Fontbonne Baseball Offense Stays Hot In Weekend Sweep Over Beavers

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University baseball team couldn't have started conference play any better with the team completing the sweep over Blackburn.

Gm1 Final:

Fontbonne 12, Blackburn 2

How It Happened

The Griffins wasted no time and picked up right where they left off from yesterday. With three on and nobody out, Ty Kueper cleared the bases with a double to left.

Two batters later, he came on in to score on Matt Manint's sacrifice-fly to left. In the second, the Griffins scored six runs on six hits with Daniel Youngblood blasting a two-run shot, while Ty Kueper, Thomas Purschke, Lane Smith, and Colby Shivers each picked up an RBI. The Griffins added two more in the third to go on for the 12-2 victory.

Fontbonne Leaders

• The Griffins scattered 15 hits in the win.
• Ty Kueper went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a career-high four RBI.
• Youngblood went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI, to go along with his homer.
• Manint also had two hits, two runs scored, and an RBI.
• Kaleb Schweigert went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
• Colby Shviers went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI at the leadoff spot.
• Nick Glaser got the win on the bump allowing one run on three hits and striking out five in 5.0 innings pitched.

Gm2 Final (8):

Fontbonne 12, Blackburn 2

How It Happened

After Blackburn took the lead in the top of the second, the Griffins answered in a big way. After Youngblood added a sacrifice-fly in the third, he cleared the bases in the fourth with a grand slam, his second homer on the season, to give Fontbonne a 5-2 lead.

The Griffins went on to add two more in the sixth off the bats of Ty Kueper and Trey Kueper. While in the seventh, Youngblood struck once more with an RBI double and Thomas Purschke brought home two with an RBI double. Lane Smith added a sacrifice-fly in the eighth securing the run-rule victory.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Youngblood was the story going 4-for-4 with three runs scored and six RBI.
• Ty Kueper went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
• Thomas Purschke added a hit and two RBI.
• Reese Harris had a career-high two-hit performance.
• Derek Morganthaler improved to 2-1 on the year after allowing two runs on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched.

Up Next

The team stays home this weekend for a nonconference outing against Carthage starting on Saturday. First-pitch at 12 p.m.  

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