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Schedule

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Breelyn Craig
10
McKendree MCKENDRE 11-20
14
Winner Maryville (Mo.) MARYVILL 19-15
McKendree MCKENDRE
11-20
10
Final
14
Maryville (Mo.) MARYVILL
19-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
McKendree MCKENDRE 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 11 3
Maryville (Mo.) MARYVILL 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 5 X 14 12 3

W: N. Miller (4-1) L: Spears, Evan (0-4) S: B. Prywitch (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Patrick Knapinski, Assistant SID

Baseball Falls Short After Starting Fast against Saints in Game One

Four Bearcats Blast Homers in series-opening loss

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - McKendree University baseball (11-20, 6-7 GLVC) dropped the first of a four-game series, 14-10, to the Maryville Saints (19-15, 8-5 GLVC) after firing a pair of three-run homers in the first inning. The opening game of the Great Lakes Valley Conference series featured home runs senior infielder Alex Steinbach (x2), sophomore outfielder Joseph Copeland, senior outfielder Corey Price, and junior outfielder Katom Parnell. 

The Bearcats collected six runs in the first inning with Copeland kicking things off with a three-run homer to right, which brought in Steinbach and freshman infielder Gavin Arseneau. McKendree went right back at in the second inning with another three-run homer, this time from Steinbach, bringing in senior outfielder Ryan Hutchinson and Arseneau. The home run knock by Copeland marked his 12th of the spring while it was Steinbach's 11th on the year.  

The hosting Saints went at the pitching staff of McKendree next, scoring seven runs in the third inning, taking the lead, 7-6 over the Bearcats. The one-run lead did not last long as McKendree tied the game at 7-7 with a walked-in run by Copeland. 

In the latter innings of the game, it became a back-and-forth contest with Maryville re-taking the lead in the fourth and adding another run in the seventh, 9-7. McKendree then tied the game in the eighth, 9-9, behind Steinbach's second homer of the day and a bomb by Price. 

The Saints proceeded to score five in the bottom half of the eighth, taking a 14-9 lead over the visitor. 

McKendree added one last run in the top of the ninth with Parnell blasting his second homer of the spring.

UP NEXT
McKendree baseball will be back in action on April 15 against the Saints in a double-header at Weber Field. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 1 P.M.

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