PITTSBURG -- Landon Bruce delivered a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to propel the Pittsburg State University baseball team to a 4-3 victory Sunday (Feb. 22) and a three-game series sweep of Missouri Western State University. 

Bruce's shot capped a 3-for-3 batting day for the junior third baseman. He beat out a bunt single and scored the Gorillas first run of the game in the fifth inning to cut into a 2-0 deficit. Bruce also plated a go-ahead run with a sixth inning sacrifice fly, giving Pitt State a 3-2 edge before Western (5-8, 0-3 MIAA) tied the game on David De Hoyos' solo home run in the eighth inning.

He jumped on Griffons reliever Jacob Ross (1-2) second pitch offering as the lead-off hitter in the ninth to keep No. 4/7 Pittsburg State unbeaten at 13-0 on the season (3-0 MIAA).

Ethan Froud (1-0) worked an efficient three-out inning in the top of the ninth to earn the win on the mound. Starter Elijah Seitz combined with relievers Bradley Neill, Cason Long and Cross Dowd to limit the Griffons to three runs and eight hits over the first eight innings of work.

Pitt State's Dagen Brewer outright claimed the MIAA record for consecutive game hitting streak with an RBI double in the fifth inning. Brewer has hit safely in 33 straight games dating back to the 2025 season. He broke the conference's 28-year-old record of 32 games set by Central Missouri's Brayden Whitney in 1998.

Pitt State will seek to tie its program record for consecutive victories Tuesday (Feb. 24) when the Gorillas host MIAA rival Newman for a mid-week game at 2 p.m. (CST). The 2025 Gorillas won a school record 14 straight games between Mar. 26 and Apr. 17 last year.