Liberty, Mo. – The SBU Baseball team are back on the road as they face the William Jewell Cardinals for this weekend's series. The Bearcats fell in the first game of the series to the Cardinals Thursday night, 8-18. They move to 8-19 (5-8 GLVC) on the season.  

Eli Smock started on the mound for SBU as he pitched for 4.0 innings with three strikeouts. Joe Brown would make his second appearance this season for the Bearcats before Kayden Lewis came in to finish the game.  

The Cardinals took the early lead in the game before Zeke Skinner hit a three run home run to left field in the 3rd inning to get the Bearcats on scoreboard. Dean Hagenhoff would then follow up at the next at bat with another home run for the Bearcats as they continued to shorten the lead. In the next inning, Tre Mungin hit a double for 2 RBIs to tie the score before Skinner hit his second home run of the day to give the Bearcats the first lead of the game. Skinner now has seven homers on the season and 26 in his career, just five away from the SBU career record. The lead would be short lived as the Cardinals came back to win the game. Mungin and Skinner each had three hits on the day.  

Southwest Baptist will be back in action tomorrow in a doubleheader against the Cardinals as they continue their series. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:00 PM at Talley Stadium.