Panthers clinch GLVC Green Division with doubleheader sweep at William Jewell

LIBERTY, Mo. – The Drury Panthers clinched the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s Green Division championship on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of William Jewell in Liberty, Missouri. The Panthers won game one 6-4, then took the second game 12-6.
 
Drury extended their winning streak to seven games and improved to 36-13 and 21-6 in the GLVC. The Cardinals fell to 29-19 and 14-13 in the league.
 
In game one, the Panthers scored a pair of runs in their last at-bat as they broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh. Wes Collins gave Drury the lead with a sacrifice fly, then Tyler Bastunas added an extra run with an RBI single.
 
Nate Boyle pitched a scoreless seventh inning for his sixth save as he helped lock down the win.
 
Drury hit three home runs in the first game as Bastunas, Nikko Calabro, and Jackson Dierenfeldt all went deep. Bastunas went 3 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs, and Aaron Mann went 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles.
 
DU starter Cade Waits went six innings and got the win to improve to 7-2, while Reed Pegram (3-3) took the loss for William Jewell.
 
Drury used a six-run fifth inning to take game two 12-6. The game was tied at 4-4 going into the fifth and, as he did in game one, Wes Collins put Drury in front for good, this time with a two-run home run. Kaden Helsel drove in another run with a single, and Jackson Dierenfeldt opened up the lead further with a three-run bomb to left field.
 
Collins homered twice in the game, going 3 for 4 with five RBIs. Helsel also went 3 for 4 and drove in two runs. Panthers starter Cody Bahl got the win and went to 8-2, while Jake McDonald (6-3) took the loss for the Cardinals.
 
Drury’s division championship is their fifth regular season title since joining the GLVC in 2007.
 
The Panthers will play at William Jewell on Sunday to end the regular season. The first pitch is scheduled for 1 pm in Liberty, Missouri.
 
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