Concordia 13, Sweet Springs 8

CONCORDIA -- A six-run sixth inning by Concordia put the game out of reach for the visiting Sweet Springs baseball team Monday during a 13-8 loss.

The Greyhounds got on the scoreboard first with four runs in the top of the second inning, junior Billy Martin clearing the loaded bases with a triple and coming in on sophomore David Hall's single.

That lead was erased by the Orioles with freshman Cale Brunkhorst's grand slam in the fourth. Concordia scratched out two runs in the fifth and unloaded in the sixth, capping the rally with senior J.R. Langkrahr's two-run double for a 13-5 advantage.

Singles by junior Aaron Schlatweiler and senior Blake Vogelsmeier started the seventh for Sweet Springs, but it could only manage three runs.

Sophomore Tyler Tolias was three for three, with three runs scored and two driven in, to help the Orioles (3-4).

Senior Jacob Navarro had a pair of singles for the 'Hounds (3-4), who will return to Concordia on Monday to begin the I-70 Conference Tournament.