Howell's Pitching Gem Leads Griffins Past St. Scholastica

AUBURNDALE, Fla.—Behind Ryan Howell's career-high 8.0 innings of shutout work, the Fontbonne University baseball team earned a 9-0 shutout win over St. Scholastica on Saturday.

Final: Fontbonne 9, St. Scholastica 0

Location: Auburndale, Fla.

Records: Fontbonne 7-7, St. Scholastica 2-2-1

How It Happened

In the bottom of the first with two on and two out, Luke Meixner hit a single to left that plated Gus Purschke, who led off with a single, to give Fontbonne a 1-0 lead.

Tyler Chambliss added an RBI single in the second and the Griffins broke the game open in the third. Braeden Dobbs and Lance Chapman collected consecutive singles and Dobbs was able to score on Meixner's RBI to make it a 3-0 game.

Later, with the bases loaded, Grant Staffen worked a walk to bring home Meixner. Gus Purschke followed with a two RBI single to right and to extend the advantage out to 6-0. The Griffins added two more runs in the inning to lead, 8-0.

The team tacked on another run in the eighth on Gus Purschke's RBI single and that was more than enough for Fontbonne to go on for the win.

St. Scholastica Notables

• Starter Matt Tautges allowed eight runs (six earned) on 10 hits in 2.2 innings of work.
• Mitchell Olson went 2-for-4 at the plate.

Fontbonne Notables

• Howell tossed 8.0 innings of shutout ball, allowing five hits, and striking out five.
• Gus Purschke led at the leadoff spot going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a season-high three RBI.
• Meixner finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI.
• Thomas Purschke went 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Up Next

The Griffins close out its Florida trip tomorrow morning when they'll take on (RV) Concordia Chicago. First-pitch at 9 a.m.

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