Missouri Southern outscored the Emporia State baseball team 6-2 Friday night in game 1 of their 3 game weekend series.
Southern scored 2 runs in the 1st inning and 3 runs in the 3rd inning to take a 5-0 lead and never trailed the rest of the game.
Emporia State rallied scoring a run in the 6th inning on a Kaden Williams single and a run in the 7th inning on a Blake Carroll double.
The Hornets and Lions play a single game Saturday with first pitch at 2 pm.