The camp is for players ages 15 and older during the 2008-09 school year and will consist of a pro-style workout as well as primary position skill instruction and games. The camp will limited to the first 60 who register, which will include 24 pitchers, 28 position players and eight catchers.

Registration for the camp can be done online through the Missouri S&T athletics web site and the cost is $50 for each individual. Those taking part in the camp will need to bring proper equipment including footwear.

For more information, contact head coach Todd DeGraffenreid at (573) 341-7506 or at degraff@mst.edu.

The tryout, which is for prospective players who have completed their senior year of high school play or two years at a junior college, will begin at noon at the Miners' home field. Those taking part in the tryout will need to bring proper equipment, including footwear, to the event and will also need to have proof of a physical taken within the last six months.

For more information, contact head coach Todd DeGraffenreid at (573) 341-7506 or at degraff@mst.edu.

Thomas McCormick's strong finish to the 2008 season and Yaimel Javier-Cury's steady play throughout the year has earned each of them recognition from the Great Lakes Valley Conference on its all-league team for the recently completed season.

McCormick, who broke the Missouri S&T single-season record for runs batted in with 46, was named to the All-GLVC first team as an outfielder while Javier-Cury, the Miners' leading hitter on the year and a force behind the plate, was selected as the third team catcher.

McCormick, a junior from Kingwood, Texas, hit .331 on the season with four home runs and 46 RBI. He had a stretch in April where he drove in at least one run in 10 consecutive games -- during which time he was named as the GLVC's "Player of the Week" -- and in 17 of 18 games. His offensive run coincided with the Miners' late season bid for spot in the GLVC Tournament that went all the way to the final weekend.

In addition, McCormick posted a team-best .531 slugging percentage -- he had 12 doubled and a team-high four triples -- and a .405 on-base percentage.

Javier-Cury led S&T with a .342 batting average and had 52 hits on the season, second only to the 53 posted by McCormick. He had 11 doubles, a home run and 27 runs batted in on the year while also throwing out 13 runners trying to steal.

The senior from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, recorded a .434 slugging percentage and .390 on-base percentage on the season.

The Miners finished the year at 22-26 overall and 15-17 in the GLVC.

2008 All-GLVC Baseball First Team
C: Seth Paul, Indianapolis
1B: Jeff Dillman, Bellarmine
2B: Patrick Brady, Bellarmine
3B: Ben Bartley, SIU Edwardsville
SS: Matt Reimer, Saint Joseph's
UT: Josh Huebner, Southern Indiana
DH: Braxton Graven, Bellarmine
OF: Thomas McCormick, Missouri S&T
OF: Shane Noble, Bellarmine
OF: Jake Shaffer, Northern Kentucky
OF: Matt Wille, Saint Joseph's
SP: Brandon Braboy, Indianapolis
SP: Blaine Cravens, Saint Joseph's
SP: Jeremy Kehrt, Southern Indiana
SP: Ryan Schmidt, Northern Kentucky
RP: Shaun Larsen, Southern Indiana

All-GLVC third team selection from Missouri S&T: Yaimel Javier-Cury, C

Player of the Year: Patrick Brady, 2B, Bellarmine
Pitcher of the Year: Blaine Cravens, Saint Joseph's
Freshman of the Year: Chris Saroff, 3B/P, Indianapolis
Coach of the Year: Deron Spink, Bellarmine

SIUE scored in six of the eight innings in batted in and scored multiple runs in five of them, banging out 23 hits against four Miner hurlers used in the game.

The Cougars, who entered the game still in contention for a GLVC playoff spot, jumped on Miner starter Caleb Smith for three runs in the first inning, but the Miners tied the score in the second. A leadoff double by Thomas McCormick got things started, then he scored on a one-out single by Eaf Redden. After an SIUE error, Brandon Cogan delivered a sacrifice fly and Owen Madison, who had the go-ahead hit in Saturday's win, tied the score with an RBI single.

SIUE put seven runs on the board in the third to go up 10-3, but the Miners were able to trim that lead down with three runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth.

In the fourth, Madison drove in the first run with an RBI single, then a hit by Andrew Vance and a sacrifice fly by Gerad Fox brought the margin down to four.

