DENTON, Texas - A disastrous fifth inning spelled doom for Midwestern State in the finale of the 2012 Best Western Premier Spring Fling Sunday afternoon at North Lakes Park.
 
Pittsburg State plated eight unearned runs in the frame to come away with a 14-10 win as the Mustangs finished tournament play with two wins in five games to fall to 10-7 on the season.
 
The fateful inning thwarted a great comeback effort by the Mustangs, who overcame an early four-run deficit to claim a 6-4 lead with two runs in the fourth inning.
 
MSU starter Lindsi Glenn retired the first four batters of the game before the Gorillas used the long ball to get untracked in the second inning as Kreslee Ketchem drilled a solo shot and Riley Campbell launched a three-run blow to stake PSU to a 4-0 lead.
 
The Mustangs rallied with four runs of their own in the top of the third highlighted by RBI singles by Courtney Bingham, Kim Jerrick and Kelley Schaefer.
 
Bingham put the Mustangs ahead in the fourth inning with her fifth consecutive hit to drive in Carey Campbell with a single through the right side. Bingham would push the lead to 6-4 scoring when Mallory Mooney reached on a fielder's choice.
 
Freshman right-hander Brenna Hennan came on in relief of Glenn to start the third inning and hurled two scoreless before running into trouble in the fateful fifth.
 
PSU's Devon McCreath reach on an error to lead off of the inning and Hennan would've escaped the inning unharmed by retiring the next two Gorillas but the miscue extended the inning.
 
Ten consecutive Pittsburg Sate hitters would reach base highlighted by McKenzie Rynard's three-run homer and Amanda DeCastro's two-run single as the Gorillas pushed the lead to 12-6.
 
The Mustangs answered with a run in the sixth before PSU tacked on two more in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Freshman shortstop Kelley Schaeffer stroked a three-run homer in the seventh to close out scoring.
 
Bingham, Jerrick and Schaefer had three hits each to pace MSU's 13-hit attack.
 
Midwestern State plays Central Oklahoma in a doubleheader Tuesday at Mustangs Park. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.