Normandy, Mo. – Brennan Williams launched a pair of home runs as the Maryville baseball team pounded out 13 hits to upend the University of Missouri-St. Louis 12-2 Monday afternoon at the UMSL Baseball Field. With the victory, the Saints have won six of its last seven games and improve to 11-5 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.
 
Game One:
After the game re-started in the bottom of the second inning with a Triton on third base and two-outs, Arcentae Stone got out of the inning by forcing a ground-out to keep the game scoreless. Williams jump started the Maryville offense with a two-run blast to give Maryville an early 2-0 lead in the top of the third stanza. UMSL answered with runs in the home half of the third and the fourth to even the score at 2-2. The Saints took control of the contest in the top of the fifth as Williams drilled his second two-run shot of the game to put Maryville out front 4-2. The offense continued to roll in the seventh as Cody Klotz opened the inning with a single and moved to third on a Triton miscue. He scored as Drake Lubin singled to right to stake the Saints to a 5-2 advantage. After a pair of singles and a hit batter loaded the bases, Connor Markell hit a single to center field that scored two runs and extended the lead to 7-2. Maryville pushed across another run on a wild pitch to take an 8-2 lead after seven innings. Klotz continued to swing a hot bat in the eighth inning as he lifted his fifth homer of the year down the right field line to give the Saints a 9-2 advantage. After Maryville loaded the bases for the second consecutive inning in the eighth, Markell smashed a ground rule double to plate two more runs that extended the lead to 11-2. The Saints tallied another run in the inning to push the lead to 12-2.
 
Winning Pitcher: Stone (4-1)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Jim Brant (3-2)
Hitting leaders: Williams – 3-for-5, 2 HR (6,7), 4 RBIs, four runs scored
                           Louis Niemerg - 3-for-3, 2B, two runs scored
                           Markell – 2-for-5, 2B, 4 RBIs
                          
Records:
Maryville – 19-19, 11-5 GLVC
UMSL – 15-20, 7-9 GLVC
 
Up Next - Maryville hits the road to Kansas City, Mo., to take on Rockhurst in a four-game series set to begin with a doubleheader Saturday, April 20. The first pitch is slated for noon.