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Apr. 6, 2008

Lions drop series finale at Northwest, 10-0

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Maryville, Mo. - Starter Bill Disselhoff shut out the Missouri Southern Lions on only three hits in seven innings to lead the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats to a 10-0 win in the series finale Sunday afternoon (Apr. 6) at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo. The game was called in the seventh inning due to the 10-run rule. The win for the Bearcats means that the two schools will settle for a split of the four-game weekend series.

The big blow was a five-run second inning for Northwest that included an RBI double by Ben Malick and a run-scoring single from Chris Benham. The Bearcats (18-13, 8-8 MIAA) also benefited from two Lion errors in the inning that led to four unearned runs against MSSU starter Tyler Lipscomb.

Malick then hit a two-run double as part of a three-run Bearcat sixth inning that put Northwest ahead 8-0.

The Bearcats added two more tallies in the bottom of the seventh to end the contest.

Juan Hernandez, Skyler Rawlins and Alec French had the only hits for the Lions (12-20, 10-8 MIAA).

Disselhoff also struck out eight and walked in the winning effort for the Bearcats.

Next up for the Lions will be a four-game series against the MIAA-leading Emporia State Hornets. The first game will be Friday night (Apr. 11) with a nine-inning contest starting at 6 p.m. at Joe Becker Stadium. The sixth-ranked Hornets have won 27 straight games and are a perfect 18-0 in the MIAA and 32-3 overall.