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Billings, Mont. – Montana State Billings baseball team scores 27 runs on the day, as they split Sunday's contest and ultimately split the series 2-2 with Western Oregon. Despite being down 18-2 in game one, the Yellowjackets fought back to make the contest competitive. They then used this momentum to decidedly win the second game 9-6.
 
Game 1: MSUB  18 – WOU  22
 
The first contest was dominated by offense as there were a combined 41 hits and 40 runs scored. MSUB recorded 18 RBIs compared to the Wolves 21. Mack Unruh hit two home runs, while Brody Miller and Colby Robison each hit one of their own.
 
Drew Fosnes and Miller were in the zone, as both finished 5-6 and combined for nine RBIs and six runs. Colby Robison (2-5) and Mack Unruh (3-6), each tallied four RBIs and combined for three runs.
 
David Scott (4-5), Blake Miller (4-5), Matt Nylen (3-4) and Daniel McNabb (3-4) hitting was key in Western's win, combining for 13 RBIs and 15 runs.
 
Both team's struggled with pitching, as 13 hurlers saw action on the mound. The Wolves A.J. Burke (W, 3-3) started for the opposition and recorded four strikeouts. Joe Andriolo (L, 2-5) got the start for MSUB and pitched 3.2 innings.
 
Trailing 18-2 in the bottom of the six, the Jackets scored six runs in the bottom of the inning and another six in the bottom of the seventh to come within four (18-14) of the Wolves' lead. Western then scored two runs in the top of the eighth to own a 20-14 lead entering the bottom half of the inning.
 
Miller hit a three run home run to left field to cut the opposition's lead to three (20-17). Fosnes would later cross off a Robison single to center field to come within two of Western Oregon's lead (20-18) entering the final inning.
 
The Wolves Kevin Smith hit a triple to  left center, bringing Nylen and Miller home to increase Western's lead to four, as the Yellowjackets faced their final batting attempts.
 
Western Oregon's four run lead would be too much for MSU Billings to overcome, as they couldn't generate any hits and left one on base in the bottom of the ninth. The Wolves escaped with the 22-18 victory.
 
Game 2: MSUB  9 – WOU  6
 
The Jackets carried their late game one momentum into the second matchup and controlled the majority of the contest. MSU Billings held a 5-1 lead entering the third; Western Oregon scored one run in the top of the inning to bring the score to 5-2. The Yellowjackets would not be able to counter, as they went scoreless in the bottom of the third.
 
Holding the 5-2 advantage entering the fifth, Western Oregon scored three runs to dead lock the score at 5-5 entering the bottom of the fifth. Unruh doubled to left field to score Fosnes and Robison to regain the lead for MSUB (7-5). Colter Sternhagen then singled to left field to drive in Unruh; and Orrin Pyrah forced a fielder's choice that would bring home Sternhagen to give the Jackets the 9-5 lead entering the six inning.
 
Samuel Paterson (W, 3-5) who started and pitched the entire contest, would halt the Wolves comeback attempt as he only allowed one run and one hit in the final two innings. Zach Nuno (L, 3-2) started for Western Oregon and allowed nine runs and nine hits in 4.1 innings on the mound. Paterson recorded four strikeouts, as MSU Billings grabbed the 9-6 win.
 
Unruh (2-3) had a great performance at the plate, recording five RBIs and one run. Miller carried his game one success into the second contest and went 2-4, recording one run and one RBI.
 
The Yellowjackets (14-21-1, 10-10 GNAC) will play two opponents next week, a double-header versus Dickinson State University on Wednesday, April 10 and a four game series against Saint Martin's University on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14.