Joe Montgomery

Matt Campbell wasn't quite as sharp as he was a week ago when he shut down Drury, but he was good enough on the mound Tuesday to get the Miners another win.

Campbell, who earned the GLVC "Pitcher of the Week" award after throwing a two-hit shutout at the Panthers last Thursday in Springfield, gave up two runs and eight hits over seven innings Tuesday and picked up his fourth win of the year as UMR topped Drury 6-2 at the UMR Baseball Field.

The victory gave the Miners the season series over the Panthers, who resumed a varsity program this season after a hiatus of over 30 years.

The Panthers grabbed the lead in the game when John Tollenaar doubled home a pair of runs with two outs in the second inning. UMR cut the lead in half in the bottom of the frame when Andrew Vance singled with two outs and scored when Yaimel Javier-Cury doubled over the head of centerfielder Harrison Waters.

UMR took the lead when it scored five times in the fourth. Brandon Cogan started the inning with a single into center, then after he was sacrificed to second, Robbie Martin drew a walk. Javier-Cury reached on an infield single that deflected off the glove of pitcher Ricky Meinhold to load the bases, then Gerad Fox surprised the Panthers by laying down a bunt up the third base line to score Cogan.

Joe Montgomery followed Fox's bunt single by rapping a single between third and short to score two and give UMR a 4-2 lead. Thomas McCormick then lofted a ball down the left field line that went off the glove of a diving leftfielder Jason Hall along the line; the ball was ruled fair which allowed Fox and Montgomery to score.

Campbell pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth and around a couple of baserunners in the seventh before turning the game over to Tavish Hill, who struck out Hall with two runners on in the eighth. Drury loaded the bases again in the ninth off Brian Rickert, but the junior hurler got Tyler Wright on a called third strike to end the game.

UMR outhit the Panthers 12-11 in the game, with Fox getting three hits and Javier-Cury picking up two.

Campbell improved to 4-3 on the season and along with the two other Miner hurlers forced the Panthers to strand 13 runners in the game.

The Miners (16-19, 9-16 Great Lakes Valley Conference) will play a three game series at Saint Joseph's starting with a doubleheader Saturday.