S&T drew even closer in the fifth when Cogan doublhed home Redden and Yaimel Javier-Cury, but the Cougars got a single run in the bottom half of the inning and then scored three runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings.

Cogan had two hits and three RBI to lead the Miner attack. S&T finished its season at 22-26 overall and 15-17 in the GLVC.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- After seeing its own playoff hopes dashed earlier in the day, the Missouri S&T baseball team went about trying to ruin Southern Illinois Edwardsville's chances of making the Great Lakes Valley Tournament field by winning the second game of Saturday's doubleheader by the score of 11-10 at Roy Lee Field.

The Cougars eliminated the Miners from the playoff race with a 12-1 win in game one, but the Miners overcame a 7-1 deficit in the nightcap by batting around the SIUE bullpen in the late innings.

S&T trailed by that 7-1 count after five innings -- getting its only run to that point in the fourth when Zac Carter tripled and scored on Yaimel Javier-Cury's one-out single -- but saw its bats come to life in the sixth as it scored six times to tie the game and set up a wild finish.

The rally started when Thomas McCormick was hit by a pitch to begin the inning. After a hit by Javier-Cury, Eaf Redden was plunked by a pitch to load the bases. Cody Bass delivered a two-run single to knock out SIUE starter Nick Wooley, but the bullpen was unable to slow the Miners down.

Following a one-out walk to Owen Madison that loaded the bases again, Andrew Vance tripled into the alley in right center to clear the bases and cut the lead to 7-6. Moments later, Vance would score the tying run on Gerad Fox's opposite field single.

SIUE reclaimed the lead with two in the bottom of the inning, but the Miners tied it up again in the eighth when Madison singled home one run and the other scored on a bunt single by Fox.

The Cougars took the lead back in the last of the eighth when Daniel Thomson led off with a triple and came in on a hit by Michael Hopkins. However, the Miners took advantage of two SIUE errors and a pair of walks by reliever Daniel Bennett to get their first lead in the top of the ninth.

McCormick hit Bennett's first delivery up the middle for a single, then Javier-Cury hit a ball back to the mound -- but Bennett's throw went wide of second and both runners were safe. After a sacrifice bunt, the Cougars walked Cody Bass intentionally to load the bases. Brandon Cogan followed by hitting a chopper to third that Ben Bartley couldn't come up cleanly, allowing the tying run to score and keeping the bases loaded.

Madison put the Miners on top by lining a single over the outstretched glove of second baseman Josh Street to give S&T the 11-10 lead. Matt Lange pitched around a two-out walk in the bottom half of the inning to preserve the victory for Jordan Buck.

The Miners had 15 hits in game two, with Bass getting three of them and five others getting two apiece. Vance drove in three runs -- all on his triple -- while Fox, Bass and Madison drove in two apiece.

S&T took the early lead in game one when Fox singled, moved to second on a balk and scored on a hit by Carter. The Miners had a chance to extend the lead when they loaded the bases with one out in the third, but the Cougars escaped the jam without allowing a run and then scored three in the third, seven in the fourth and two more in the fifth.

Fox and Carter had two hits each for S&T, which had just six hits in the contest.

The Miners (22-25, 15-16 GLVC), who broke their school record for wins in a season with Saturday's victory, close the 2008 season Sunday with a single game against the Cougars at noon. SIUE currenly trails second place Drury by percentage points for the final guaranteed playoff spot in the GLVC West.

Friday's loss drops the Miners to 14-15 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play and means that S&T will have to win all three remaining games in the series to have any chance to qualify for the conference tournament. The Miners are currently two games behind both SIUE and Drury for the last guaranteed playoff spot in the GLVC West.

The Miners got out to a 4-0 lead after 4 1/2 innings, scoring twice in the first inning on a two-run homer by Zac Carter. S&T added to its lead with a run in the third when Thomas McCormick singled home Andrew Vance and again in the fifth when Carter and McCormick had back-to-back doubles.

However, the Cougars got on the scoreboard in the fifth when an error allowed the first run to score, then Cory Bunner's RBI single trimmed the lead to 4-2. SIUE took the lead an inning later when Steve Doll belted a three-run homer off S&T starter Matt Campbell.

