Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

 

April 18, 2009

WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Truman baseball gave up a four-run lead in game one, then fell behind and couldn’t recover in game two on the way to being swept by the University of Central Missouri on Saturday afternoon.

 

The Bulldogs jumped all over UCM starter Danny Potje in game one, scoring four runs on four hits in the top of the first inning before pushing the lead to 5-1 through four innings. After leaving three on base in the top of their half of the fifth, Truman allowed the Mules to pick up some momentum when leadoff hitter Chance Tuttle reached on a throwing error by freshman SS Steven Rose in the bottom of the fifth. Tuttle would come around to score prior to a three-run shot that tied the game at five apiece.

 

After the ’Dogs didn’t score in the sixth, UCM tacked on two more runs and forced Truman to go 1-2-3 in their half of the seventh for a 7-5 Mule victory in game one.

 

In game two, UCM scored single runs in the first, third and fourth to go up 3-0 before sophomore OF Kenny Swanson brought sophomore 1B Bryce Bond around to cut the deficit to 3-1. Central, though, added a run in their half of the fifth and two more in the sixth prior to a single run for the Bulldogs in the seventh for the 6-2 final score.

 

Sophomore 2B Luke Crader went a perfect 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI from the cleanup spot in the opener, while Swanson finished with a pair of hits and RBIs in the nightcap.

 

The Bulldogs (9-37, 6-26 MIAA) will host Lincoln (Mo.) in a single-game on Wednesday afternoon at the Truman Baseball Park.