Recaps from SID:
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Mizzou Baseball scored four runs in both the fourth and eighth innings to earn a 10-1 win over No. 15 Arkansas on Sunday afternoon (April 3) to claim its first SEC series win of the season. The series win is Mizzou’s first road series win over a top-20 team since March 29, 2014, when Mizzou took two of three at Auburn. The Tigers improve to 17-13 overall and 2-7 in SEC play.
Mizzou scored four runs in the fourth inning, sending nine batters to the plate, to gain the early lead. Arkansas attempted to rally with one run in the seventh but it could have been more. With runners on second and third, Carson Shaddy roped a ball into right center, but Jake Ring (Ingleside, Ill.) made the catch of the season, diving and back-handing the ball inches above the grass for out No. 3. Mizzou then used that momentum to score four in the top of the eighth, highlighted by Kirby McGuire’s (Round Rock, Texas) first Division I homer, a three-run shot to left, to put the game away.
Freshman Micahel Plassmeyer (St. Louis, Mo.) earned his second career win and Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) earned his fourth save of the season. Arkansas starter Barrett Loseke was tagged with his first loss of the season after allowing three runs over 3.1 innings. Senior Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) turned in his team-leading fourth three-hit game of the season with two RBI and two runs while sophomore SS Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.) went 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Those two, along with McGuire’s homer guided Mizzou’s offense.
Plassmeyer escaped trouble in the first inning after a leadoff infield hit and a sacrifice bunt put a runner in scoring position. But he picked up a pair of strikeouts swinging to leave a runner in scoring position. Plassmeyer again had tough luck in the second inning as a bloop single and a balk put a runner on third, but Howard made a sparkling play to save a run a short as neither team could scratch anything across through the first two innings.
After Plassmeyer worked around another hit in the third, Mizzou got its bats going in the fourth inning. Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) led off the frame with a walk, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. Howard singled him in and then Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) tripled him in. Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) legged out an infield hit to the left side to score another run and Shane Benes (Town & Country, Mo.) doubled in the fourth run. The inning could have been bigger as Mizzou had runners on second and third with one out but struck out twice to strand a pair.
Plassmeyer breezed through the first two Arkansas batters in the fourth, but allowed a four-pitch walk and a single to end his day. Cole Bartlett (Williamsburg, Ind.) came on and pitched out the jam as Plassmeyer posted the first shutout outing in his career while striking out a career-high five over 3.2 innings, scattering four hits.
Bartlett pitched a shutout fifth inning with a pair of strikeouts as he worked around a leadoff walk. He came back out for the sixth inning and pitched a shutout frame. He did not get into trouble until the eighth when the first two men singled, ending his day in favor of Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.). He walked the first man he saw to load the bases and Arkansas scratched a run across on a groundout. The Razorbacks nearly added two more on a ball roped into right center by Carson Shaddy, but Ring’s diving catch limited the damage for out No. 3.
Mizzou kept that momentum going in the top of the eighth as a safety bases-loaded safety squeeze by Ian Nelson (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) tacked on a fifth run and McGuire’s homer extended the lead to 8-1. That put the game out of reach as Mizzou tacked on two more in the ninth to extend the lead to 10-1.
Mizzou will be back in action on Tuesday against SIU-Edwardsville at 6 p.m. at Taylor Stadium in Columbia. The game is set to air on SEC Network+. For all the latest on all things Mizzou Baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on twitter @MizzouBaseball and like the team on Facebook and Instagram (Mizzou Baseball).
Postgame Notes
-Mizzou now leads the all-time series, 29-24-1.
-Mizzou is now 3-3 on Sundays this season.
-Ranked (1-7)
-Freshman LHP Michael Plassmeyer made his first SEC start on Sunday. He struck out a career-high five batters over 3.2 shutout innings, scattering just four hits. It is the first shutout outing in his collegiate career.
-SS Ryan Howard hit an RBI single in the fourth inning and now has hit safely in six straight games, reaching base safely in eight straight. He also tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the season in the win.
