SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri State used two five-run innings to defeat Wichita State 13-4 in game two of a three-game series.
Noah Croft went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a home run.
Starter Cody Tyler went 3.1 innings and gave up four runs on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
The Bears loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the first courtesy of a walk, single and hit batsman. Hunter Steinmetz scored on Blake Graham's sacrifice fly, but that was it as the Bears took a 1-0 lead.