UMSL Swept by Quincy in Two Heartbreakers

Hawks Win Second Game in 16 Innings

Quincy, Ill. – The Missouri-St. Louis baseball team lost two heartbreakers at Quincy on Tuesday afternoon, as the Hawks won both games in their final at bats of the game. In the opener, UMSL lost 2-1, giving up a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh and final inning. The second game was a marathon, as the two teams battled for 16 innings before Quincy came away with the 3-2 win.

In the first game, Quincy got on the board with a single run in the fourth inning before UMSL came back to tie it up at 1-1 in the fifth. Josh Morgan (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary’s) doubled with two outs and then came around to score on a fielding error by the Hawks. Quincy then broke the tie in the bottom of the seventh, with a one-out solo home run to win the game 2-1.

The nightcap lasted nearly four hours, going to the 16th inning before a winner was decided. The Rivermen got the first lead of the game with two runs in the top of the third inning. Josh Morgan hit a one out, two-run home run to give UMSL the early lead. Quincy would cut that in half with an unearned in the fifth inning, and then tied the game with another run in the seventh inning to make it a 2-2 game. Neither team could plate a run over the next eight innings, as it extended to the 16th before a winner was decided. The Hawks broke through in the bottom of the 16th, getting a two out run to win the game 3-2 in extra innings.

Missouri-St. Louis falls to 9-3 on the season and 4-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference while Quincy improves to 13-3 overall and 7-1 in the GLVC.