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10
Mo. Southern St. MSSU 14-4
20
Winner Oklahoma Baptist OKB 10-5
Mo. Southern St. MSSU
14-4
10
Final
20
Oklahoma Baptist OKB
10-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Mo. Southern St. MSSU 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 10 12 3
Oklahoma Baptist OKB 4 7 0 5 0 1 0 3 20 21 1

W: Bryant Thornton (1-0) L: Moore, Michael (1-2)

Drew Townsend

Game Recap: Baseball | | Spencer Greathouse

Baseball Falls to Oklahoma Baptist in Midweek Road Contest

Shawnee, Okla. - The Missouri Southern baseball team played a midweek road contest against Oklahoma Baptist on Tuesday, the second meeting between the teams this season. Oklahoma Baptist evened the series with a 20-10 victory on Tuesday, after Missouri Southern took the first contest 21-6 on February 13. The loss moves the Lions to 14-4 (2-1 MIAA) on the season.

Missouri Southern kicked off the high-scoring affair in the first inning, as Ethan Clark doubled to right field to score Drew Townsend, and Treghan Parker drove in Clark on a single. The hosts wasted no time responding, putting up four runs in their half of the first for a 4-2 lead. 

Garrett Rice started the second inning with a solo shot to left-center, then Henry Kusiak drove one up the middle to bring home Tyler Ferguson, evening the score. Treghan Parker helped the Lions regain the lead, picking up an RBI on a bases-loaded hit by pitch. Another big inning by the Bison regave the hosts the lead at 11-5 heading into the third. 

The Lions chipped away at that deficit in the third, as Garrett Rice scored on a fielding error, and Tyler Ferguson snuck home on a wild pitch. Will Doherty then sent one over the left field wall, scoring Drew Townsend in the process. OBU was quiet in the third, but they scored another five in the fourth to take a 16-9 lead. 

Henry Kusiak picked up another RBI on a sacrifice fly in the sixth, bringing home Tyler Ferguson. The Bison responded with another run in their half of the sixth, then plated another three in the eighth to end it 20-10. 

Tyler Ferguson went 3-4 at the plate, crossing the plate 3 times in the contest. Henry Kusiak and Will Doherty both recorded a couple of RBI on a pair of hits each. Drew Townsend scored 3 runs, going 1-2 in hit at-bats, drawing 4 walks on the day. 

The team will return to Joplin for their next contest, hosting the Newman Jets in a three game series. Those contests will take place on Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3. Game times are scheduled for 3:00pm, 1:00pm, and 1:00pm. 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play MSSU OKB
MSSU TOP 1st E. Clark doubled to right field, ground-rule, RBI (1-1); D. Townsend scored. 1 0
MSSU TOP 1st T. Parker singled to center field, RBI (1-1); E. Clark scored. 2 0
OKB BOT 1st Dickinson singled to left field, RBI (0-1); Shafer advanced to third; Lissade scored. 2 1
OKB BOT 1st Shields lined out to lf, SF, RBI (0-0); Shafer scored. 2 2
OKB BOT 1st Gutierrez singled to left field, 2 RBI; Campbell advanced to second; Joseph scored; Dickinson scored. 2 4
MSSU TOP 2nd G. Rice homered to left center, RBI (0-0). 3 4
MSSU TOP 2nd H. Kusiak singled up the middle, RBI (3-1); D. Townsend advanced to second; T. Ferguson scored. 4 4
MSSU TOP 2nd T. Parker hit by pitch, RBI; E. Clark advanced to second; H. Kusiak advanced to third; D. Townsend scored. 5 4
OKB BOT 2nd Shafer grounded out to 2b, RBI (1-1); Lissade scored. 5 5
OKB BOT 2nd Shields homered to left center, 3 RBI (1-1); Joseph scored; Schroeder scored. 5 8
OKB BOT 2nd Gutierrez doubled to right center, RBI (1-1); Campbell scored. 5 9
OKB BOT 2nd Wiley doubled to right center, RBI (2-0); Gutierrez scored. 5 10
OKB BOT 2nd Shafer singled to right field, RBI (1-0); Lissade advanced to third; Wiley scored, unearned. 5 11
MSSU TOP 3rd D. Townsend reached on a fielding error by p, RBI (0-0); T. Ferguson advanced to third; G. Rice scored. 6 11
MSSU TOP 3rd D. Townsend advanced to second; T. Ferguson scored on a wild pitch, unearned. 7 11
MSSU TOP 3rd W. Doherty homered to left field, 2 RBI, unearned (1-0); D. Townsend scored, unearned. 9 11
OKB BOT 4th Lissade homered to right field, 2 RBI; Wiley scored, unearned. 9 13
OKB BOT 4th Dickinson grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0); Shafer scored. 9 14
OKB BOT 4th Joseph doubled to left center, RBI (0-1); Schroeder scored. 9 15
OKB BOT 4th Shields singled to left field, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf, RBI (0-0); Joseph scored, unearned. 9 16
MSSU TOP 6th H. Kusiak flied out to cf, SF, RBI; T. Ferguson scored. 10 16
OKB BOT 6th Schroeder homered to left field, RBI (1-1). 10 17
OKB BOT 8th Dickinson homered to left field, 3 RBI; Schroeder scored, unearned; Shafer scored. 10 20

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