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Winner Maryville (Mo.) MARYVILL 29-14
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Drury DRURY 24-18
Winner
Maryville (Mo.) MARYVILL
29-14
5
Final
1
Drury DRURY
24-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryville (Mo.) MARYVILL 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 0
Drury DRURY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2

W: Kroeger, Jacob (5-0) L: C. Bahl (4-2)

Jacob Kroeger pitches vs Quincy (3-15-24, Emmalee Randazzo)
Emmalee Randazzo

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tyler Andrus, Coordinator of Athletics Communications

Kroeger Pitches Saints Past Panthers in Game One

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Jacob Kroeger pitched Maryville University past Drury University in the series opener on Friday night. The senior from Palmyra, Mo., went 8.0 innings and allowed just one earned run in a 5-1 victory. The win improved the Saints to 29-14 and 21-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
 
Drury Recap
Jack Zebig led off the game with a double in the top of the first and advanced to second on Michael Gould's walk. Elias Stevens stepped in as the third hitter of the game and collected an RBI single to center field. Two batters later, Jacob Hager worked a bases-loaded walk to give Maryville a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the first.
 
The Panthers put a runner on the corners with two outs in the first frame, but Saints' starter Jacob Kroeger avoided any runs from scoring with a 4-6 fielder's choice.
 
Stevens singled again to lead off the third and scored later in the inning on a Dominic Sharp RBI fielder's choice. In the fourth, Andy Bunton doubled with no outs and scored on a throwing error to extend the lead to four before a solo home run from Matt Schuler in the seventh made it 5-0.
 
Kroeger continued dealing on the mound, not surrendering a hit until the bottom of the sixth. He was sent back out to the mound in the bottom of the ninth to try to finish off the complete game, but Drury got a pair of doubles and a run to force him out of the game. His final line was 8.0 innings, one earned run, and 12 strikeouts on 90 pitches.
 
Noah Harbin was brought out of the bullpen and he worked three consecutive strikeouts to close out a 5-1 Maryville win.
 
Winning Pitcher: Jacob Kroeger (5-0)
Losing Pitcher: C. Bahl (4-2)
  
Batting Leaders
Matt Schuler: 2-for-5, HR, RBI, R
Elias Stevens: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI, R
Jack Zebig: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, R
 
Records:
Maryville: 29-14, 21-8 GLVC
Drury: 24-18, 21-8 GLVC
 
What's Next?
The Saints and Panthers play two more in Springfield, Mo., on Saturday, April 27, beginning at 1 p.m.
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play MARYVILL DRURY
MARYVILL TOP 1st E. Stevens singled to center field, RBI; M. Gould advanced to second; J. Zebig scored. 1 0
MARYVILL TOP 1st J. Hager walked, RBI; M. Schuler advanced to second; E. Stevens advanced to third; M. Gould scored. 2 0
MARYVILL TOP 3rd D. Sharp reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; J. Hager out at second 3b to 2b; C. Bergmann advanced to third; E. Stevens scored, unearned. 3 0
MARYVILL TOP 4th J. Zebig singled, bunt, RBI; A. Bunton advanced to third on an error by c, scored, unearned. 4 0
MARYVILL TOP 7th M. Schuler homered, RBI. 5 0
DRURY BOT 9th W. Collins doubled to center field, RBI; L. Burk scored. 5 1

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