After the Miners missed a scoring chance in the seventh when the first two hitters reached base, the Cougars broke the game open with a five-run seventh.

S&T got two runs in the ninth, the first coming when McCormick doubled in Gerad Fox to break the Miners' single-season RBI record with his 46th run batted in of the season. McCormick has driven in at least one run in in 17 of the Miners' last 18 games. He had three hits in the game as did Carter.

Yaimel Javier-Cury also drove in a run in the ninth with a double.

S&T and SIUE will play a doubleheader Saturday starting at noon, then wrap up the series with a single game on Sunday.

The Miners rallied from a four-run deficit in game one to take a 6-4 victory, then completed the sweep by holding off a late Triton rally for a 5-4 win.

With the sweep, the Miners moved into a tie for fourth place in the GLVC's West Division with Quincy, but are just a game and a half behind second place Drury for the final guaranteed playoff spot. S&T closes its conference slate with a four-game series starting Friday at SIU Edwardsville -- the team in third place in the division -- while Drury hosts division leader Southern Indiana and Quincy hosts Rockhurst over the weekend.

The Miners will need to win at least three of the four games at SIUE to have a chance to make it into the playoffs.

UMSL got two runs in the first inning and two more in the fourth to take the 4-0 lead, but the Miners took advantage of some sloppy defensive play by the Tritons to work its way back into the contest and eventually take the lead.

Cody Bass drove in the first two runs with a two-run double with two outs in the fourth, then Brandon Cogan reached on an error to keep the inning alive. Kyle Boehm followed with a hit past short to score Bass to cut the lead to 4-3.

Another UMSL error, this one on a ball hit by Zac Carter, got the Miners' go-ahead rally going in the fifth. Thomas McCormick doubled into the corner to chase home Carter, then he scored the run to put the Miners in front later in the inning on a hit by Yaimel Javier-Cury.

Andrew Vance's successful squeeze play in the sixth wrapped up the scoring.

David Birkby had a rough opening inning, but settled down to get through five and pick up the victory as he gave up just three hits. Kyle Griffin earned a six-out save and fanned three in the process.

S&T built its 5-1 lead in the nightcap with single runs in five of the first seven innings. The Miners grabbed the early advantage when Carter singled home Vance, then extended its lead to 2-0 in the third when Carter drove in Boehm on a sacrifice fly.

Boehm's RBI single in the fourth made it 3-0, then McCormick drove in a run in the fifth to give the Miners a four-run lead. After the Tritons got on the board in the sixth, the Miners got their four-run lead back on a sacrifice fly by Eaf Redden in the seventh.

UMSL got an unearned run in the eighth off reliever Danny Trenner, then got two off Brian Rickert in the ninth and had the tying and go-ahead runs on base. Rickert got Ryan Ayers on strikes and Steve Porter to fly out to end the game.

Boehm had three hits for the Tritons, while Carter drove in two for S&T. McCormick drove in a run in both games and has at least one RBI in 16 of the Miners' last 17 contests.

The Blue Tigers jumped out to leads of 6-0 and 8-1, then held off the Miners' late inning rally as S&T left five runners on base in the final two innings after closing the gap to three.

Lincoln scored twice in the opening inning off starter Caleb Smith, getting an RBI triple from Justin Holliday and a run-scoring hit from Daniel Struemph to take the lead.

LU tacked on four more runs in the fourth, highlighted by a two-run double by Struemph, to extend its lead to 6-0.

Drew Davenport's sacrifice fly in the sixth got the Miners on the scoreboard, but back-to-back homers by Holliday and Struemph in the bottom of the frame pushed the Lincoln advantage to 8-1. Holliday's homer allowed him to complete the cycle, as he singled and doubled after tripling in the opening inning.

S&T loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, then Thomas McCormick cleared the bases with a double. The Miner rightfielder drove in a run for the 13th time in the last 14 games and now has 41 RBI on the season, four shy of the school's single-season record.

Eaf Redden followed the McCormick double with one of his own to trim the lead to three, but he was stranded at second to end the inning. The Miners loaded the bases again in the eighth and got their first two hitters on base in the ninth, but couldn't push another run across.

