up 4-3, but the Lions answered with Hunter's two RBI double scoring Swims and Phillips for the go-ahead runs.
The two teams will finish up the series tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is slated for 1 pm.
