St. Louis – The Maryville baseball team dominated the University of Missouri-St. Louis on Friday afternoon at Weber Field. Ryan Louck threw a complete game shutout on only 95 pitches while striking out 12 Tritons and giving the Saints a 4-0 series opening victory. 
 
Game One: 
The Saints and Tritons were locked up in a pitcher's duel until the Saints broke through in the fifth inning. Jackson Burrell started off the inning with a double down the left field line and was pushed over to third base on a sacrifice bunt from Nick Hofmann. Burrell came home courtesy of an Alex Hoff RBI single through the left side, giving the Saints a 1-0 lead.
 
Michael Gould got things going in the seventh inning with a double to left center field. Dominic Connolly brought home Gould with a frozen rope past the first baseman to make it 2-0. Ben Hopkins followed with a double to left center and Connolly raced around the bases to score from first and extend the Maryville advantage to 3-0.
 
Hoff continued the scoring in the eighth inning with a blast to left center field, notching his fourth homerun of the year and giving the Saints a commanding 4-0 lead. 
 
That is all pitcher Louck would need as he threw a complete game shutout with 12 strikeouts and only allowed three hits. 
 
Winning Pitcher: Louck (5-2)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Nick Torres (0-6)
Hitting leaders: Hoff – 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
                            Burrell – 3-for-3, 2B, run scored
                                                 
Records:
Maryville – 11-14, 9-8 GLVC
UMSL – 7-21, 5-16 GLVC
 
Up Next: The Saints and Tritons square off for a double-header tomorrow afternoon with first pitch of game one slated for noon.