Redden had three hits for the Miners while McCormick and Louie Joseph had two apiece; the trio combined for seven of the Miners' nine hits.

Smith threw the first seven innings for the Miners to help save the pitching staff for the upcoming glut of conference games that begin Thursday when S&T hosts Missouri-St. Louis in a make-up doubleheader at 1 p.m.

The Miners (19-23) close the regular season with a four-game series at SIU Edwardsville beginning on Friday. S&T enters this stretch 2 1/2 games behind Drury for the second and last guaranteed playoff spot from the GLVC West.

The split leaves the Miners 2 1/2 games behind Drury for the second and last guaranteed spot from the Great Lakes Valley Conference's West Division for the conference tournament heading into the final week of play. S&T closes its season with a four-game series next weekend at Southern Illinois Edwardsville and still has a doubleheader with Missouri-St. Louis to play if necessary.

In Sunday's first game, the Miners got all of their scoring done in the opening inning. With one out, Gerad Fox singled and came home on a triple by Zac Carter. Thomas McCormick followed with a sacrifice fly to bring in Carter, then Eaf Redden belted a home run to give the Miners a 3-0 advantage.

The Hawks got on the board in the second when Adam Terstreip hit a leadoff homer off Brian Rickert, then got to within one by putting together a two-out rally in the sixth. Matt Campbell took over with the tying and go-ahead runs on base and got pinch-hitter Jake Schaake to fly out to end the inning.

Kyle Griffin got out of a jam in the top of the seventh to get the save, getting pinch-runner Tanner Jacobs at the plate to prevent the tying run from scoring.

S&T had five hits in game one. Rickert improved to 3-2 with the win as he struck out eight and allowed just five hits in 5 2/3 innings of work.

S&T had to battle back from an early 5-0 deficit in the second game and forced extra innings, but the Hawks tallied three runs in the tenth to get the win.

Quincy scored a run in the first and four in the third to build the 5-0 lead, then the Miners got a run in the bottom half of the third on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Vance. After Quincy got that run back in the fourth, the Miners cut the lead to 6-3 in the fifth on a two-run single by Cody Bass.

S&T drew to within one at 6-5 when McCormick delivered an RBI triple in the sixth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Redden, then tied the game two innings later.

Redden led off the eighth with a hit and went all the way to third when the ball skipped past centerfielder Justin Ritchhart. Yaimel Javier-Cury followed with a hit up the middle to tie the game.

The Miners had a chance to win it in the bottom of the ninth as they got their leadoff man on and eventually loaded the bases, but Colt Johnson's liner was caught in center to end the inning.

Quincy took the lead in the tenth off reliever Alex Dunn on a run-scoring hit by Chris Scoggins, then got a two-run single from Terstreip later in the inning. The Miners were able to load the bases with two outs in their half of the inning, but Max McCorvie was able to retire Carter to end the game.

S&T had 14 hits in the nightcap, with Cogan and Bass getting three hits apiece and Fox and McCormick getting two each. McCormick drove in runs in both games and has now driven in a run in 13 of the Miners' last 14 contests.

The Miners will open the four-game set at SIUE Friday with a single game at 7 p.m.

The Miners jumped out to a big early lead and won the opener 9-4, but couldn't hold on after getting the lead in the second contest as the Hawks used a five-run sixth to get a 9-8 win.

As a result, the Miners ended the day two games in back of Drury for the last guaranteed playoff spot out of the GLVC West and two behind SIU Edwardsville for third place.

S&T jumped out to a 7-0 lead in game one by scoring twice in the second and five times in the fourth as it sent 10 batters to the plate.

In the second, the Miners got their first run on an RBI double by Brandon Cogan, then he scored when Kyle Boehm reached on an infield hit and a subsequent error.

The Miners extended their lead two innings later when Cogan doubled in Eaf Redden, then Boehm followed with a two-run double to make it 5-0. The Miners got their sixth run when Gerad Fox executed a successful squeeze play and tacked on another run on a hit by Zac Carter.

Quincy cut the Miner lead to 7-4 with two runs in the fifth and single tallies in the sixth and seventh off winning pitcher Andrew Page, but the Miners added two insurance runs in the eighth on an another squeeze bunt off the bat of Redden and an error that allowed Thomas McCormick to score.

