ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The fourth-ranked Missouri Southern baseball team dropped the finale of a three-game set today at Missouri Western by the score of 3-0.
The Lions (13-2, 7-2 MIAA) were on the short side of a pitcher’s duel today as the Southern bats were limited to just three hits. Tommy Stevenson, Matt Miller and Joe Kinder had a hit each for the Lions.
Will Bausinger started and went six innings, striking out five and allowing just two unearned runs on five hits. Cole Woods threw the final two innings.
Western (3-11, 2-7 MIAA) got a strong outing from Jared Wells as he went six and a third and struck out seven batters.
The Griffons put across two unearned runs in the seventh inning and added an insurance run in the eighth.
The Lions will be back in action next weekend as Southern returns home to play host to Central Oklahoma in a three-game set at Warren Turner Field. The teams will play a single game on Friday at 3 pm with a double-header on Saturday at 1 pm.
