ROLLA, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team recorded a combined 23 hits as they opened up a three-game GLVC series at Missouri S&T on Friday, but lost both ends of a doubleheader, 17-7 and 10-7. The host Miners registered 30 hits and drew 17 walks.
 
Records: UMSL (7-27, 6-17 GLVC), Missouri S&T (21-3, 14-9 GLVC)
 
Game 1: Missouri S&T 17, UMSL 7
The Miners outscored the Tritons, 10-1, over the final two innings after UMSL tied it at 6-6 in the fifth, using five hits to score five runs. Redshirt junior Derrick Freeman tallied an RBI single, while juniors Andrew Hayden and Jackson Dvorak added two-run doubles.
 
Freeman added a solo home run in the fourth inning – his team-leading third of the season – to get UMSL on the board.
 
An RBI single from redshirt senior Brian Seymour in the sixth rounded out the Tritons' scoring.
 
S&T out-hit UMSL, 19-11, with Freeman, Dvorak and sophomore John Hilpert all tallying two hits.
 
Game 2: Missouri S&T 10, UMSL 7
UMSL scored the game's final seven runs, including five in the eighth, but couldn't complete the rally.
 
The Tritons out-hit the Miners, 12-11, getting three hits each from senior Tom DeCero and redshirt junior Koltyn Schilly. Schilly had a two-run single in the eighth, while freshman Jacob Stoker added a two-run double.
 
DeCero and Dvorak recorded back-to-back solo home runs in the sixth inning.
 
Missouri S&T scored in four of the first five innings, which included a five-run third.
 
Up Next: UMSL closes out the series at Missouri S&T tomorrow with a single game at Noon.