Page scattered 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings to get the win and Danny Trenner earned his first save with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

S&T banged out 19 hits in game one with everyone in the lineup getting a hit. Carter and Cogan had three hits apiece to lead the attack.

The Hawks took a 2-0 lead in game two in the second inning before McCormick doubled and Yaimel Javier-Cury singled to get the Miners on the board in the bottom half of the inning. Quincy got two more runs in the third, only to see S&T get those runs back in the latter half of the frame on sacrifice flies by Fox and McCormick, who saw his streak of games with an RBI end at 10 in the opener.

S&T took the lead in the fifth by taking advantage of some sloppy defensive play by the Hawks to score four times. After a walk to Andrew Vance and a one-out hit by Carter, a wild pitch allowed Vance to score. McCormick followed with a hit and a wild pitch moved the runners to second and third before Redden lofted a fly ball into right center that was dropped by centerfielder Justin Ritchhart, allowing both runners to score.

Javier-Cury then greeted reliever Jordan Backes with a double into the gap to bring in Redden and extend S&T's lead to three.

However, the Hawks came right back in the sixth and got the lead back after the Miners couldn't get the third out of the inning. Three straight walks started the inning, then Trenner entered the game and got a strikeout and a ground ball, but the Miners could only get the force at second.

Scott Hauber and Chris Scoggins followed with run-scoring hits that tied the score, then Joe Palumbo got a hit into the gap that led to two runs and a 9-7 Quincy lead.

S&T got one run back in the bottom of the inning when Boehm scored on a double by Cody Bass, but the Hawks got out of that inning and a jam in the seventh when the first two Miners were hit by pitches.

Javier-Cury had three hits and two runs batted in during the nightcap, while McCormick had two hits for S&T. Trenner took the loss in relief.

The Miners (18-21, 11-13 GLVC) will host the Hawks again Sunday in a twinbill that starts at noon.

Missouri S&T spotted Southern a run in the opening inning, but scored in five of the six innings it batted in to produce the rout. The Miners got a run in the first on Thomas McCormick's RBI double that scored Zac Carter, then scored three in the second and four in the third to build an 8-3 lead after three innings.

In the second, the Miners got two runs thanks to a throwing error by Lion pitcher Ryan Estes, whose throw to third on a sacrifice bunt was wild and allowed Kyle Boehm and Brandon Cogan to score. Gerad Fox, whose bunt led to the error, later scored on a ground out by Cody Bass.

After Southern's Jeff Katchmar hit a two-run homer in the top of the third to cut the lead to one, another error on a bunt play led to the first Miner run in the bottom half of the inning. After McCormick and Eaf Redden reached base, Yaimel Javier-Cury's bunt was thrown away at first to allow McCormick to score.

Andrew Vance followed with a hit to score Redden, then Cogan drove in a run with a hit and Fox beat a throw at first to prevent a double play, allowing Vance to score the fourth run of the inning.

The Miners added a run in the fifth when Vance came in on a wild pitch and tacked on four more in the sixth.

Caleb Smith got his first collegiate victory by pitching into the fifth inning; Kyle Griffin threw the final 2 2/3 to preserve the win. Redden and Vance had three hits apiece as S&T recorded 13 hits in the first game.

The Miner bats, however, were silenced in game two by Southern's Chris Green and Jacob Garrison as they managed only three hits in the 6-3 loss. S&T scored a run without a hit in the opening inning as McCormick's sacrifice fly scored Fox, who walked to lead off the inning.

Southern scored two in the second to move back in front, then the Miners cut the margin in half when Drew Davenport scored on a passed ball. The Lions brought home three more, however, in the fifth to break the game open.

Colt Johnson had two of the Miners' three hits in the second game. Matt Lange took the loss for S&T.

McCormick drove in runs in both games -- getting them in the first inning each time -- to extend his string of games with at least one RBI to 10.

The Miners, 17-20 on the season, return to conference play Saturday when they open a four-game series against Quincy at noon. Fans attending Saturday's doubleheader will be able to get free pizza and soda between games courtesy of the S&T Corporate Club.

