ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The William Jewell baseball team opened Great Lakes Valley Conference play on Friday afternoon with an 11-5 win over Missouri-St. Louis. The Cardinals improve to 14-4 on the season with the victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Jewell grabbed an early lead with run in the first frame as Jake Wilcox walked and scored on a groundout by Alex Epp. The Cards added two more in the following inning with RBI from Wilcox and Cameron Fliege.
- In the fourth frame, the Cardinals blew things open with six runs on three hits, including a grand slam from Anthony Hansen and a two-run blast by Epp.
- The Tritons cut in to the lead in the fifth inning with four runs on five hits.
- Jewell put two insurance runs on the board in the eighth as Wilcox and Chase Elias scored on an error by the UMSL catcher.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Fliege finished with a game high three hits while Hansen had four RBI and Epp three.
- Jake Sawyer (4-1) earned his fourth win with a seven inning outing.
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