Missouri Southern shuts out Pittsburg State in opening round of MIAA tournament

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Missouri Southern Lions have taken a 1-0 sequence lead over Pittsburg State within the MIAA convention match, after blanking the Gorillas 6-0 in sport one.

The Lions offense dominated Pittsburg State, with Jordan Fitzpatrick accountable for two doubles, two runs scored, two RBIs, and a house run. Henry Kusiak put up a homer and two RBIs. Webb Metropolis alum Treghan Parker and Chayton Beck additionally had an RBI every, whereas Ryan Doran, Nate Mieszkowski and Drew Davis all scored a run.

“[Peyton] Ingalls is a extremely good pitcher, and for us to get to him that early is fairly good. It’s not simple to do,” says Bryce Darnell, Missouri Southern head coach. “Fitzpatrick got here in on Sunday, and he would inform you he didn’t have the season he anticipated to have or had in earlier years, however he had three hits tonight, he had three hits on Sunday, so he’s swinging fairly good proper now and that’s an enormous a part of what we have to occur.”

Missouri Southern pitcher Logan VanWey threw the primary eight innings, hanging out ten batters and bringing his season whole strikeouts to 123.

VanWey says, “Anytime your protection is making performs for you, you understand you’ll be able to simply go on the market and throw strikes, do your factor, and have fast innings in order that helped me get to the eighth inning. That was enormous. Simply pound the zone. You understand, they’ve bought plenty of good hitters so that you simply gotta make your pitches and let your protection do the work.

Recreation two of the sequence will happen on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., additionally at Al Ortolani subject.