24th ranked Pittsburg State gets past Panthers in 11 innings

PITTSBURG, Kan.— 24^th ranked Pittsburg State held off Drury scoring threats and drove in a run in the bottom of the 11^th inning for a 4-3 win in extra innings on Tuesday in Pittsburg, Kansas.
 
The Gorillas improved to 23-11. The Panthers, who had won seven of their eight games, dropped to 14-13.
 
Drury took a 2-0 lead in the third, scoring a run on a Pittsburg State error and an RBI single by Luke Burk. The Gorillas scored a run in the fourth and tied the game with another run in the fifth.
 
Pittsburg State took a 3-2 lead with a run in the seventh, but the Panthers drew even on a hit by Kellen Williamson that drove in Burk from third base.
 
Drury stranded two runners in the ninth and two more in the 10^th. The Gorillas loaded the bases with no one out in the bottom of the 10^th, but the Panthers got out of the jam with a strikeout, a force out at home plate, and a ground ball to the pitcher.
 
After the Panthers were retired in order in the 11^th, Pittsburg State won the game with a double by Nixon Brannon that drove home Dylan Kurahashi-Choy Foo.
 
Christian Spitz (1-0) got the win in relief for the Gorillas, who used 10 pitchers in the game. Drury threw nine different pitchers and JD Whitter (0-2) took the loss. Foo was 3 for 4 with two RBIs for the Gorillas.
 
Max Elmer was 2 for 5 with a double and a run scored for Drury. 
 
The game marked the third time the Panthers have played extra innings this year and dropped them to 2-1 in those games.
 
Drury plays again on Friday when they open a four-game series at McKendree with a 3 pm game in Lebanon, Illinois.
 
 
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