Rolla, Mo. –  The Maryville baseball team drilled six home runs, including a pair from Dalton Schumer and pounded out 28 hits as the Saints opened Great Lakes Valley Conference action with a sweep of Missouri S&T Saturday afternoon at S&T Ballpark in Rolla, Mo. The Saints won the first game of the series 14-1 and earned the sweep of the Miners with a 12-5 win in the nightcap.
 
Game one:
Drake Lubin got things started for the Saints in the top of the first with a leadoff single and scored as Brennan Williams doubled to left field to give Maryville a 1-0 lead. Louis Niemerg drilled a triple to deep center field to score Williams and then Niemerg scored on a pass ball to give the Saints a 3-0 advantage. After the Miners scored a run in the second inning, Maryville added three more runs in the top of the third on three hits, with the big blow being a Zack Ruckman two-run single to extend the lead to 6-1. The Miners cut into the lead in the home half of the third with three runs of their own to put the score at 6-4, but that is as close as it would get as the Saints added three runs in the fifth with Garrett Taylor smashing a two-run blast to cap off another three-run inning that gave the Saints a 9-4. Maryville scored two runs in the sixth and closed out the scoring in the eighth as Dalton Schumer and Niemerg drilled back-to-back round trippers to extend the lead to 14-4.
 
Winning Pitcher: Andrew Peters (2-3)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Borek (2-4)
Hitting leaders: Schumer – 3-for-5, HR (9), 2B, 2 RBIs, four runs scored
                           Taylor – 3-for-5, HR (5), 2B, 3 RBIs, two runs scored
                           Niemerg – 2-for-5, HR (4), 3B, 2 RBIs, four runs scored
Game two:
The Saints once again grabbed an early lead in the top of the first inning as Williams drew a walk and moved to third on a Niemerg double to right center. Schumer cleared the bases with his second homer of the day to give Maryville a 3-0 lead. The Miners drew even with Maryville with three runs of their own in the second inning, but Connor Markell gave the lead back to the Saints with a two-run blast in the third to give the Saints a 5-3 advantage. Daniel Covert added another run in the inning to extend the lead to 6-3. Maryville added insurance in the fourth inning as the Saints took advantage of a pair of Miner errors to add a run and take a 7-3 lead. The offense continued to roll with three runs in the fifth inning and Covert stroked a two-run blast in the sixth to give the Saints a 12-3 lead.
 
Winning Pitcher: Alec Harris (4-3)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Garza (1-1)
Hitting leaders: Covert – 3-for-4, HR (2), 2B, 3 RBIs, two runs scored
                          Markell – 2-for-4, HR (2), 2 RBIs, run scored
                          Williams – 2-for-4, RBI, two runs scored
 
Records:
Maryville – 10-14, 2-0 GLVC
Missouri S&T – 8-10, 0-2 GLVC
 
Up Next – Maryville wraps up their four-game set with Missouri S&T Sunday with a doubleheader set to begin at noon in Rolla, Mo.