HOUSTON – No. 5-ranked University of Central Missouri Mules baseball fell to No. 3-ranked Tampa, 16-4, in its final game of the Houston Winter Invitational Sunday, Feb. 4, inside Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston, Texas.
The Mules (1-2) are scheduled to host Arkansas Tech (1-1) for a four-game series Feb. 9-11 at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field in Warrensburg.
Vance Tobol,
Jack Schark and
Jacob Steele all had two hits in the game while
Josh Patrick homered for the third straight contest and
Carter Young added a double, pacing Central Missouri at the plate.
UCM starting pitcher
Jacob Merithew (0-1) suffered the loss on the mound after allowing four earned runs on three hits with one strikeout in 1 2/3 innings of work.
E.J. Cumbo went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, a home run and two RBIs while Jake Griffith homered and four RBIs and Brayden Woodburn drove in three runs and doubled, leading the Spartans (3-0) offensively.
Tampa reliever Ashton Pocol (1-0) earned the win on the rubber, giving up one earned run on two hits with one strikeout and one walk in two innings.
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