St. Louis – Illinois Springfield scored in the first four innings and limited the University of Missouri – St. Louis Baseball team to two hits as the Prairie Stars defeated the Tritons 10-1 Tuesday afternoon at the UMSL Baseball Field in St. Louis, Mo. 
 
How it Happened – The Prairie Stars opened the scoring in the first frame with an RBI single to right field to take an early 1-0 lead over the Tritons. UIS added to the lead in the second with another RBI single to extend the advantage to 2-0.
 
UIS continued to extend the lead in the third with a pair of runs on a solo home run and a bases-loaded wild pitch to push the Prairie Star lead to 4-0. The UIS offense continued to produce in the top of the fifth as they extended their advantage on a three-run homer over the left-field wall to make the score 7-0.
 
The Tritons cracked the scoreboard in the home half of the seventh as Clayton Stephens was hit by a pitch and scored after a pair of wild pitches to cut the UIS lead to 7-1.
 
The Prairie Stars added to the lead in the top of the ninth as they added three runs on a pair of extra-base hits and a run-scoring sacrifice fly to run the score to 10-1.
 
Brandon Olion accounted for both Triton hits in the contest while Bryce Kulinski and Issac Powers each drew a walk in the loss for UMSL.
 
 
Winning Pitcher: Seth Masters (1-1)
Losing Pitcher: Grant Brunstetter (0-2)
Save: None
 
Hitting Leaders:
Olion – 2-for-3
Stephens – 0-for-2, HBP, run scored
 
Records:
UMSL: 7-20
Illinois Springfield: 25-6
 
Up Next: 
The Tritons open a four-game series with Lindenwood with a single game Thursday. The first pitch is slated for 2 p.m.