OZARK, Mo. – No. 23 Missouri Baptist University baseball split a doubleheader with Mission University on Friday afternoon. The Spartans lost 10-8 in game one after a seventh-inning comeback fell short and used a Jayden Orozco extra-inning home run to claim a 2-1 victory.
 
Game One Recap
The Spartans fell 10-8 in game one after a seventh-inning comeback fell short. They trailed 10-5 heading into the final frame when Lucas Lefebvre hit a three-run shot to pull the Spartans within two with one out. The Patriots got the final two outs of the inning in order after that to secure the victory.
 
Mission tallied two runs in the first and fourth innings and one run in the second and third to jump to a 6-5 lead. They posted four more in the sixth to add enough insurance to get them through the top of the seventh.
 
First baseman Cole Robinson gave MBU the lead on two separate occasions, with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first to make it 1-0 and then made it 5-4 in the top of the fourth with a two-run double. Dominic Palma also had a big game at the plate with two doubles and two runs scored.
 
Sam Myers got the start on the mound for the Spartans and surrendered four earned on six hits, two walks, and five strikeouts. The bullpen had a rough day as well, surrendering a combined six earned runs over three innings of work.
 
Winning Pitcher: J. Vestal (4-1)
Losing Pitcher: Landon Albers (1-2)
 
Batting Leaders
Cole Robinson: 1-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI
Lucas Lefebvre: 1-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Dominic Palma: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 R
 
Game Two Recap
Gus Lucas was the game-two starter and turned in five solid innings of work with seven strikeouts, three walks, and one earned run on two hits. JD Whitter tossed a scoreless sixth inning and Zach Peters picked up his second victory of 2025 with a pair of scoreless innings and two strikeouts in the seventh and eighth innings.
 
Robinson plated Palma with a single in the top of the third to push MBU ahead 1-0 early on Mission pitcher Josh Buxton. The Patriots responded in the bottom of the third with an RBI single from Trey Mulholland.
 
The two pitching staffs continued to toss up zeros on the scoreboard until Jayden Orozco stepped up in the top of the eighth with one out. The senior from Chandler, Ariz., slugged a go-ahead home run, his seventh of the year, to give his team the lead.
 
Peters set the side down in order in the bottom half of the eighth, including two strikeouts, to end the game.
 
Winning Pitcher: Zach Peters (2-0)
Losing Pitcher: T. Wheeler (1-1)
 
Batting Leaders
Jayden Orozco: 1-for-3, HR, RBI
Cole Robinson: 2-for-4, RBI

Records:
No. 23 Missouri Baptist: 18-8, 13-5 AMC
Mission: 17-8, 12-6 AMC
 
What's Next?
The Spartans finish the four-game set at Mission University on Saturday, March 22. The first pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for noon.
 
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