JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Washburn baseball team fell in game two of the three-game series at No. 25 Missouri Southern on Saturday afternoon by the score of 9-5. The series finale will take place tomorrow (March 8) at 1 p.m. at Warren Turner Field.

The Lions (15-4, 2-3 MIAA) picked up the first run of the game on a solo home run to start off the second inning. 

Washburn (11-10, 3-2 MIAA) took the lead in the top of the fourth starting with a lead off ground rule double hit by Eric Hinostroza. With two outs, Tyler Clark-Chiapparelli traded places with Hinostroza with a double of his own to knock in the first run for the Ichabods. Parker Dunn followed that up with the third two-base hit of the inning and it was also a ground rule double to drive in Clark-Chiapparelli. Mark Wanner put the Ichabods up 3-1 with an RBI single up the middle.

Missouri Southern reclaimed the lead with three runs on five hits, one of which was another solo homer, in the home half of the fourth. The Lions added four more runs in the fifth to extend their lead to 8-3.

The Ichabods cut the deficit in half in the sixth frame after they scored one run on three-straight singles.

The Lions got that run back in the bottom half of the inning to make it 9-4.

Washburn added one final run in the ninth inning. Steven Jacobson came in as a pinch hitter and worked a walk on a 3-2 count. He advanced to third when Peter Shearer hit yet another Washburn ground rule double. A wild pitch scored Jacobson and moved Shearer up to third. A walk put runners on the corners, but the game ended with two strikeouts.

Dunn finished the afternoon 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI. Hinostroza went 2-for-3 and scored once and drew one walk. Wanner also added two hits and collected an RBI. Four of Washburn's 12 hits went for doubles.