Kansas City, Mo. –  The Maryville University baseball team ripped seven extra-base hits, including three home runs, en route to a 13-2 victory over Rockhurst Saturday afternoon at Loyola Park in Kansas City, Mo. in seven innings. The win extends the Saints current winning streak to four games.
 
Game One:
Louis Niemerg opened the scoring for the Saints in the top of the first with his sixth home run of the year to put Maryville on top 1-0. Daniel Covert continued the offensive fireworks in the second with a two-run blast to left field to extend the advantage to 3-0. The Saints pushed across another run in the third frame on an RBI double into the gap in right center field to put Maryville on top 4-0. The Saints took control of the game in the fourth inning as Drake Lubin hit an RBI single and Cody Klotz launched a three-run blast to extend the lead to 8-0. Maryville tacked on a run in the fifth before Rockhurst scored two runs in their half of the fifth to cut the advantage to 9-2. Wyatt Elbe drove in a pair of runs in the seventh with a double while Cade Schares added a two-run single to push the lead to 13-2.
 
Winning Pitcher:  Cody Siebenberger (5-2)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: G. Fletcher (2-2)
Hitting leader:Lubin – 2-for-4, 2 RBI, two runs scored
                         Mercier – 2-for-3, 2 2B, RBI, run scored
                         Covert – 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, run scored
Records:
Maryville – 22-17, 19-8 GLVC
Rockhurst – 9-30, 5-22 GLVC
 
Up Next: The Saints wrap-up their road trip Wednesday, April 24, as they head to Quincy, Ill., to take on the Hawks in a non-conference doubleheader set to begin at noon.