St. Louis – The Maryville baseball team was held to three hits while McKendree scattered 15 hits as the Bearcats defeated the Saints 13-2 Sunday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference action at Weber Field.
 
Game One: 
The Bearcats broke out on top in the first with four runs while adding three runs in the third and a run in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead. The Saints responded in the home half of the fourth as Austin Tapella opened the frame with a single and moved to third as Wyatt Elbe laced a double to center field. Tapella scored on a fielder's choice to cut the deficit to 8-1.
 
McKendree plated two runs in the top of the fifth to extend to advantage to 10-1. After the Bearcats scored a run in the top of the eighth, Ben Hopkins started the home half of the inning with a double into the gap in left center and moved to third on a groundout. Hopkins scored on another ground out to make the score 11-2. McKendree pushed across two insurance runs in the ninth to claim the series victory.
 
Winning Pitcher: A. Yancik (2-1)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher:  Donovan Meloy (0-1)
Hitting leader: Hopkins – 1-for-3, 2B, run scored
                         Elbe – 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
 
Records:
Maryville – 6-10, 1-2 GLVC
McKendree – 6-8, 2-1 GLVC
 
Up Next: The Saints will take on Lewis in non-conference match-up Thursday at Weber Field. First pitch is set for noon.