Another come-from-behind 9th inning victory for the Griffins!

St. Louis- Fontbonne baseball went 1-1 against Millikin yesterday in Jacksonville, IL. The Griffins struggled to produce runs during the first game.

After the first two innings Millikin led 3-0 until Millikin errors allowed Fontbonne to score their 1^st two runs, unearned. After the 4^th inning, Fontbonne led 4-3, but Millikin answered during the 6^th, bringing in 4 more runs. Fontbonne tried to make a comeback and was within 2 before the Big Blue exploded with another 4 runs in the 7^th and 5 more in the 8^th to win 16-6.

Bolton won for Millikin and Andrew Schlereth suffered the loss for Fontbonne.

In game 2, Fontbonne was trailing 6-10 going into the 9^th and finished the game in thrilling fashion, scoring 5 runs to win 11-10.

Cory Royer got the win for Fontbonne with the save going to Dustin Graves. Davidson suffered the loss for Millikin.

Millikin went through 3 pitchers in the 9^th inning alone. The 9^th started off with a single by Alex Hill immediately followed with a double by Matt Suda. Another single by Brett Freund gives him an RBI as Hill crosses the plate, with runners now at 2^nd and 3^rd after Freund advances on a passed ball. A single by Rob Berger adds another run as Suda crosses the plate, with runners on 2^nd and 3^rd with no outs. A pitching change and strike out later, Sean Fisher doubles, recording 2 RBI's to tie the game at 10. Fisher then advances to 3^rd on a wild pitch. A strike out and walk later, Fisher scores the winning run as Millikin's shortstop completes an error. The top of the 9^th ended with a strikeout for the Griffins.

Bottom of the 9^th went smoothly as Dustin Graves stepped up to the mound for Royer. The first batter struck out and the final two grounded out.

Fontbonne plays the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a doubleheader today beginning at 1:30pm at GCS Ballpark