Joplin, Mo. – The Maryville University baseball team could not recover from a four -run inning early in the contest as the Saints fell to Missouri Southern 7-5 Sunday afternoon at Turner Field in Joplin, Mo.
 
Game One:
After the Lions plated a run in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead, the Saints struck back in the third as Drake Lubin lifted a deep fly ball over the left field fence to tie the game at 1-1. Maryville grabbed the lead as Dalton Schumer scored on a Zach Ruckman single to give the Saints a 2-1 advantage. Missouri Southern responded in the home half of the third with four runs and then scratched across two more runs in the fourth to take a 7-2 lead. The Saints bounced back with a pair of runs in the fifth as Daniel Covert walked and moved to third on a Schumer double to put runners at second and third. Ruckman then stepped in a delivered a single to score both runners and cut the Lions lead to 7-4. Schumer hit his second homer of the year in the ninth, but that is as close as the Saints could get.
 
Winning Pitcher: Jared Flores (1-0)
Save: Brennon Covington (1)
Losing Pitcher: Ben Lovell (0-1)
Hitting leaders: Schumer – 3-for-3, 2B, HR (2), RBI, 3 runs scored
                           Ruckman – 2-for-5, 2 RBI's
                            Lubin – 2-for-5, HR (1), RBI, run scored
 
Records:
Maryville – 2-3
Missouri Southern – 6-2
 
Up Next - Maryville opens the 2018 home schedule Friday, Feb 24, with a four-game weekend series against McKendree. First pitch for Friday's game is set for 3 p.m.