Joplin, Mo. – The Missouri Southern baseball team got six RBIs from Matt Miller and four from Henry Kusiak, while Cole Woods struck out 13 and the Lions took out Pittsburg State 14-2 in seven innings today at Warren Turner Field.
 
Southern (8-7, 1-2 MIAA) got big days at the plate from Miller and Kusiak. Miller had two home runs to move his season total to five and drove in six, while scoring twice. Kusiak went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored, while adding his third triple of the season.
 
Clay Milas and Tommy Stevenson had two hits each, while Miles, Stevenson, Ryan Doran and Nate Mieszkowski scored twice each. Treghan Parker and Jordan Fitzpatrick added a run each, while Parker drove in a run of his own.
 
Woods went six innings with 13 strikeouts, the first eight representing the first eight outs of the game. He moved his record to 2-1 on the season. Laif Hultine threw the seventh inning, striking out two to close it out.
 
PSU (6-7 (2-1 MIAA) got two hits from Jordan Maxon as the Lions' pitchers held the Gorillas to just five hits in the game.
 
Southern got the scoring started in the first when Fitzpatrick was hit by a pitch with the bases juiced to score Milas. Kusiak then singled up the middle to score Stevenson and Doran.
 
Pitt added a run in each of the third and fourth innings to get within one (3-2), but the Lions exploded with four runs in the fifth and seven in the sixth.
 
Doran scored in the fifth to start the barrage and Miller hit the first of his two three-run bombs to conclude the scoring in the inning.
 
The sixth saw the Lions plate seven starting with a two-RBI triple from Kusiak to score Mila sans Stevenson. Parker singled home Kusiak and Mieszkowski doubled down the right field line to put runners at the corners for Miller. Miller then deposited the ball well over the wall in right for his second longball of the game. Stevenson added an RBI double in the inning, as well.
 
The Lions will be back in action tomorrow as Southern travels to East Central to take on the Tigers for a single non-conference game. First pitch is set for 1 pm.