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6/11/2009 - HUTTENLOCKER DRAFTED IN 44TH ROUND BY THE OAKLAND A’S - OAKLAND, Calif. - Missouri Western standout pitcher AJ Huttenlocker, was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 44th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Thursday (June 11). Huttenlocker was the 1,323 player drafted and is the fourth Missouri Western baseball player drafted according to www.sports-wired.com. 
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5/19/2009 - TWO GRIFFONS NAMED TO ABCA/RAWLINGS ALL-SOUTH CENTRAL REGION SECOND TEAM - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Missouri Western senior pitcher AJ Huttenlocker and senior outfielder Troy Landi have been named to the Second Team ABCA/Rawlings All-South Central Region which was announced Monday, May 18. Western ended its season with a 34-22 overall mark and 22-16 in the MIAA. The 34 victories are the most for the Griffons since joining NCAA Division II and under head coach Charles “Buzz” Verduzco. Western ended the season on an eight game winning streak and won 12 of their last 13 games.
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5/13/2009 - HUTTENLOCKER NAMED SECOND TEAM DAKTRONICS ALL-SOUTH CENTRAL REGION - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Missouri Western senior pitcher AJ Huttenlocker has been named to the Second Team Daktronics All-South Central Region announced Wednesday, May 13. Western ended its season with a 34-22 overall mark and 22-16 in the MIAA. The 34 victories are the most for the Griffons since joining NCAA Division II and under head coach Charles “Buzz” Verduzco. Western ended the season on an eight game winning streak and won 12 of their last 13 games.
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5/7/2009 - FIVE GRIFFON BASEBALL PLAYERS RECEIVE POST SEASON HONORS - KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team was well represented on the 2009 All-MIAA Baseball teams as five players have been named to the squads as voted on by the league’s head coaches and announced by the MIAA office, Thursday, May 7. Western landed three players on the first team, while two additional players were named to the Honorable Mention team. Western ended its season with a 34-22 overall mark and 22-16 in the MIAA. The 34 victories are the most for the Griffons since joining NCAA Division II and under head coach Charles “Buzz” Verduzco. Western ended the season on an eight game winning streak and won 12 of their last 13 games.

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5/5/2009 - GRIFFON PITCHER RYAN CARBAH NAMED MIAA PITCHER OF THE WEEK - KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Carbah, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior from Belton, Mo., was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and one save in two relief appearances for the Griffons at Truman last weekend.
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5/3/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL SWEEPS BULLDOGS ON LAST DAY OF REGULAR SEASON - KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team closed out the season winning eight straight games and 12 of their last 13 as they finished four game sweep of the Truman State Bulldogs on the last day of the season. The Griffons pounded out 20 hits in game one earning the 16-5 victory and then won 9-5 in ten innings in game two. Western finished the season with a 34-22 overall record and a 22-16 record in the MIAA. The Griffons 34 victories is the most wins in a season under Coach Verduzco. 

