Michael Emami

5 days ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Michael Emami

JOPLIN, MO — Missouri Southern baseball suffered a series sweep after back-to-back losses on Friday afternoon. The Lions dropped game one 15-12 and game two 18-2. The only lead the Lions had in game two came from a fielder’s choice in the bottom half of the first. Nate Mieszkowski’s grounder was corralled at short, but a run still crossed the plate to give MSSU a 1-0 lead. After the first inning, Central Missouri began to pile on the hits.

5 days ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Michael Emami

SENECA, MO — Webb City baseball took down Seneca on Friday afternoon 4-3 with a wild pitch being the deciding factor in the sixth inning. In the top of the third, Webb’s offense got going via a Mason Young base hit to right. Andrew Young and Luke Beverlin would score to give the Cardinals an early 3-0 lead. Seneca’s offense, though, wouldn’t back down. In the bottom half of the third, a Drew Sherwood sacrifice fly and a Silas Ball single would cut the deficit to one.

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Michael Emami

SENECA, MO — Webb City baseball took down Seneca on Friday afternoon 4-3 with a wild pitch being the deciding factor in the sixth inning. In the top of the third, Webb’s offense got going via a Mason Young base hit to right. Andrew Young and Luke Beverlin would score to give the Cardinals an early 3-0 lead. Seneca’s offense, though, wouldn’t back down. In the bottom half of the third, a Drew Sherwood sacrifice fly and a Silas Ball single would cut the deficit to one.

6 days ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Michael Emami

JOPLIN, MO — Missouri Southern softball took down Nebraska-Kearney in a series sweep on Friday afternoon, winning game one 4-3 and winning game two 3-1. Trailing 1-0, Southern evened up the score quickly in the bottom half of the first, as a Taylor Nuckolls single drove in Bailey Dillon from third base. No runs crossed the plate for either team until the bottom half of the fifth inning, where a Nuckolls single would once again bring home Dillon to take a 2-1 lead.

1 week ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Michael Emami

JOPLIN, MO — Missouri Southern’s offense struggled to keep up with Central Missouri on Thursday afternoon as they fell to the Mules 11-5. UCM strung hits together in the top half of the first, driving in a pair of RBI to take an early 2-0 lead. Drew Townsend then hammered a solo home run in the bottom frame, cutting the lead in half. The Mules would respond in kind with a three-run bomb of their own in the second, pushing the deficit to four.