Ozark, Mo. –  The Maryville baseball team cranked out six extra-base hits and received another outstanding pitching performance from Andrew Peters to upset Bellarmine 5-2 in the opening round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Tournament Thursday afternoon at U.S. Baseball Park in Ozark, Mo.
 
The Saints opened the scoring in the top of the second inning as Garrett Taylor drilled a double down the left field line to score Dalton Schumer from first base and gave Maryville a 1-0 advantage. Brennan Williams and Louis Niemerg extended the lead in the top of the third with back-to-back RBI doubles to give the Saints a 3-0 lead, then Schumer added to the Maryville lead in the fifth with another RBI double to left center field to give the Saints a 4-0 advantage. The Knights cut into the Maryville lead with a home run in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 4-1. The homer was the only hit that Peters gave up in 6.1 innings worked. The Saints scored an insurance run in the ninth on a Niemerg sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 5-1. Bellarmine opened the home half of the inning with another home run, but Maryville closer Zach Morrisey slammed the door shut as he earned his fifth save of the year.
 
Winning Pitcher: Peters (4-3)
Save: Morrisey (5)
Losing Pitcher: Eddie Mathis (7-2)
Hitting leaders: Schumer – 3-for-5, 2 2B's, RBI, run scored
                          Niemerg – 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBIs, run scored
                          Covert – 1-for-3, 3B, run scored
 
Records:
Maryville – 28-23
Bellarmine – 34-16
 
Up Next - Maryville advances in the winner's bracket of the GLVC Baseball Tournament and will play the winner of Drury and Indianapolis tomorrow at 4 p.m. at U.S. Baseball Park in Ozark, Mo.