-Senior 1B Zach Lavy hit his team-leading fourth triple in the fourth inning. It was also his team-leading 17th extra-base hit of the season and plated a run for his team-leading 24th RBI of the year.
-Lavy turned in his team-leading 12th multi-hit game of the season on Sunday. It is also his team-leading fourth three-hit game. He also stole his first base of the season in the eighth inning.
-Mizzou was good against Arkansas starters in the series as the starters combined for just 8.0 total innings pitched in the three games.
-CF Jake Ring singled and stole second in the fifth inning, good for his team-leading 15th stolen base of the season in 18 attempts.
-OF Kirby McGuire hit his first Division I homer in the top of the eighth inning, a three-run shot to put Mizzou on top, 8-1. He now has a five-game hitting streak.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 15 Mizzou Softball (26-7, 5-4 SEC) reeled off its second consecutive victory on Sundayand clinched its SEC series victory over No. 16 Tennessee. The Tigers’ 7-3 win at University Field marked their second conference series triumph this year.
Junior Chloe Rathburn (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and redshirt senior Sami Fagan (Dunnellon, Fla.) delivered back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning to key Mizzou’s offense. It marked the 10th home run each for Rathburn and Fagan as they joined senior Emily Crane (Troy, Mo.) with double-digit home runs this year.
Crane continued her torrid week at the plate on Sunday with two more RBI. Over four games this past week, Crane hit .462 (6-for-13) with six runs scored, one double, three home runs and seven RBI. She also reached base at a .533 clip and recorded an outstanding 1.231 slugging percentage.
Tennessee struck first in the series finale following two first inning runs. Mizzou quickly answered in the bottom half of the inning with RBIs from Fagan and sophomore Amanda Sanchez (West Covina, Calif.).
Sophomore Paige Lowary (Dallas Center, Iowa) locked in following the first inning as she tossed four consecutive scoreless frames. Junior Tori Finucane (Germantown, Md.) entered in relief in the seventh inning and recorded two strikeouts en route to her second save of the year.
Lowary earned her team-leading 14th win of the season, limiting the Volunteers lineup to two earned runs over 6.0 innings of work.
KEY MOMENT
After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, Mizzou quickly responded with two runs in each of the first and second inning. Crane’s two RBI single in the second inning drove in Nelson and Pierce and gave Mizzou the lead for good.
TOP TIGERS
·Fagan: 3-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
·Crane: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB
·Lowary (W, 14-4) 6.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 K
UP NEXT
Mizzou continues its season-high eight-game home stand on Friday, April 8, against No. 9 Georgia. The first game of the series at University Field is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (CT) first pitch. Mizzou and Georgia’s series opener will broadcast live on SEC Network + via WatchESPN.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Mizzou Baseball scored four runs in both the fourth and eighth innings to earn a 10-1 win over No. 15 Arkansas on Sunday afternoon (April 3) to claim its first SEC series win of the season. The series win is Mizzou’s first road series win over a top-20 team since March 29, 2014, when Mizzou took two of three at Auburn. The Tigers improve to 17-13 overall and 2-7 in SEC play.
Mizzou scored four runs in the fourth inning, sending nine batters to the plate, to gain the early lead. Arkansas attempted to rally with one run in the seventh but it could have been more. With runners on second and third, Carson Shaddy roped a ball into right center, but Jake Ring (Ingleside, Ill.) made the catch of the season, diving and back-handing the ball inches above the grass for out No. 3. Mizzou then used that momentum to score four in the top of the eighth, highlighted by Kirby McGuire’s (Round Rock, Texas) first Division I homer, a three-run shot to left, to put the game away.
Freshman Micahel Plassmeyer (St. Louis, Mo.) earned his second career win and Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) earned his fourth save of the season. Arkansas starter Barrett Loseke was tagged with his first loss of the season after allowing three runs over 3.1 innings. Senior Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) turned in his team-leading fourth three-hit game of the season with two RBI and two runs while sophomore SS Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.) went 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Those two, along with McGuire’s homer guided Mizzou’s offense.