Thomas McCormick's big week for the Missouri S&T baseball team has landed him the Great Lakes Valley Conference's "Player of the Week" award for the games played over the past week.

McCormick, a junior outfielder from Kingwood, Texas, hit .571 in six S&T contests -- four of which were won by the Miners -- with three home runs and 14 runs batted in. Six of his 12 hits on the week were for extra bases (two doubles and a triple were included) and he also scored seven times.

He was four-of-eight in a doubleheader sweep over Missouri-St. Louis on Tuesday, which included a game-winning two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth of the 6-5 win. He followed that effort with a six-for-seven day Saturday at Drury as the Miners recorded another sweep.

On Saturday, McCormick hit two home runs and drove in five during the course of the 16-4 game one victory. He also drove in a run in the nightcap and then drove in two in each of Sunday's games against the Panthers, including his third home run of the weekend.

McCormick, who leads the Miners with 33 runs batted in on the season, has driven in at least one run in each of S&T's last eight games. He is hitting .311 on the season.

The Miners will play host to Missouri Southern in a non-conference doubleheader Wednesday starting at noon.

Missouri S&T had leads of 2-0 in the opener and 3-0 in the nightcap, but saw the Panthers overcome both deficits in the latter stages of the game to move back in front of the Miners in the Great Lakes Valley Conference West standings. The Miners now stand at 10-12 in the GLVC heading into Wednesday's non-conference affair with Missouri Southern.

In game one, the Miners jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning when Thomas McCormick followed Zac Carter's leadoff single with his third home run of the series. However, the Panthers tied the score in the fifth as Jason Hall hit a one-out homer off S&T pitcher Brian Rickert and Joe Rohlfing hit an inside the park home run with two outs.

Drury took the lead in the sixth when Tyler Goss doubled to open the inning and scored on a hit by Mike Tettamble. The Miners were able to get the tying run in scoring position in the seventh when Andrew Vance doubled with two outs, but Stephen Bloss struck out Gerad Fox to end the game.

Vance had two of the Miners' seven hits in the opener.

S&T got the advantage in game two as well by scoring twice in the third and again in the fifth to give Matt Campbell a 3-0 lead. Consecutive hits by Vance, Cody Bass and Carter loaded the bases, then McCormick delivered a sacrifice fly to put S&T in front. Eaf Redden followed with a single to give the Miners a 2-0 lead.

S&T extended its lead in the fifth on an RBI single by McCormick, the junior outfielder's 14th run batted in for the week and the eighth straight game in which he has driven in a run.

But just like in the first game, the Panthers were able to rally and it started in the bottom of the fifth when back-to-back doubles by Goss and Tettamble got them on the board.

Drury tied the game in the sixth and went ahead in the seventh on a home run by Daniel Mullis. The Panthers then added an insurance run in the eighth.

Carter had two of the Miners' nine hits in game two. Danny Trenner took the loss in relief for S&T in the nightcap.

Missouri S&T blasted the Panthers 16-4 in the opener, then rallied from a 5-1 deficit by scoring six runs in the final two innings to complete the sweep with a 7-5 win.

The victories moved S&T into a tie for third place with Quincy in the GLVC West and also the sixth and final playoff spot at the moment in the conference. The Miners are tied with Quincy and Indianapolis for that spot following play on Saturday.

In the opener, the Miners had four multiple-run innings -- scoring at least three times in all of them -- and finished with season highs in both runs and hits (21). S&T took the lead in the second with the first of the multiple-run frames by scoring three times.

Eaf Redden's double scored Thomas McCormick, who had walked to open the inning, to put the Miners on top, then Yaimel Javier-Cury followed with an RBI single to put the Miners ahead 2-0. Later in the inning, Javier-Cury scored on a double by Andrew Vance.

The Miners answered a Drury run in the second with one in the third on a sacrifice fly by McCormick, then busted the game open with a five-run outburst in the fourth. McCormick's two-run homer was the big blow in the inning.

S&T added three more runs in the sixth and four in the ninth. McCormick and Redden hit back-to-back homers in the sixth and then the Miners scored the four runs on six hits in the ninth inning.

McCormick had four hits and five runs batted in to pace the Miners in game one, while Zac Carter, Redden and Vance had three hits apiece.

