WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Vance Tobol homered twice as No. 4-ranked and top-seeded Central Missouri Mules baseball rolled to a 13-2, seven-inning win over the No. 4-seeded Pittsburg State Gorillas in the MIAA Baseball Championship Thursday, May 11, at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field.
With the win, the Mules (39-13) advance in the winner's bracket of the double-elimination tournament and will face the winner of the No. 2 seed Missouri Southern vs. No. 6 seed Northeastern State semifinal contest Friday, May 12, at 7 p.m. in Warrensburg.
A redshirt sophomore from Rogers, Ark., Tobol went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer and solo home run and scored three runs, pacing UCM at the plate. The round-trippers were Tobol's 11th and 12th of the season.
Max Holy,
Brennen van Breusegen,
Chase Heath and
Mason Lowe each compiled two hits in the contest, with van Breusegen and Heath tallying doubles.
Central Missouri right-handed starting pitcher
Conner Wolf (10-3) earned the win on the mound after allowing just one earned run on eight hits with three strikeouts and zero walks in six innings.
Austin Warkins went 2-for-3 with a double, pacing the Gorillas (33-19) offensively.
Pittsburg State left-handed starter Zac Shoemaker (8-3) suffered the loss on the rubber, surrendering eight runs – seven earned – on six hits with five strikeouts and four walks in 4 1/3 innings of work.
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