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5/2/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL WIN SIXTH STRAIGHT WITH TWO VICTORIES OVER BULLDOGS - KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team won its sixth game in a row and tenth in 11 tries as they took the first two games against the Truman State Bulldogs in Kirksville, Mo. The Griffons scored the last three runs of the game to earn the 5-3 victory in game one and then won 11-2 behind a complete game from AJ Huttenlocker. Western improves to 32-22 overall and 20-16 in the MIAA.
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4/25/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL COMPLETE FOUR GAME SWEEP OVER GORILLAS - PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team scored 27 runs in two games as they were able to complete the four game sweep over the Pittsburg State Gorillas in Pittsburg, Kan. The Griffons won the first game 9-3 after scoring six runs in the top of the seventh inning and then they won the second game winning 18-15. The Griffons sit at 30-22 overall and 18-16 in the MIAA.
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4/24/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL TAKES FIRST TWO GAMES AGAINST GORILLAS - PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team pounded out 21 hits in two games as they took the first two games of a four game series against the Pittsburg State Gorillas in Pittsburg, Kan. The Griffons scored 16 runs winning 8-3 and 8-4 improving their record to 28-22 overall and 16-16 in the MIAA.    
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4/22/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL SPLITS WITH REGIONAL OPPONENT ROCKHURST - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western Griffons were able to split with regional opponent the Rockhurst Hawks as they scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to win 5-4 in game one and then gave up an early 2-0 lead in the second game falling, 5-2. Western sits at 26-22 on the season.
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4/17/2009 - WESTERN BASEBALL TAKES FINAL TWO GAMES WITH SBU - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team took the final two games on Senior Day against the Southwest Baptist Bearcats winning the first game 5-2 and then dominating the second winning 15-0. Western improves to 25-21 overall and 14-16 in the MIAA.  
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4/16/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL SPLITS WITH BEARCATS - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team split the first two games of a four game series with the Southwest Baptist Bearcats by falling in game one by a score of 5-4 and then winning the night cap 7-4. Western sits at 23-21 overall and 12-16 in the MIAA.
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4/12/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL SPLITS WITH TIGERS ON FINAL DAY OF SERIES - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – On Easter Sunday  at Phil Welch Stadium the Missouri Western Griffons and the Fort Hays State Tigers would split a pair of games with Western taking game one 7-0 and Hays taking the second 5-2. The Griffons sit at 22-20 overall and 11-15 in the MIAA.
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4/11/2009 - GRIFFON BASEBALL TAKES FIRST TWO GAMES FROM TIGERS - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team held the Fort Hays State Tigers to just two runs in two games as they defeated the Tigers 3-1 and 5-1 in the first two games of the four game series. Western improves to 21-19 overall and 10-14 in the MIAA.  
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4/6/2009 - WESTERN FALLS TWICE TO #3 EMPORIA STATE - EMPORIA, Kan. – The Missouri Western Griffons only got six hits in two games as they would fall twice to the #3 Emporia State Hornets in Emporia, Kan. In game one the Griffons gave up five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to fall 6-2 and in game two the Griffons only got two hits falling 10-0. Western sits at 19-19 overall and 8-14 in the MIAA. 
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4/5/2009 - WESTERN BASEBALL SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH #3 EMPORIA STATE - EMPORIA, Kan. – The Missouri Western Griffons split with #3 Emporia State improving their record to 20-18 on the season and 8-12 in MIAA. The Griffons capitalized on four Hornet errors in game one to pick up the 9-2 victory, but committed four errors in the second game falling 9-5.
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3/30/2009 - WESTERN SPLITS WITH BEARCATS - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team would get their seven game winning streak snapped in game one by a score of 6-5 against the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, but would rally in game two for an 8-2 victory. Western took three of four games from the Bearcats and now sit at 18-14 overall and 7-9 in the MIAA.

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3/29/2009 - WESTERN BASEBALL TAKES FIRST TWO GAMES FROM RIVAL BEARCATS - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team used complete games from Blake Thomas and A.J. Huttenlocker taking the first two games of a four game series with the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. Western won game one 8-3 and game two 8-1 improving their record to 17-13 overall and 6-8 in the MIAA.
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3/24/2009 - HUTTENLOCKER NAMED MIAA PITCHER OF THE WEEK - KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Huttenlocker, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound senior from Buckley, Wash., went 2-0 with a 2.03 ERA in two starts last week for the Griffons.
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3/18/2009 - GRIFFONS SPLIT HOME OPENER WITH MAVERICKS - ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western Griffons split their home opener with the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks on Wednesday, March 18. Western fell in the opener 6-4 and then got an outstanding pitching performance from AJ Huttenlocker in game two winning 2-1. Western sits at 11-13 overall and 4-8 in the MIAA.
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3/15/2009 - GRIFFONS SPLIT MIAA DOUBLEHEADER WITH ICHABODS - TOPEKA, Kan. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team split a pair of games of their conference doubleheader with the Washburn Ichabods by winning game one 7-2 and losing in the night cap 7-6. Western now sits at 10-12 overall and 3-7 in the MIAA.
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3/14/2009 - GRIFFON SPLIT TWINBILL WITH ICHABODS - TOPEKA, Kan. – The Missouri Western Griffons baseball team split a pair of games with the Washburn Ichabods in Topeka, Kan. The Griffons fell in the opener 2-0 and then came back to get the night cap 7-4. Western sits at 9-11 overall and 2-6 in the MIAA. The two teams will wrap up the series tomorrow, Sunday, March 15 as they will play a doubleheader starting at 1:00 pm.  
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2/22/2009 - GRIFFONS SPLIT WITH WONDER BOYS IN SECOND DAY OF SERIES - RUSSELVILLE, Ark. – The Missouri Western Griffons sit at 7-5 on the season after taking 3-of-4 games on the weekend against the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys. Western won the first game on Sunday by a score of 7-6 and fell in the final game of the series 9-4. Western will open up conference play next weekend when they take on the Missouri Southern Lions in Joplin, Mo. The two teams will play doubleheaders on both Saturday, Feb. 28 and Sunday, March 1st.
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