WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Fourth-ranked Central Missouri Mules baseball kept rolling, extending its winning streak to 18 games after grinding out a 6-5, midweek victory over the Missouri Western Griffons Tuesday evening, March 29, at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field.
The Mules (23-3, 17-0 MIAA) are scheduled to travel to Topeka, Kan., for a three-game MIAA series at Washburn April 1-3
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Brennen van Breusegen went a perfect 3-for-3 with a triple and RBI while
Garrett Pennington and
Karsen Reid were each 2-for-4, and
Carter Young and
Harrison Schnurbusch each drove in two runs, pacing Central Missouri at the plate.
UCM reliever
Conner Wolf (3-0) earned the win on the mound after giving up no earned runs on just one hit with three strikeouts and zero walks in two innings of work.
Ethan Peterson secured his inaugural save of 2022 after throwing a scoreless and hitless top of the ninth with a strikeout and no walks.
The Mules and Griffons (5-21, 3-14 MIAA) battled to a 4-4 tie through four innings before Reid singled to center field and moved to second on a Missouri Western error, stole third base, and scored on an RBI ground out off the bat of Young, putting UCM in front for good the remainder of the contest.
Ryan Neise, Jared Munk, Alex Crouch and Brady Holden all had a pair of hits, pacing Missouri Western offensively.
Griffon reliever David Steffen (1-1) suffered the setback on the rubber, allowing two unearned runs on four hits with two strikeouts and a walk in four innings.
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