Box Score (ARKADELPHIA, Ark.) – The third-ranked Central Missouri Mules baseball team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 4-1 win over Henderson State in the first game of a three-game series at Clyde Berry Field on Friday afternoon. A three-run second inning proved to be the difference.
            The Mules (2-0) jumped out a 3-0 lead in the second inning when Gabe Thibodeau roped a bases-loaded double to left field plating all three base runners.
            Central Missouri added another run in the sixth when Chase Graskewicz singled home Jordan Coons to make it 4-0 and that proved to be more than enough for the Mules.
            Henderson State (6-2) tallied their only run of the day in the eighth inning on an RBI groundout from Michael Corso.
            UCM starter Chris Fitzpatrick (1-0) earned the win scattering seven hits over five plus innings, while striking out six and walking one. Dane Krone allowed one run on one hit in 2.1 innings of relief. Travis Unthank recorded his first save of the season after tossing a scoreless ninth.
            The Mules and Reddies will continue their three-game series with a single nine-inning game tomorrow at 12 p.m. at Clyde Berry Field.