ST. LOUIS, MO. - The University of Missouri - St. Louis Tritons baseball team earned their first conference win on Saturday, splitting the doubleheader against the visiting William Jewell Cardinals. The Tritons won the first game by the score of 13-5, but dropped the second game 9-2.
Game 1
The Cardinals (15-5, 2-1 GLVC) got on the board in the top of the second inning with an RBI base hit to make it a 1-0 game, but starter
Brady Krile worked out of the jam, stranding Cardinals at second and third base.
The Tritons (2-13, 1-2 GLVC) responded in their half of the second inning, as Freshman
Ben Beier came up with two runners on and hit his third home run of the year to give the Tritons a 3-1 lead.
Leighton Keller made it 4-1 when he drove in a run as he reached on a fielder's choice.
Clayton Stephens followed up with a sacrifice fly, plating another Triton run to push the score to 5-1. The Tritons made it 6-1 when
Leighton Keller crossed the plate on a wild pitch.
The Cardinals threatened in the third inning, but with one out and the bases loaded,
Brady Krile struck out the next two batters, leaving all three Cardinal runners aboard.
In the Tritons half of the third, the Tritons rolled with the momentum when the leadoff hitter
Logan Mantz hit a home run over the right field wall for his second home run of the weekend.
Brandon Olion made the score 8-1 with an RBI double to right field.
Mitchell Green drove in the ninth run of the game for the Tritons with an RBI base hit, scoring
Clayton Stephens from second base.
Ben Beier kept his hot streak alive, driving in another two runs with a base knock to left field.
The Cardinals plated a run in the 6th inning on a sac fly to center field, but the Tritons would answer again in the bottom of the sixth when
Jared Bryant came into the game and hit a two-run double to center field to make the score 13-2.
The Cardinals hit a solo shot to right field to make it 13-3, then an RBI single cut the Triton lead to 13-4.
Krile pitched three innings, scattering two hits and striking out five Cardinals allowing just one run. In relief,
Jacob Mosher went four innings, scattering four runs on four hits and striking out two, earning the win. Game one saw 16 hits from the Tritons, and five batters recorded mult-hit games.
Ben Beier drove in five runs in the game, and
Brandon Pasley went 4-4 at the plate.
GAME 2
The Tritons got on top early, scoring a run in the first inning, as
Brandon Olion led off the game with a base hit to center field and would eventually come around to score in the inning.
The Cardinals responded in the second inning, scoring their first run on an RBI base hit, then forcing a run across as Rose hit a batter with the bases loaded to bring the score to 2-1. Rose would come back with a strikeout to end the inning to strand the bases loaded, ending the threat.
With runners on first and second, the Tritons took advantage of a Cardinals miscue in the third inning.
Clayton Stephens grounded a ball sharply to the third baseman who stepped on the bag at third and threw across the diamond to try to double up Stephens to end the inning. But the throw was low, scooting by the first baseman and allowed
Matt DiMemmo to score all the way from first base on the play, tying up the score at 2-2.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Cardinals plated two runs on a bases loaded infield hit, followed by an RBI groundout and took the lead 4-2.
The Cardinals tallied five runs in the sixth, taking advantage of several defensive miscues by the Tritons to make it the final score of 9-2.
Up Next
The Tritons look to even the series against William Jewell Sunday with a nine inning game starting at 12:00 p.m.
