#5 Grand Valley State used a complete-game, three-hit shutout by senior
Collin Bradley to record a 6-0 victory at Maryville Friday afternoon. The Lakers (16-2), will play Maryville in a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. (ET).
Bradley struck out five and walked just one, improving his 2026 ledger to 4-0. He has a 0.91 ERA, allowing just 19 hits in 29.2 IP with 21 strikeouts and just two walks. Opponents are hitting .184 of the senior RHP.
The Lakers scored two runs in the top of the third when SS
Evan Morrison and DH
Kaden Howard went back-to-back with solo home runs to right. Howard's HR was the first of his collegiate career.
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Caleb Estrada opened the top of the fourth with a solo shot over the right field fence and CF
Jake Skaggs hit a solo home run to right to open the sixth inning. Gill plated Morrison in the seventh with a single and Morrison scored the final run in the top of the ninth on a wild pitch after walking and taking third on a Howard single.
Howard was 3-for-4 with a solo home run, while Morrison was 2-for-4 with a solo home run and three runs scored. Skaggs was 2-for-4 with a solo home run, Estrada was 1-for-5 with a solo shot and Gill was 1-for-5 with an RBI. LF
Caden Thelen was 2-for-4 and GVSU collected 13 hits.