Joplin, Mo. -- The 9th-ranked Missouri Southern baseball team dropped both ends of a double-header today to 4th ranked Central Missouri, falling 17-12 in the opener and 22-10 in the nightcap. 

The Lions (18-6, 2-6 MIAA) had plenty off offense in the two games as the Lions hit three home runs in each game. Joe Kinder picked up a pair of long balls today, while Tommy Stevenson, Henry Kusiak, Jordan Fitzpatrick and Kaleb Baker all added homers of their own. 

Stevenson, Matt Mailler and Kinder drove in three runs each in game one, with Stevenson picking up five hits and Fitzpatrick four. Fitzpatrick, Stevenson, Kusiak, Miller and Kinder all scored two runs each. 

Will Bausinger started and went four innings. Scott Duensing threw three innings of relief, while Corey Cowan and Ryan Paschal threw, as well. 

Game two saw Fitzpatrick drive in five, while Clay Milas had a pair of RBIs, as well. Milas and Kinder scored two runs each, while Ryan Hunter went 3-for-5. 

Zac Shoemaker started game two, but exited early with an injury. Chase Beiter threw three and two thirds of relief. Cale McCallister, Paschal, Jeremiah Kennedy, Jacob Davis, Elijah Richeson, Zach Zeller and Blake McPhee threw in relief. 

The Lions will be back in action next weekend when Southern plays host to Newman in a three-game set at Warren Turner Field.