OZARK -
Devan O'Bryan's two-run, walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh gave Drury a 5-4 victory over William Jewell and a split of their Sunday Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader with the Cardinals at U.S. Baseball Park.
William Jewell roared back in the nine-inning nightcap to claim a 15-0 victory and grab a split of both Sunday's twinbill and the four-game weekend series. The Cardinals improved to 21-12 overall and 7-5 in the GLVC, while Drury is now 13-20 and 5-7.
O'Bryan's gapper with one out in the seventh of the opener scored both
Justin Abernathy and
Ryan Colombo with the tying and winning runs, and made a winner of DU reliever
Ryan Wedermyer (2-1). Wedermyer came on in the seventh for
Trey Faulconer, who allowed eight hits and four runs (three earned) in his six innings of work, striking out two and walking three.
Drury scored twice in the first on an RBI single by
John Goodrich and a run-scoring double from
Conner Wilson for a quick 2-0 advantage, but WJC countered with two runs in the second for the 2-all tie. The Cardinals pushed across two more in the fifth for a 4-2 lead, but the Panthers cut it to 4-3 in the bottom of the frame when Colombo walked, stole second and scored on Goodrich's RBI double, pulling DU closer for O'Bryan's late heroics two innings later.
The Panthers out-hit the Cardinals 10-9 in the opener, with Colombo, Goodrich and Wilson registering two hits each and Colombo scoring three times.
The nine-inning series finale was all Jewell, as the Cardinals broke it open with six runs in the third and adding four in the sixth and three in the seventh to go up 14-0.
WJC out-hit the Panthers 12-6 in the nightcap, with Drury's output coming from six different players, and all singles.
Starter
Austin Simms (4-3) took the loss for DU, allowing five hits and seven runs (six earned) in 2.1 innings.
Drury is back in action next weekend at U.S. Baseball Park, playing host to Quincy in a four-game GLVC set that includes Saturday's inaugural "Pack The Park" promotional effort, with tickets $5 each and available at the gate or the O'Reilly Center lower level box office. The doubleheaders start at noon against the Hawks on both Saturday and Sunday in a rematch of the last two GLVC tourney title game combatants.
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