Joplin, Mo. -- The 11th-ranked Missouri Southern baseball team will play host to Drury on Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference matchup with the Panthers at Warren Turner Field. First pitch is set for 3 pm. 

The Lions (21-6) are coming off a three-game sweep of Newman this past weekend, including a record-setting day where Southern scored 21 runs over two innings in a 29-run outburst in game three against the Jets. Southern set new school records for home runs in a game (8) and total bases in a game (53). The Lions broke the previous home run record set in 2017 against Missouri Western (7) and the previous total base record set in 1992 against Missouri-St. Louis (52). 

This season, Troy Gagan is leading the Lions with a .400 batting average as he is tied with Joe Kinder for the team-lead with nine home runs and Gagan is third on the team with 29 RBIs. Jordan Fitzpatrick is hitting .395 with eight home runs and a team-high 32 RBIs, while Tommy Stevenson is hitting .368 with seven long balls and 31 RBIs. Southern is hitting .312 as a team and have five hitters in the starting lineup over .300. 

Pitching-wise Zach Parish leads the way with a 7-1 record and a 1.54 ERA. Scott Duensing is leading the charge out of the bullpen with a 2-1 record in 13 appearances and a 3.32 ERA. 

Drury is 9-13 overall and is finishing up a four-game set at Missouri S&T today, having dropped two of the three previous games in the series to the Miners. 

The game will be streamed live on the MIAA Network and will be broadcasted live on Fox Sports Joplin. Live stats and links to both the video and audio broadcast can be found in the story links above.