WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Feb. 23, 2021) - No. 3 Central Missouri Mules Baseball dropped the rubber game to No. 23 Davenport Tuesday afternoon 6-3. The Panthers used a five-run fourth to take the lead and never looked back. The Panthers come away with a 2-1 series win as the Mules fall to 4-3 on the season.
How It Happened
• The Mules were out-hit 9-6, with all of the Panthers runs and hits coming in the first four innings.
• Central Missouri's defense let them down with three errors in the game leading to an unearned run.
• Both team's had opportunities to score. The Mules left eight runners on base and the Panthers nine.
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Erik Webb got the scoring started for the Mules in the bottom of the first with a triple bringing in
Josh Schumacher who kept the inning alive with a two-out walk.
• Davenport tied the game in the third with a two-out RBI single to center.
• The big inning for the Panthers came in the fourth. They plated five to open up a 6-1 lead. Aaron Cardoza doubled and a pair of RBI singles padded the Panther lead.
• Central Missouri went hitless until the seventh.
Harrison Schnurbusch and
John Prudhom each doubled bringing the score to 6-2.
• UCM had their best chance to get back into the game in the eighth.
Erik Webb singled to make it a 6-3 game. The Mules got the tying run on base with one out, but a pop up and a fly out ended the threat.
• Brennan vanBreusegen knocked a pinch hit double in the ninth, but was stranded on second.
Mules Stat Leaders
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Erik Webb picked up two hits including a triple with two RBI.
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John Prudhom doubled and drove home a run.
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Josh Schumacher had a hit and run scored.
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Conor Dryer got the start and looked good through two. His day ended in the fourth though after three and a third allowing five runs, four earned on seven hits with five strikeouts.
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Max Abramovich,
Brady Gavin,
Harrison Babbitt and
Evan Rathburn combined for 5.2 hitless innings in relief.
For the Panthers
• Ricky Clark threw 7.1 innings allowing three runs on three hits with three strikeouts.
• Cal Djuraskovic got the save pitching the final 1.2 innings.
• Nolan Anspaugh finished 2-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
• Aaron Cardoza drove in a pair with a double.
News and Notes
• The Mules three errors are a season-high and their three runs and six hits both season lows.
• The last time UCM lost a three-game series was March 8-10, 2019 against UCO. It's also the last time they lost back-to-back games.
• The Mules bullpen this series threw 14.2 innings allowing just one run.
• This was the first career start at third base for
John Prudhom.
Up Next
• The Mules will start MIAA play this weekend with a three-game set against Rogers State in Claremore, Okla. Game one is a part of a doubleheader Saturday, Feb. 27 starting at 1 p.m.
