Baseball | 3/14/2014 10:58:00 PM
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March 14, 2014-Emporia State scoredd four runs in the third inning on the way to a 7-4 win over defending MIAA regular season champion Missouri Western on Friday night at the Trusler Sports Complex.
The Hornets got single runs in the first and second before exploding for four runs in the third inning. Zach Stucky had the big hit in the inning, an RBI double that made it 4-1 with one out. The Griffons pulled within 6-2 in the top of the seventh only to see Aaron Gile blast a solo homer run to push the lead back to five runs.
Price Jacobs went two for five with a run scored and an RBI while Gile was two for two with two walks, a triple, and a homer. Todd Schultz was one for three with two RBI as the bottom four batters in the Hornet line up went a combined six for 15 with five RBI and four runs scored.
Jarred Miller scattered 11 hits over 7.0 innings to earn the win as he recorded four strikeouts and no walks.
The Hornets and Griffons will continue their four game series on Saturday with a double header beginning at 1:00 p.m.
