Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Ozark, Mo. – The Maryville baseball team saw victory and defeat Sunday afternoon at U.S. Ballpark in Ozark, Mo. The Saints fell to Winona St. 2-1 in the opening game of the day. The Saints rebounded and took down Drury 11-2 in the nightcap with a little help from the long ball. 
 
Game One: 
Kaleb Huxford put together a terrific pitching performance against Winona St. going eight innings, allowing two earned runs, and striking out 13 Warriors. Winona State broke through with a two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning. The Saints answered in the bottom half of the inning when Michael Gould doubled in Alex Hoff to make the score 2-1. Maryville was unable to muster any more offense in this pitcher's duel as the Warriors earned a weekend split against the Saints.
 
Winning Pitcher: Banaszynski (1-0)
Save: Herold (2)
Losing Pitcher: Huxford (0-2)
Hitting leaders: Gould – 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
                            Hoff – 1-for-2, run scored
                           
Game Two:
The Saints offense came alive against Drury when Dominic Connolly singled and Joey Polak was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and second. Ben Hopkins then plunked a three-run homer over the right field fence to give the Saints an early 3-0 advantage. 
 
Maryville extended their lead in the third frame with yet another three-run blast, this time by Hoff, that brought in Matt Schuler and Tyler Ward. The Panthers tallied a run in the fifth off of a single. Michael Gould hit a two-run single up the middle in the eighth inning to give the Saints an 8-1 advantage. Drury added one in the bottom half, making the score 8-2.
 
The Saints tacked on three more runs in the ninth inning, two of which were courtesy of a Gould base-clearing triple to put Maryville on top 11-2.   
 
Tanner Marshall collected his first win of the season after pitching six strong innings and striking out nine Panthers to give Maryville a spilt on the day.
 
Winning Pitcher:  Marshall (1-0)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher:  Becker (0-1)
Hitting leaders: Hopkins – 2-for-5, HR (1) 3 RBI, run scored
                            Gould – 2-for-5 3B, 4 RBI
                         
Records:
Maryville – 2-5
Winona St. – 3-2
Drury – 0-2
 
Up Next: Maryville is back on the road next weekend to open up GLVC competition against Southwest Baptist in Bolivar, Mo. The first of four weekend games against the Bearcats is set for Friday night at 5 p.m.