ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team wrapped up a nine-game road trip with 7-1 and 13-5 losses at crosstown foe Maryville on Wednesday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.
Records: UMSL (5-23, 4-13 GLVC), Maryville (14-15, 11-6 GLVC)
Game 1: Maryville 7, UMSL 1
The Tritons' pitching staff scattered just seven hits, but walked 13 and allowed another two runners on a hit-by-pitch.
UMSL was limited to four hits, including a lead-off single from redshirt senior
Brian Seymour, that eventually led to the Tritons' only run when Seymour scored on a wild pitch.
UMSL threatened to score in the seventh inning, loading the bases on a
Keaton Bruegenhemke single and back-to-back walks, but a strikeout and a ground out ended the threat.
Game 2: Maryville 13, UMSL 5
Redshirt junior
Derrick Freeman was 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored. Freeman launched a solo home run in the fourth inning to get UMSL on the board after Maryville had jumped out to an 11-0 lead.
Freeman added an RBI single in a three-run seventh inning. Senior
Tom DeCero and junior
Jackson Dvorak also had RBI singles in that four-hit frame that pulled UMSL within 13-5.
The Tritons recorded 11 hits, including four doubles. DeCero, who tallied two hits and two RBI, had one of those doubles, while Dvorak also recorded a pair of hits. Freshman
Jacob Stoker added two hits, including a double.
Freshman
Trent Hlafka tossed two scoreless innings in relief, while freshman
Holden Mayberry struck out three in three innings of relief work, allowing two unearned runs on two hits.
Up Next: UMSL returns home on Saturday and Sunday to host Rockhurst in a three-game GLVC series.