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Culver-Stockton (MO) CSC 6-19
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Winner Missouri Baptist MBU 19-4
Culver-Stockton (MO) CSC
6-19
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Final
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Missouri Baptist MBU
19-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Culver-Stockton (MO) CSC 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 2
Missouri Baptist MBU 0 0 3 1 2 0 X 6 5 2

W: Wells, Jackson (1-0) L: Jared Marty (0-2) S: Peters, Zach (5)

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Culver-Stockton (MO) CSC 6-20
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Winner Missouri Baptist MBU 20-4
Culver-Stockton (MO) CSC
6-20
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Final
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Missouri Baptist MBU
20-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Culver-Stockton (MO) CSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Missouri Baptist MBU 0 3 0 8 0 0 X 11 9 1

W: Giunta, Joseph (1-0) L: Ryan Jung (1-2)

Joseph Giunta throws five perfect innings vs CSC in MBU's combined no-hitter
Jaxon Bast

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tyler Andrus, Assistant Athletic Director - Media & Communications

Spartans Throw Combined No-Hitter, Beat CSC Twice on Tuesday

ST. LOUIS – No. 8 Missouri Baptist University baseball threw a combined no-hitter against Culver-Stockton College to complete a doubleheader sweep at Spartan Baseball Field on Tuesday afternoon.

MBU took game one 6-3 behind Jayden Orozco's go-ahead RBI triple in the third inning.

Joseph Giunta started the combined no-hitter in game two with four innings and five strikeouts, eventually completed by Mason Arnold, Jameson Strozier, and Taylon Laxson.

Game One Recap
Culver-Stockton shut out the Spartans through the first two innings of game one and took a 1-0 lead on an RBI infield single in the second inning.

Jayden Orozco answered in the third inning with a bases-clearing, three-RBI triple to propel the Spartans in front.

Wyatt Wright tied the game with a two-RBI single in the fourth, but a Culver-Stockton error in the fourth returned a one-run lead for the Spartans.

Nick Beech drilled a ball through the left side to score Griffin Brown in the fifth, ahead of Orozco scoring on a wild pitch to give MBU a 6-3 lead.

Closer Zach Peters got the call in the seventh, looking for his fifth save of the season. He struck out the first two batters he faced, surrendered a pair of two-out singles, and got Jeremiah Morris to ground out to end the game.

Jackson Wells got the start and the win for the Spartans on the rubber, going four innings with two earned runs and four strikeouts. Quentin Graves relieved him in the fifth and fired scoreless frames, including one strikeout.

Winning Pitcher: Jackson Wells (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Jared Marty (0-2)
Save: Zach Peters (5)

Batting Leaders:
Jayden Orozco: 1-for-2, 3B, 3 RBI, R

Game Two Recap
Giunta got the nod in the second game and pitched four scoreless innings with no hits allowed, one walk, and four strikeouts.

The MBU offense tallied three in the second to take the early lead. Kai Gray's two-RBI double and Nick Beech's solo home run in the fourth highlighted an eight-run frame that opened an 11-0 lead for the Spartans.

Mason Arnold took over responsibility for the no-hitter in the fifth inning and stranded a runner on third base with a groundout to preserve the zero in the hit column.

Jameson Strozier struck out the side in the top of the sixth, and Taylon Laxson completed the seventh, working around a fielding error with a lineout double play to complete the combined no-hitter.

Winning Pitcher: Joseph Giunta (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Ryan Jung (1-2)

Batting Leaders:
Matis Crouwel: 1-for-3, 2 RBI
Sam Paule: 2-for-3, 3B, 2 RBI, R
Nick Beech: 1-for-3, HR, RBI

Record:
No. 8 Missouri Baptist: 20-4, 8-0 Heart
Culver-Stockton: 6-20, 0-8 Heart

What's Next?
The Spartans hit the road for a four-game set with Park University (Mo.) beginning on Friday, March 27 at noon.
 
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