St. Louis –
Andrew Peters came within three outs of a no-hitter in the nightcap to pace the Maryville baseball team in a sweep of Great Lakes Valley Conference foe, William Jewell College Friday afternoon at Weber Field. The Saints hit three home runs en route to 12-3 victory in the opener while Peters had 10 strikeouts in a 2-1 win over the Cardinals in the second game of the day. With the two wins, Maryville earned its first berth into the GLVC tournament since 2013 next week in Ozark, Mo.
Game One:
The Saints opened the scoring in the second as
Dalton Schumer and
Connor Markel hit back-to-back home runs to give Maryville a 2-0 lead. The Saints added a pair of runs in the third as
Zack Ruckman and
Cody Klotz each had RBI singles to extend the lead to 4-0.
Louis Niemerg extended the lead with an RBI double and then scored on a wild -pitch to extend the lead to 6-0 after four innings. The offensive explosion continued in the fifth frame as
Brennan Williams drilled a two-run double to give the Saints an 8-0 lead. Klotz finished the scoring for Maryville in the home half of the sixth with a grand slam to give the Saints a 12-0 advantage. The Cardinals scored three runs in the seventh inning, but that is a close as they would get.
Alec Harris earned his tenth win of the season going 7.2 innings with six strikeouts as the win clinched a spot in the GLVC post-season tournament.
Winning Pitcher: Harris (10-3)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Mack Stephenson (2-3)
Hitting leaders: Klotz – 2-for-4, HR (6), 5 RBIs, two runs scored
Schumer – 1-for-3, HR (16), RBI, run scored
Markell – 2-for-4, HR (6), RBI, three runs scored
Game Two:
Maryville once again opened the scoring in the bottom of the second as Ruckman opened the frame with a double and scored on a throwing error while
Domonic Connolly scored on a sacrifice fly to give the Saints a 2-0 lead. William Jewell took advantage of an error in the fifth inning to cut the Maryville lead to 2-1. Peters was in total control of the game as the only hit that the Cardinals could get was a single to open the seventh inning. Peters grabbed his third win of the year with 10 strikeouts in the complete game effort.
Winning Pitcher: Peters (3-3)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Brendan Beatty (5-5)
Hitting leaders: Klotz – 2-for-3
Ruckman – 1-for-3, 2B, run scored
Records:
Maryville – 25-23, 17-9 GLVC
William Jewell – 23-24, 11-15 GLVC
Up Next - Maryville wraps up the regular season tomorrow with a doubleheader against William Jewell on Senior Day starting at 11 a.m. The Senior Day festivities will begin at 10:30 a.m.