WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Brennen van Breusegen homered twice, and
Michael Chrisman and
John Prudhom each homered once leading fourth-ranked Central Missouri Mules baseball to a 13-4 victory over the Drury Panthers Wednesday, April 6, at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field.
The Mules (26-4) are scheduled to host Missouri Southern in a three-game MIAA series April 8-10.
A redshirt sophomore from Columbia, Ill., van Breusegen went 2-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored and four RBIs while Chrisman went 2-for-3 with a homer, triple, two runs scored and an RBI, and Prudhom added a home run, a pair of runs driven in and three runs scored, leading Central Missouri at the plate.
UCM reliever
Tyler Rardin (3-0) earned the victory on the mound after giving up no earned runs on no hits with a pair of strikeouts and a walk in an inning of work.
The Mules trailed, 4-2, before scoring five runs in the bottom of the third to gain a 7-4 lead. Chrisman hit a lead-off triple to right field before crossing home plate on a Drury wild pitch for the opening run of the inning. van Breusegen tied the game, 4-4, after crushing a 2-0 pitch to dead-center for his first home run of the game, prior to
Harrison Schnurbusch belting an RBI double to left-center, scoring Prudhom for the go-ahead run.
Aiden Watson roped an RBI double down the left field line, bringing in Schnurbusch, before crossing the plate on another Panther wild pitch for the 7-4 advantage.
Prudhom ballooned the UCM lead to 9-4 with one swing in the fourth, crushing a two-run homer deep to left field. It was his team-best 10th round-tripper of the season.
The Mules put an exclamation mark on the game in the eighth, scoring four runs for the 13-4 lead. van Breusegen delivered the big hit of the frame, connecting on a 2-0 pitch for a three-run homer down the left field line. It was his fifth home run of the 2022. Prudhom scored on an error for the fourth run of the inning.
For the game, UCM outhit Drury (21-8), 10-4, and benefitted from five Panther errors.
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