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Box Score 2 Rockhurst outhit Missouri S&T in both games Saturday, but the Hawks came away with a pair of losses to the Miners in a conference doubleheader at Loyola Park.
The Hawks could not overcome a four-run first inning in dropping the opening game 4-2. Rockhurst scored in the fourth on a double-play grounder and
Blake Petersen singled home a run in the ninth.
Rockhurst posted nine hits compared to S&T's eight hits.
Calin McCourt went 2-for-4 at the plate.
Jake Jones and
David Stober both hit doubles in the loss.
Andrew Ellwanger (1-4) allowed four runs on eight hits over 7.0 innings.
The Miners scored three runs in the third in posting a 6-3 victory in the second game. The Hawks pounded out 10 hits while S&T tallied eight hits.
Jeremy Lufft,
Calin McCourt,
Seth Soto and
Jake Jones led the Hawks with two hits apiece. Jones delivered RBI singles in the second and sixth.
Grant Otte (3-2) allowed six runs on seven hits over 5.2 innings.
Rockhurst, 19-29 and 10-22 in the GLVC, will close out the season with a noon doubleheader against Missouri S&T on Sunday, May 3.
