Game 1 Box Score (MW 16, TSU 5)

Game 2 Box Score (MW 9, TSU 5 – 10 innings)

Final Season Stats

 

May 3, 2009

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Freshman C/DH Devon Myers recorded five hits over two games Sunday afternoon, but the Truman baseball team capped off its 2009 season with a pair of losses to Missouri Western at the Bulldog Baseball Park. The Griffons used a 20-hit effort in game one to win 16-5 before knocking a grand slam in the top of the 10th to down the ’Dogs 9-5 in the final game of the season.

 

The Bulldogs (11-45) fell behind 8-1 in game one before climbing back to within three in the bottom half of the fourth inning. But the offense stalled from there, as Myers was the only Truman player with multiple hits and his four RBIs marked the third time this year he hit that mark. Seth Huninghake picked up the loss for Truman, going 4.1 innings and giving up seven earned runs.

 

Truman picked up a solid starting effort from Ryan Trimble in game two, and held a 5-3 lead through four innings, but the Griffons (34-22) scored twice in their half of the sixth to knot the game at five apiece. Neither team scored until the 10th, when Brady Ellis took a Tyler Stefan offering over the left field fence for a grand slam, breaking the tie and propelling MWSU to the 9-5 win. Stefan pitched four innings of relief of Trimble, who went six, and picked up the loss.

 

With Truman having played a school-record 56 games this season, many team and individual program records were broken, including:

Team Offense:

-Hits (New record: 448; old record: 408 in 2008)

-Doubles (New record: 77; ties old record: 77 in 1999)

-Total Bases (New record: 596; old record: 565 in 1999)

 

Team Defense:

-Put-outs (New record: 1,289; old record: 1,091 in 2008)

-Assists (New record: 558; old record: 469 in 2008)

-Strikeouts (New record: 270; old record: 242 in 1971)

 

All Individual:

-Games Played (Kenny Swanson: 55; old record: 51 by 3 players in 2000)

*Keaton Jones (52) and Luke Crader (51) also beat or tied the old record

-At-Bats (Kenny Swanson: 192; old record: 175 by Keaton Jones in 2008)

-Assists (Steven Rose: 154; old record: 133 by Neil Bleish in 2006)

 

Additional Notes:

-The 11 wins on the season marked the most since the 2002 Bulldog squad won 15 games.

-The squad’s three seniors – Corey Eagen, Eric Mathews and Corey Tomasek – were honored between games.

-24 of the 31 players on this year’s roster held either freshman or sophomore eligibility status.