ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team bounced back from a 9-5 loss in the first of four games against Truman State to defeat the visiting Bulldogs, 16-2, in the nightcap behind 17 hits.
UMSL moves to 14-22 overall, including 8-10 in the GLVC, while Truman State is now 13-27 and 6-12 in the league. The two teams will close out the series tomorrow with another twinbill slated for a Noon start.
Game 1: Truman State 9, UMSL 5
Game Highlights
- Truman jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings, scoring all seven runs on seven hits with two outs.
- UMSL then reeled off five unanswered, beginning in the fourth when senior
Nick Ulrey delivered a hard-hit ball up the middle to score senior
Tanner Hudson.
- Two more runs came home in the fifth, including one on and RBI fielder's choice by junior
Jake Morsch and one on an RBI single from junior
Cooper Vinz .
- Back-to-back hits in the sixth from sophomore
Tom DeCero and redshirt freshman
Dylan Hoelscher made it 7-5.
- After being held scoreless for four innings, Truman tacked on two runs in the seventh to make it a 9-5 advantage, but UMSL got those runs back in the bottom of the eighth as Morsch took advantage of a two-out Bulldogs error with a two-run single.
Statistically Speaking
- Truman State out-hit the Tritons, 12-10.
- UMSL was led by two hits each from Hudson, Vinz and DeCero.
- Morsch recorded three RBIs
Game 2: UMSL 16, Truman State 2
Game Highlights
- The Tritons pounded out 17 hits, including six for extra base, in the victory with everyone contributing offensively. Eight of nine players recorded a hit, while everyone scored at least one run. UMSL crossed the plate in five of six frames it went to bat.
- Senior
Jake Beckwith tallied a hit in each of his first three at-bats, including a grand slam in the third inning for his first home run of the year.
- Truman State scored in the top of the first before UMSL countered with three runs in the bottom of the frame and never looked back.
Statistically Speaking
- Senior
Jacob Renfrow picked up his team-best fifth win of the season, tossing the complete game five-hitter. Only one of the two runs was earned and he walked just two and struck out one.
- Beckwith finished 3-of-5 at the plate with four RBI and three runs scored.
- Hudson added three hits and three runs scored.
- Vinz added two hits, three RBI and three runs scored, while Ulrey drove in four runs.