Andrew Page went the first six innings to earn the win, while Jordan Buck threw two scoreless innings and Alex Dunn pitched the ninth.

Drury got the jump on the Miners in the nightcap, scoring a run in the third and four in the fifth after S&T had tied the contest in the top half of the inning on Javier-Cury's leadoff homer.

The Miner rally started when Carter was hit by a pitch with one out in the sixth and scored on a triple by McCormick. After Redden reached base when was plunked by a Chris Marston pitch, Javier-Cury brought home McCormick with a sacrifice fly to make it 5-3.

Justin Skinner took over on the mound for the Panthers to start the seventh, but ran into immediate trouble when he issued a leadoff walk to Vance. Gerad Fox followed with a single, then Cody Bass reached on an infield single that brought home Vance. A subsequent throwing error on the play allowed Fox to come around to score the tying run.

After a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk to McCormick, who had a perfect day at the plate with six hits in six at-bats, Skinner threw a wild pitch to allow the go-ahead run to score. A passed ball moved McCormick to third and he came home on a sacrifice fly by Redden.

Danny Trenner, who came in the game with two outs in the sixth to get the Miners out of the inning, threw a perfect seventh to pick up the win in relief. Bass had three hits to lead the offensive attack for S&T (16-17, 10-10 GLVC), which will conclude the weekend series with a doubleheader Sunday at noon.

One good thing led to another for the Missouri S&T baseball team Tuesday, as a late inning rally in game one propelled a sweep of its Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader over Missouri-St. Louis at the S&T Baseball Field.

Thomas McCormick capped a two-out, two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth with a two-run double to give the Miners a 6-5 win over the Tritons, then pitchers Brian Rickert and Danny Trenner combined on a two-hitter in the second game as S&T completed the sweep with a 5-1 victory.

The wins improved the Miners' GLVC record to 8-10 heading into a four-game weekend series against Drury in Springfield, as the Miners are one-half game in back of the Panthers heading into Saturday's series opener.

S&T scored three unearned runs in the fourth inning of the opener to take the lead, taking advantage of two errors to get their three runs. The first two scored on a two-run single by Colt Johnson, then the second throwing error of the inning after a successful bunt by Andrew Vance allowed Johnson to come in to score.

However, UMSL's Mark Sanders tied the game in the fifth with a two-run homer, then the Tritons scored two more in the seventh to mave back into the lead.

The Miners cut the lead in half to open the eighth when McCormick led off with a double, Eaf Redden was hit by a pitch and Yaimel Javier-Cury singled to bring in McCormick. Johnson reached on a bunt single to load the bases, but Cody Bass lined into a double play and Redden was caught stealing on a double steal attempt to halt the threat.

UMSL pitcher Seth Cockrum retired the first two Miners with strikeouts in the ninth, but Louie Joseph was hit by a pitch to keep the inning going. Zac Carter singled off the glove of shortstop Andy Ford, then McCormick was able to foul off four full count pitches before lacing a double over the head of Sanders on the tenth pitch of the at-bat to bring in both runners to win the game.

Kyle Griffin got the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Johnson had three hits and McCormick two in the opener.

The Miners picked up where they left off in game two, jumping on starter Linds Prestia for two runs in the opening frame. Consecutive hits by Bass, Carter and McCormick put S&T in front, then Redden delivered a sacrifice fly to score Carter with the second run of the inning.

UMSL drew to within one in the third on an RBI double by Ryan Ayers, but the Miners answered with two more runs in the bottom half of the inning. After a walk to Gerad Fox and a double by Bass, the Tritons intentionally walked Carter to load the bases. A passed ball brought in a run, then McCormick singled home Bass to make it 4-1 and chase Prestia.

The Tritons threatened in the fourth as they were able to load the bases with two outs, but Trenner, who had just entered the game, got Ayers to hit into a fielder's choice to get out of the inning. From there, he retired nine of the last 10 batters he faced and the one he didn't reached base on a passed ball after a strikeout.

S&T added another run in the sixth on an RBI single by Vance that brought home Javier-Cury.

Bass and McCormick had two hits apiece in the nightcap; McCormick finished the day with four hits and four runs batted in. Trenner was credited with the victory in relief.