ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The Lincoln baseball team recorded seven hits, but fell to Missouri Western, 13-3, in its 2016 season finale on Saturday (May 7).

Neither team scored in the first inning, and the Blue Tigers ended up stranding a pair of base runners in the top half of the second. In the bottom of that frame, however, Missouri Western managed to score four runs on just one hit and two LU errors to take the lead for good.

Lincoln got on board in the top of the third, with Dillon Walker hitting a single and taking second on a wild pitch before scoring on a base hit by Mike Million. The Blue Tigers then forced the Griffons to go three-up, three-down in each of the next two innings, but MWSU got back on the board in the fifth with a pair of runs on two hits.

Missouri Western scored four more times in the sixth inning and plated three runs in the seventh to end the contest two frames early. The Blue Tigers' other runs came in the top of the seventh, which Kaleb Davis led off with a triple. A double by Jackson Walker scored Davis, and a sacrifice fly from Jeffery Jackson brought in LU's third and final run.

Jackson Walker led Lincoln with two hits while Zach Anderson and Nick Lovell each had one apiece. Caleb Thomas struck out a pair of Griffon batters, and Lovell led LU with four assists. Davis recorded a team-high six putouts, Million provided five and Dillon Walker tallied three while Alex Ludwick contributed two.