OZARK, Mo. – The Davenport baseball team showed resiliency on Saturday afternoon as they dropped game one, 15-5, at Drury and then responded with a 14-3 win in game two snapping a three-game skid. The first game was tight until Drury scored 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth against three pitchers for Davenport. The second game saw a great starting pitching performance by Justin Palmbos who went seven innings and allowed three earned runs with six strikeouts.
 
Drury led 4-0 in game one before Davenport answered with three runs in the top of the fifth. Noah Marcoux singled to start the inning followed by a one-out walk to Alex Huard. Zac Wilson had a RBI single to right moving Huard to third. Oscar Heredia then had a clutch two-RBI single up the middle to make it 4-3.
 
Drury scored once in the bottom half of the fifth and starter Andrew Click left with one out and two runners on base. Click finished with 4.1 innings allowing seven hits and four earned runs. He got a no-decision and handed the ball to Cal Djuraskovic. The Panthers scored on a throwing error to make it 5-3 and then Sam Traver entered the game with bases loaded. He got a huge strikeout to end the inning.
 
Davenport scored twice in the top of the sixth to tie it. Jimmy Filipski walked with one out and stole second with two outs. Austin Lansky drew a walk and Huard had an infield single to load the bases for Wilson. He delivered with a two-run single but runners were left on second and third. Drury erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth in the seven-inning contest. They only had five hits in the inning and the first four went against Traver who took the loss (0-1). Josh Bobel pitched to one batter and allowed a hit. Austin Stephens gave up four more runs out of the bullpen on three hits and walked four with one strikeout.
 
Wilson finished 2-for-4 with three RBI and was the only Panther with multiple hits. Filipski had a double in three at-bats and Andrew Figueroa had a pinch-hit double. Riley Herron for Drury went 2-for-2 with a homer and four RBI. Nick Costantino threw to one batter recording the last out of the top of the sixth and got the win, his second of the season.
 
The onslaught of runs went on the scoreboard in favor of Davenport in game two. They scored three runs in the second, two in the third, one in the fifth and eight in the seventh to put it away. Palmbos gave DU a much needed quality start in the nightcap improving to 2-1. Trevor Russo also added two innings in relief and allowed no runs on one hit with a pair of punchouts.
 
Colby Childs (0-2) took the loss for Drury lasting just three innings and allowing six hits and five earned runs. Davenport scored runs off four other Drury pitchers before Wiley Miller pitched a clean 2.2 innings to end the contest. Brent Showers drew a bases loaded walk to get the scoring started in the second inning. Huard then had a two-run scoring single. Figueroa had a big hit in the third with a two-RBI triple to right making it 5-0.
 
Petravicius tripled to start the fifth and scored on a RBI groundout by Heredia. The seventh inning featured a three-run homer by Brian Sobieski to left center, his fifth of the season, scoring Petravicius and Heredia. Nolan Bryant followed with a RBI double and Huard continued the rally with a two-run scoring double to left. Wilson then homered to right for his fifth of the season.
 
Davenport set a season-high with 19 hits as eight starters had a hit. Huard finished 3-for-5 with a season-high four RBI. Petravicius went 3-for-5 and scored three times. Heredia went 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Figueroa tied a career-high with four hits. The team will open up at home on Tuesday (Mar. 20) against Hillsdale in a nine-inning game scheduled for first pitch at 3 p.m.