Mustangs drop pair in GPAC doubleheader
SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Games one and two of this year’s baseball rivalry series with Briar Cliff offered plenty of excitement to keep fans on the edge of their seats.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final (8) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Photo by Laryn Johnson, Morningside Sports Information Intern
SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Games one and two of this year's baseball rivalry series with Briar Cliff offered plenty of excitement to keep fans on the edge of their seats.
Game no. 1 was a pitchers' duel before a sixth inning blast from Jayson Willers gave Morningside a 2-1 lead. Briar Cliff would come back and tie the game in the top of the seventh and push three runs across in the eighth. Another homer for Willers brought the Mustangs within one run, but they couldn't complete the comeback.
Kai Purdy-Burton got the start, going 5.1 innings for the Mustangs while giving up one run.
The nightcap saw more offense early, with BCU jumping on the board with two runs in the first. Willers proved he had the Chargers' number, though, driving in an RBI to answer.
The teams went scoreless until the fifth inning, when BCU pushed another run across. Morningside answered with a run from Jacob O'Dell on a Ryan Kiolbassa single.
The Mustangs took the lead again in the sixth, as O'Dell scored Giacomo Crosetti and Eddie Brancato scored O'Dell. Briar Cliff answered with three runs in the top of the seventh and was able to shut down Morningside in the bottom of the frame, winning 6-4.
Morningside and Briar Cliff square off again tomorrow. The game times have now been adjusted to start at 11 a.m.