Mules Down Drury on the Road for Third Straight Win

OZARK, Mo. (March 7, 2018) - Central Missouri Mules Baseball won their third straight game and 12th in their last 13 as they took down in-state foe Drury Wednesday afternoon on the road at US Baseball Park. With the win the Mules are now 13-3 overall.

Play-by-Play
• The Mules gave up all three runs in the first inning, but posted a shutout the rest of the game against Drury (4-7). Offensively, seven different Mules collected a hit in the game.
• UCM got its first run on the board in the top of the first inning. Mason Janvrin led the game off with a single to right center. Two batters later, an RBI ground out to second base by Collin Nevil scored Janvrin.
• Drury grabbed its first and only lead of the game in the bottom of the first scoring three runs on four hits. The first run came on a wild pitch by UCM, before back-to-back RBI singles gave Drury the lead.
• Harrison Schnurbusch led off the top of the second inning with a single to left field. Dalton Dull brought him with a RBI triple to right center.
• Dull did not wait long to score as Payne McCutcheon brought him home with a RBI single to third base to tie the game at 3-3.
• The Mules retook the lead in fourth thanks in part to back-to-back errors by Drury. Schnurbusch scored off a fielding error from second base. 
• Janvrin reached first on the fielding error then stole second. He scored on a third base throwing error to give the Mules the 5-3 edge.
• After the two teams combined for eight hits in the first four innings, they had just four the rest of the way through, all of which that came from UCM.
• The Mules added two insurance run in the final inning. Webb was plated home for an unearned run thanks to a single from Travis Able. Micah Evans came in to pinch run for Able and was brought home on an RBI triple from Nevil.
• Jonathan Sprinkle took the hill at the start of the eighth inning and worked back-to-back 1-2-3 innings to close out the game and seal the win for UCM.

Mules Stat Leaders
• Janvrin had a hit while scoring two runs in five at bats.
• Dull collected one hit as well in two at bats. His lone hit was an RBI triple.
• Nevil was 1-5 for the Mules with two RBI, including an RBI triple. 
• Webb went 1-4 with one run. He had a season-high three stolen bases as well.
• McCutcheon and Able both finished 1-3 with an RBI.
• Ross Juliana earned the win to improve to 2-0. He pitched 2.2 innings and had three strikeouts on the afternoon.
• Sprinkle picked up his first save of the season. He and Luke Mercer each had a game-high four strikeouts. 

For the Panthers
• Clayton Engel finished with a hit and a run in three at bats, but also had an error.
• Will Sachs also went 1-3 on the afternoon.
• Both Drew Newson and Ryan Kayhill both went 1-4, with an RBI apiece. Newson also had one error for the game.
• Tom Tewes suffered the loss to go to 0-1 on the year. He pitched 3.0 innings giving up two runs, both unearned.

News and Notes
• The Mules had seven of nine starters collect a hit in the game.
• The Mules have posted five or more runs in each of their last three wins. They have 
• UCM pitchers had a combined 14 strikeouts, which is the second most in a game this season.
• The Mules are now 6-4 all-time against Drury and 3-2 against them under Kyle Crookes.

Up Next
The Mules will remain on the road for a three-game series at Fort Hays State this weekend. The series gets underway Friday, March 9 with a 3 p.m. opening pitch.