SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – After being limited to one hit in the opener, the University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team battled back to out-hit Illinois Springfield in the nightcap during a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday. The host Prairie Stars swept the doubleheader with wins of 12-0 and 4-3.
 
Records: UMSL (9-33), Illinois Springfield (30-11-1)
 
The Tritons had a 10-7 advantage in hits in game two and got six scoreless innings from their bullpen.
 
Junior Andrew Hayden was one of three players with two hits and drove in two runs in eighth inning for the final score. Freshman Mitchel Becher accounted for the other run with a sac fly in the first inning. Redshirt senior Brian Seymour and redshirt junior Derrick Freeman also had two hits.
 
Redshirt junior Christian Thrasher equaled a career-best five strikeouts, working three hitless innings in relief.
 
Junior Jackson Dvorak accounted for the lone hit in the opener with his triple in the sixth inning.
 
Up Next: UMSL is at Southern Indiana this weekend in a three-game GLVC series.