Reidelberger
Terry Griffin
5
Maryville (Mo.) MU 19-11, 13-1 GLVC
6
Winner Drury DU 18-13, 9-5 GLVC
Maryville (Mo.) MU
19-11, 13-1 GLVC
5
Final
6
Drury DU
18-13, 9-5 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Maryville (Mo.) MU 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 7 1
Drury DU 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 7 0

W: Panagos, Nick (4-0) L: Alex Bryan (0-1)

4
Maryville (Mo.) MU 19-12, 13-2 GLVC
9
Winner Drury DU 19-13, 10-5 GLVC
Maryville (Mo.) MU
19-12, 13-2 GLVC
4
Final
9
Drury DU
19-13, 10-5 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Maryville (Mo.) MU 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 9 0
Drury DU 1 1 2 0 0 5 X 9 14 0

W: Vita, Anthony (3-0) L: Brayden Rubel (3-3) S: Linton, Hayden (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Eric Doennig, Associate AD - Media Relations

Panthers Bounce Back With Doubleheader Sweep of GLVC-Leading Maryville

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Drury baseball rebounded from a tough-luck setback in Thursday's opening game of its pivotal Great Lakes Valley Conference series with Maryville by sweeping a doubleheader from the Saints Friday afternoon at Mark Worley Field at Meador Park. The Panthers rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to record a 6-5 walk-off game-one victory, before pulling away late in the nightcap for a 9-4 win, handing the Saints their first two losses of the conference season in the process.

Connor Bain led the Panthers with four hits on the afternoon, going 2-for-3 in each game, while Caleb Briggs added three hits in his five at-bats. Jackson Crider provided the main power source with a crucial three-run homer in game two, and Greydon Miller drove in three runs as well to boost the DU offense.

Drury also benefited from strong mound efforts in each contest, as five Panther hurlers combined to limit the Saints to a total of 16 hits on the day, while the DU defense turned in two more error-free performances. The Panthers have committed a total of two errors over their last 10 games, logging a team .993 fielding percentage over the same stretch.

Game 1 - Drury 6, Maryville 5
Drury's decisive rally in the seventh culminated with Logan Reidelberger's two-out chopper to the right side of the Maryville infield that brought home the tying and winning runs. An errant toss to first resulted in an error that handed the Panthers the come-from-behind one-run victory.

Carter Wambach sparked the game-ending rally by coaxing a two-out walk, after Maryville reliever Alex Bryan (0-1) quickly dispatched the first two Drury hitters of the inning. Luke Matschiner drew a free pass as well, and Crider kept the rally alive with an infield single to the left side, loading the bases for Reidelberger. The Panthers first baseman hit a high bouncer that first baseman Brady Kindhart fielded cleanly, but his throw was high, pulling Bryan off the bag and allowing pinch runner Kyler Vaughn and Matschiner to score the deciding runs.

The deciding rally followed a comeback effort by Maryville that saw the visitors wipe out a 4-2 Panthers advantage by scoring two runs in the sixth, before Cooper Walkoff's solo shot with one out in the top of the seventh gave the Saints their first lead since the second inning.

After the two offenses traded runs in each of the first two innings, Drury gained control of the lead on Colin McClure's two-out single. Bain ignited the rally with his second consecutive hit to open the fourth, then swiped second to set up McClure's base hit to left field. DU tacked on a run the following frame courtesy of back-to-back walks from Maryville starter Ryan Hoshaw that set up Crider's sacrifice fly to center that made it a 4-2 game.

DU starter Caden Crask-Weeks fought his command throughout his 5.0 innings, but the junior left-hander avoided the big inning thanks to a Drury career-high seven strikeouts. Nick Panagos (4-1) picked up the win in relief, working the final 1 2/3 innings and allowing just the Walkoff homer in the seventh.

The loss snapped the Saints' 13-game GLVC winning streak to open the league slate.

Game 2 - Drury 9, Maryville 4
The second contest followed a familiar pattern over the first two innings, with Drury scoring a run in the first thanks to back-to-back extra-base hits by Reidelberger, who delivered his GLVC-leading 14th double of the season, and Bain, who followed with a run-scoring triple to right-center to give the Panthers the early lead.

After Maryville tied it up in the second on Aaris Stolte's two-out single, DU went right back to work in the home half, gaining the upper hand once again on a Jackson Edwards grounder following a leadoff walk to Briggs and a McClure single that put runners on the corners with nobody out.

The duo of Reidelberger and Bain would haunt the Saints again in the third to help expand the Drury lead. With one out, Reidelberger singled to center and Bain drew a walk from Maryville starter Brayden Rubel (3-3), and Miller made him pay with a two-run double down the left-field line for a 4-1 Panthers' lead.

Drury (19-13, 10-5 GLVC) starting pitcher Anthony Vita (3-0) made the lead stand through his 4 1/3 innings, scattering three runs on seven hits before yielding to Hayden Linton in the midst of a two-run Maryville rally. The DU freshman preserved a slim 4-3 lead by inducing an infield pop-up off the bat of Kindhart, then getting Walkoff on an inning-ending ground ball to short. Linton followed with a 1-2-3 sixth inning to retired each of the first five hitters he faced.

The Panther offense found its rhythm in the bottom of the sixth, with a Xander Schmitt leadoff single and a one-out walk to Matschiner serving as a springboard to Drury's biggest inning of the series. Crider blasted a 1-0 offering from MU reliever Noah Leingang over the wall in left-center for a three-run homer -- his seventh of the season -- that extended the DU lead to 7-3.

Drury added two more runs, with Reidelberger reaching via a walk and both Bain and Miller coming through with singles. McClure drove in the final Panther run with a sac fly to center, stretching the margin to 9-3.

The Saints (19-12, 13-2 GLVC) threatened a big inning in the seventh, using a double from Jack Meyer and a single by Dominic Anselmo to put a run on the board. But Linton induced a 4-6-3 double-play grounder from Steven Schneider, then retired Kindhart on a chopper back to the mound to squash the rally and record his second save as a Panther.

Vita logged his third win of the season, striking out five Saints, before Linton worked the final 2 2/3 innings to close out he contest. Reidelberger finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored, while Miller registered two hits and three RBIs to pace Drury's 14-hit attack.
 

LOOKING AHEAD
The Panthers and Saints will wrap up their weekend series Saturday with a single nine-inning contest beginning at Noon.

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