St. Charles, Mo. - Senior Robbie Gordon (St. Louis, Mo. / Ladue) pitched the first perfect game in Maryville University baseball history as he retired all 21 batters he faced in a 2-0 victory over Hillsdale College Sunday afternoon in St. Charles, Mo. His perfecto was also the first no-hitter in Saints history. The Saints won the second game of the doubleheader 7-5 to earn a split of the four-game series.
 
Gordon set the tone in the top of the first as he struck out two of the first three Chargers he faced. In the bottom of the second, Tyler Catlett singled and scored on Sean Murphy's RBI double for the only run Maryville would need. In the fourth inning, the Saints tacked on another run. Zack Ruckman doubled, and Tyler Omlid put down a sac bunt. Mitch Carriger had an RBI grounder to double the Maryville lead.
 
In the top of the seventh, Omlid snared a liner for the first out, and Carriger caught a pop fly for the second out. To close out the perfect game, Gordon induced a grounder to third and Louis Niemerg calmly scooped the ball and fired over to first for the final out as the Saints sprinted out of the dugout to celebrate. Gordon notched nine strikeouts, seven ground outs and five fly outs in his perfect outing.
 
In game two, Hillsdale jumped out to a three-run lead in the top of the first but the Saints answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Cody Klotz singled and took second on Troy Payton's single. Ruckman put down a sac bunt to put two runners into scoring position, and Klotz scored on a wild pitch. Omlid then lifted a sac fly to left field as Payton scored. In the third inning, Payton singled and stole second. Omlid ripped a double down the line in right to tie the game, and he moved to third on a passed ball. Carriger had an RBI grounder to push the Saints ahead 4-3.
 
In the sixth inning, Niemerg had an RBI single for a two-run lead, and with the bases loaded, Payton drew a walk to force in another run for a 6-3 lead. Hillsdale doubled in two runs in the top of the seventh to cut the Maryville lead down to 6-5. The Saints added an insurance run when Ruckman beat out a bunt single to plate Klotz for a 7-5 lead. Clayton Luley retired the final two outs in the ninth to pick up the save.
 
The Saints even their record at 9-9 and snapped Hillsdale's nine-game winning streak as the Chargers are now 11-4 on the year.