Missouri State University
5-6
Saint Louis
5-7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Missouri State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
Knight’s Homer Completes Comeback, Bears Top SLU 9-7
March 04, 2025 | Baseball
After Saint Louis (5-7) clubbed a three-run homer in the first, MoState (5-6) played catch-up the rest of the way until Knight's round-tripper handed the Bears a third consecutive win.
For the second straight game and fifth time in his career, Caden Bogenpohl led off with a home run, SLU answered with a solo shot in the second, and Bogenpohl walked and scored on Jake McCutcheon's ground out in the third for a 4-2 score.
Taeg Gollert walked with the bases loaded in the fourth to make it 4-3, and the Billikens answered right back with a single and RBI double.
William Zareh got the Bears within a run again at 5-4 with a solo homer in the sixth, but SLU countered the next half inning with two more for a 7-4 advantage.
In the seventh, Gollert opened with a single before the Bears unleashed a barrage of extra-base hits. Nick Rodriguez doubled, Zack Stewart hit a two-run double, Dylan Robertson added an RBI double and Knight launched the go-ahead homer to left center for the 9-7 lead.
Knight also threw 2.1 innings in the relief and gave way to Kaleb Thomas (1-0) in the seventh, who struck out two SLU batters to earn the winning decision. Dalen Stewart threw a scoreless eighth in his season debut for what turned out to be a save in the weather-shortened game.
Lightning struck in the area in the bottom of the eighth after Nick Rodriguez doubled and Tyler Epstein reached on a sacrifice bunt that wasn't fielded cleanly by the SLU defense.
The MSU offense drew nine walks and clubbed eight extra-base hits, while six different pitchers recorded a strikeout for 12 in total.
The Bears head to Kansas this weekend to renew a long-time rivalry with Wichita State. Game times from Eck Stadium in Wichita are 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Thomas, Kaleb (1-0)
L: Jack Weber (0-2)
S: Stewart, Dalen (1)
Batting:
2B: Riley Iffrig 1 ; B. Stressler 1
HR: Riley Iffrig 1 ; Ian Blazier 1
RBI: Riley Iffrig 3 ; B. Stressler 1 ; Max McGwire 1 ; Ian Halverson 1 ; Ian Blazier 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hayden Moore 1 ; Ethan Sitzman 2 ; Riley Iffrig 2 ; B. Stressler 1 ; Ian Blazier 1
HBP: Ethan Sitzman 1 ; Riley Iffrig 1
Batting:
2B: Rodriguez, Nick 2 ; Stewart, Zack 1 ; Robertson, Dylan 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 1
HR: Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Zareh, William 1 ; Knight, Max 1
RBI: Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; McCutcheon, Jake 1 ; Stewart, Zack 2 ; Robertson, Dylan 1 ; Zareh, William 1 ; Knight, Max 2
SH: Epstein, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bogenpohl, Caden 2 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; Epstein, Tyler 1 ; Robertson, Dylan 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 1 ; Zareh, William 1 ; Knight, Max 1
