WARRENSBURG, Mo. – No. 4-ranked Central Missouri Mules baseball ran its winning streak to eight games, completing a four-game, series sweep of the Davenport University Panthers Sunday, Feb. 18, at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field, winning 12-3 in seven innings and 10-4.
The Mules (9-2) are scheduled to host No. 20 Central Oklahoma (11-0) in a three-game series to open MIAA play Feb. 23-25 in Warrensburg.
In UCM's 12-3, seven-inning victory in game one over the Panthers (0-4), the Mules used a four-run fourth inning and four-run sixth inning to secure the win.
Carter Young went 2-for-4 with an inside-the-park, two-run home run – his third homer of the season, a double and three RBIs while
Vance Tobol was 3-for-4 with his fourth homer of 2023, a double and four runs driven in, pacing Central Missouri at the plate.
Starting pitcher
Jake Wilson (1-0) earned the win on the mound in game one for the Mules, giving up two earned runs on three hits with two strikeouts and zero walks in four innings.
In Central Missouri's 10-4 series finale win, the Mules scored a combined seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings to pull away for the victory.
Jack Schark and
Chase Wilcox each had three hits, with Schark tallying a double, Young homered for a fourth time in 2023 and
Brennen van Breusegen added a triple, leading UCM in the batter's box in the nightcap.
Reliever
Jack Scott (1-0) picked up the victory on the rubber in game two, allowing no earned runs on one hit with two strikeouts and zero walks in two innings.
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