Bogenpohl Walks Off DBU, Bears on to Semis

Friday, May 22

Kennesaw, Ga.

3:00 p.m.

Missouri State University

34-18

Dallas Baptist

32-25

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Dallas Baptist	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	8	11	0
Missouri State	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	9	12	0

Bogenpohl Walks Off DBU, Bears on to Semis

May 22, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

By: MSU Athletics Communications

KENNESAW, Ga. – Caden Bogenpohl hit a game-winning two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday at Mickey Dunn Stadium to give Missouri State a 9-8 victory over fourth-seeded Dallas Baptist and a pool win in the Conference USA Baseball Championship.

Trailing 8-3 in the eighth, the third-seeded Bears (34-18) scored four in the bottom of the inning with Taeg Gollert's school-record 117^th career extra-base hit clearing the center field wall for his 16^th homer of the year. Max Knight added a two-run pinch-hit homer (10^th) – the Bears' second of the game – and Bowen Tabola walked and eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it 8-7.

Freshman Adyn Schell (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth and Mo State loaded the bases on two hit batters and a walk to set up Bogenpohl's ground ball through the right side for the win.

With both teams securing spots in the tournament semifinals before the game began, it was a quick start with three home runs in the first inning to set the pace for a tournament-record nine long balls in the game.

DBU hit one and Mo State answered with Bryce Cermenelli (3^rd) and Logan Fyffe (9^th) needing just four pitches to go back-to-back for a 2-1 advantage.

The Patriots (32-25) scored six unanswered until Bobby Atkinson hit a pinch-hit blast in the seventh (5^th) before DBU countered with an RBI double in the eighth to lead 8-3.

Mo State's five homers in the game moved the season total to 102, the sixth season of 100-plus homers in program history and fourth in the last five years.

Freshman Tommy Kramkowski went 3.1 innings in his first career start, Charlie Spoonhour threw a pair and Trent Ash struck out five in 2.2 innings of work.

The Bears take on second-seeded Liberty at 1:30 p.m. Central Saturday in the second semifinal of the day. The winner heads to Sunday's noon Central championship game.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Schell, Adyn (1-0)

L: Avery Duncan (1-2)

Dallas Baptist

Batting:

2B: Dylan Schlaegel 1 ; Ryan Martin 1 ; Brooks Sartain 1

HR: Luke Pettitte 1 ; Ben Tryon 1 ; Jake Bennett 1 ; Brooks Sartain 1

RBI: Luke Pettitte 1 ; Ben Tryon 1 ; Jake Bennett 2 ; Dylan Schlaegel 1 ; Ryan Martin 1 ; Brooks Sartain 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Luke Pettitte 1 ; Ben Tryon 2 ; Jake Bennett 2 ; Jude Hall 1 ; Dylan Schlaegel 1 ; Brooks Sartain 1

CS: Dylan Schlaegel 1

Missouri State

Batting:

HR: Cermenelli, Bryce 1 ; Fyffe, Logan 1 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Atkinson, Bobby 1

RBI: Cermenelli, Bryce 1 ; Fyffe, Logan 1 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Bogenpohl, Caden 2 ; Knight, Max 2 ; Atkinson, Bobby 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Cermenelli, Bryce 1 ; Fyffe, Logan 1 ; Callahan, Michael 1 ; Ryan, Jax 1 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Tabola, Bowen 1 ; Atkinson, Bobby 1