UMSL’s Jake Isaacs had two hits and two RBIs in the Tritons’ loss to Quincy on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy: UMSL Athletics)
| NCAA Baseball | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5 UMSL (30-21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| #4 Quincy (26-25) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
WP: Roman Harrison – QU (1-2) LP: Brady Krile – UMSL (3-2)
Jason Barnes
Staff Writer
MARION, IL — The University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team played a thrilling opening game of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament on Wednesday. The Tritons battled from behind to take a late lead.
Unfortunately though, UMSL couldn’t hold its lead and eventually lost to longtime rival Quincy, on a walkoff home run in the bottom of the 10th inning. The final score at beautiful Mt. Dew Park was 5-4.
Quincy, the tournament’s No. 4 seed, jumped out to a 2-0 lead after four innings on a sacrifice fly in the third inning that scored Adam Lewis and Jack Vitale added an RBI double to left center in the fourth that scored Cole Erickson.
UMSL, the No. 5 seed, cut the lead in half in the sixth on Garrett Strenger’s two-out single to right that scored Bryce Kulinski. The Tritons tied the game in the seventh as Barrett Rose reached on an error by the third baseman that scored Jake Isaacs. Isaacs ran on contact on Rose’s slow roller to third. The third baseman charged in but couldn’t pick it up cleanly as Isaacs scored without a throw.
UMSL took the lead scoring twice in the eighth. Isaacs drove in Strenger with a double down the left field line and then Rose followed with a single to left bringing Isaacs in.
The Hawks countered with two of their own in their half of the eighth. Dustin Dupont singled to center scoring Brock Boynton and then JD Ortiz drew a walk with the bases loaded to bring home the tying run.
The game was suspended with one out in the top of the ninth for nearly 90 minutes. After the delay, Quincy had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the frame putting two on with one out but Brady Krile got David Broughton to hit into an inning ending double play.
The Tritons had the go-ahead run in scoring position in the 10th as Isaacs was hit by a pitch with two out and stole second but Rose struck out swinging to end the inning.
The Hawks won it in the bottom of the frame on Dupont’s walk-off home run down the right field line into UMSL’s bullpen for his 17th home run of the season.
The Tritons outhit Quincy 9-8 in the contest and were led by Isaacs, Rose and Strenger with two hits apiece. Zach Haygood pitched the first seven innings giving up two runs on four hits with six strikeouts. Trent Anderson pitched 1.1 giving up two runs on three hits and Krile pitched the final 0.2 giving up a run and a hit to fall to 3-2 on the season.
UMSL’s next game will be an elimination on Friday at 12:30 p.m. The Tritons will play the loser of another first round game between top seeded Indianapolis and No. 8 seed Lewis, who will play on Thursday.
If UMSL wins that game, it will play in another elimination game on Friday night for the chance to advance to the GLVC Tournament championship round on Saturday.
If UMSL loses any of those games, its season will be over.
SCORING SUMMARY
| Logo | Team | Inning | Play Description | UMSL | QU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | QU | 3rd | D. Dupont flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-0); A. Lewis scored. | 0 | 1 |
| QU | 4th | J. Vitale doubled to left center, RBI, out at third lf to ss to 3b (0-0); C. Erickson scored. | 0 | 2 |
 | UMSL | 6th | Strenger, G. singled to right field, RBI (0-2 KK); Green, M. advanced to third; Kulinski, B. scored, unearned. | 1 | 2 |
| UMSL | 7th | Rose, B. reached on an error by 3b (3-1 BBBK); Isaacs, J. scored, unearned. | 2 | 2 |
| UMSL | 8th | Isaacs, J. doubled down the lf line, RBI (3-1 BBKB); Strenger, G. scored. | 3 | 2 |
| UMSL | 8th | Rose, B. singled to left field, RBI (2-1 BBS); Isaacs, J. scored. | 4 | 2 |
| QU | 8th | D. Dupont singled to center field, RBI (2-0 BB); D. Broughton advanced to second; B. Boynton scored. | 4 | 3 |
| QU | 8th | J. Ortiz walked, RBI (3-1 BBFBB); A. Simpson advanced to second; J. Huffman advanced to third; D. Broughton scored. | 4 | 4 |
| QU | 10th | D. Dupont homered to right field, RBI (0-1 S). | 4 | 5 |
UMSL TRITONS 2024 BASEBALL SCHEDULE
| Date | Time | Site | Opponent | Location | ||
| May 10, 2024 (Friday) | 12:30 pm | Neutral | GLVC Tournament | Marion, Ill. / Mtn. Dew Park |