UMSL Beats Quincy 11-4

Rivermen 36-13 on the Season Heading into Conference Tournament

Quincy, Ill. – In the final regular season game of the season, the UMSL baseball team beat Quincy 11-4 on Monday night. The game was the final tuneup for the Rivermen before this weekend’s GLVC Tournament, which will be hosted by UMSL and will begin on Thursday, May 8.

Quincy got on the board early, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning off UMSL starter Matt Kueny (Boonville, Mo./Boonville). UMSL charged back in the fourth to briefly regain the lead. Logan Hughes (Walnut Shade, Mo./Branson) hit a two-run homer to centerfield to tie the game at 2-2, and Doug Wiles (Farmington, Mo./Farmington) doubled home another run to give the Rivermen a 3-2 lead. The Hawks fought back, scoring one run in the fifth to tie the game at 3-3, but that would be short lived as UMSL came right back in the sixth to take the lead for good.

In that sixth inning, Logan Hughes led off with a double and Jason Barron (St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood East) hit an RBI single for a 4-3 UMSL lead. Scott Miller (St. Louis, Mo./Lindbergh) then brought home Barron with an RBI single for the second run of the inning and a 5-3 lead for the Rivermen. Barron brought home two more runs with a two-run single in the seventh before the Hawks got a single run in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 7-4 game. The Rivermen then blew the game open in the eighth with a four-run inning, ending the Quincy hopes of a comeback. Jim Reiter (Troy, Mo./Troy Buchanan) had an RBI single to start the scoring as UMSL cruised to an 11-4 win from there.

Matt Kueny got the win, going 5.0 innings and giving up three runs on seven hits while striking out two. Steven McCoy (Potosi, Mo./Potosi) would pick up the save, closing the game by going 3.0 innings while giving up one run on one hit and struck out two. Logan Hughes went 3-for-4 on the day with two runs and two RBIs and Jason Barron went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBIs in the win.

The Rivermen, currently ranked 13th in the country, are now 36-13 on the season and finish the GLVC regular season with a 23-7 conference mark. UMSL will be the top seed in the upcoming GLVC Tournament, which will be held May 8-11 at the UMSL baseball field. The Rivermen will face sixth-seeded Kentucky Wesleyan in the opening round on Thursday, May 8, at 3 pm.