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BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The Mules baseball team responded from being swept on Thursday by sweeping Southwest Baptist on Saturday afternoon to earn a split in the four game MIAA series. UCM won the opener 6-1 before taking the nightcap 11-6.
The Mules (10-9, 6-6 MIAA) jumped on top early in game one scoring two runs in the first and four more in the second to claim a 6-0 lead.
Collin Nevil had a two-run double in the first inning to stake UCM to the early lead.
Jake Alexander had an RBI double in the second and
Tony Sandifer followed it up with a two-run single to make it 5-0.
Derek Cornell topped it off with an RBI single to make it 6-0 UCM.
The Bearcats (6-11, 3-9 MIAA) got on the board with a single run in the fifth on a Cory Canterbury solo home run, but that is all they would get in game one.
Tyler House (2-2) tossed a complete-game to earn the win. He allowed just the one run on six hits while striking out 11.
Cory Borsh (0-4) took the loss for SBU after giving up six runs on seven hits in 1.2 innings of work.
The Mules once again jumped on top early in game two. UCM plated three runs in the top of the first, scoring once on a
Tony Sandifer RBI single and two more unearned runs to claim an early 3-0 lead.
The Bearcats got on the board in the third on Ross Wolfe's RBI triple to make it 3-1 in favor of UCM. The Mules got that run back in the top of the fourth when
Jackson Schnurbusch scored an unearned run, but the Bearcats came back with two more in the bottom half to make it 4-3.
UCM plated two runs in the top of the fifth on a Cornell RBI single and another unearned run, but a run in the bottom half on a Jake Vore RBI single and two more in the sixth on Wolfe's two-run single tied the game at 6-6.
The Mules plated a single run in the seventh on Schnurbusch's RBI infield single to regain the lead 7-7 and they tacked on four more in the eighth to lead 11-6. Cornell drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the first run and Nevil added a three-run double to break the game open and give UCM the win.
Lucas Williams (3-2) earned the win in relief after allowing one run on one hit in 2.2 innings of work.
Grant Gavin came on in the ninth to record the final three outs of the game.
Michael Proiette (2-1) took the loss for SBU after giving up seven runs, only three earned, on eight hits in seven innings of work.
The Mules are back in action on Tuesday as they travel to St. Joseph to take on Missouri Western in a single nine-inning non-conference game beginning at 4 p.m.