Plassmeyer escaped trouble in the first inning after a leadoff infield hit and a sacrifice bunt put a runner in scoring position. But he picked up a pair of strikeouts swinging to leave a runner in scoring position. Plassmeyer again had tough luck in the second inning as a bloop single and a balk put a runner on third, but Howard made a sparkling play to save a run a short as neither team could scratch anything across through the first two innings.
After Plassmeyer worked around another hit in the third, Mizzou got its bats going in the fourth inning. Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) led off the frame with a walk, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. Howard singled him in and then Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) tripled him in. Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) legged out an infield hit to the left side to score another run and Shane Benes (Town & Country, Mo.) doubled in the fourth run. The inning could have been bigger as Mizzou had runners on second and third with one out but struck out twice to strand a pair.
Plassmeyer breezed through the first two Arkansas batters in the fourth, but allowed a four-pitch walk and a single to end his day. Cole Bartlett (Williamsburg, Ind.) came on and pitched out the jam as Plassmeyer posted the first shutout outing in his career while striking out a career-high five over 3.2 innings, scattering four hits.
Bartlett pitched a shutout fifth inning with a pair of strikeouts as he worked around a leadoff walk. He came back out for the sixth inning and pitched a shutout frame. He did not get into trouble until the eighth when the first two men singled, ending his day in favor of Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.). He walked the first man he saw to load the bases and Arkansas scratched a run across on a groundout. The Razorbacks nearly added two more on a ball roped into right center by Carson Shaddy, but Ring’s diving catch limited the damage for out No. 3.
Mizzou kept that momentum going in the top of the eighth as a safety bases-loaded safety squeeze by Ian Nelson (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) tacked on a fifth run and McGuire’s homer extended the lead to 8-1. That put the game out of reach as Mizzou tacked on two more in the ninth to extend the lead to 10-1.
Mizzou will be back in action on Tuesday against SIU-Edwardsville at 6 p.m. at Taylor Stadium in Columbia. The game is set to air on SEC Network+. For all the latest on all things Mizzou Baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on twitter @MizzouBaseball and like the team on Facebook and Instagram (Mizzou Baseball).
Postgame Notes
-Mizzou now leads the all-time series, 29-24-1.
-Mizzou is now 3-3 on Sundays this season.
-Ranked (1-7)
-Freshman LHP Michael Plassmeyer made his first SEC start on Sunday. He struck out a career-high five batters over 3.2 shutout innings, scattering just four hits. It is the first shutout outing in his collegiate career.
-SS Ryan Howard hit an RBI single in the fourth inning and now has hit safely in six straight games, reaching base safely in eight straight. He also tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the season in the win.
-Senior 1B Zach Lavy hit his team-leading fourth triple in the fourth inning. It was also his team-leading 17th extra-base hit of the season and plated a run for his team-leading 24th RBI of the year.
-Lavy turned in his team-leading 12th multi-hit game of the season on Sunday. It is also his team-leading fourth three-hit game. He also stole his first base of the season in the eighth inning.
-Mizzou was good against Arkansas starters in the series as the starters combined for just 8.0 total innings pitched in the three games.
-CF Jake Ring singled and stole second in the fifth inning, good for his team-leading 15th stolen base of the season in 18 attempts.
-OF Kirby McGuire hit his first Division I homer in the top of the eighth inning, a three-run shot to put Mizzou on top, 8-1. He now has a five-game hitting streak.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 15 Mizzou Softball (26-7, 5-4 SEC) reeled off its second consecutive victory on Sundayand clinched its SEC series victory over No. 16 Tennessee. The Tigers’ 7-3 win at University Field marked their second conference series triumph this year.
Junior Chloe Rathburn (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and redshirt senior Sami Fagan (Dunnellon, Fla.) delivered back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning to key Mizzou’s offense. It marked the 10th home run each for Rathburn and Fagan as they joined senior Emily Crane (Troy, Mo.) with double-digit home runs this year.
Crane continued her torrid week at the plate on Sunday with two more RBI. Over four games this past week, Crane hit .462 (6-for-13) with six runs scored, one double, three home runs and seven RBI. She also reached base at a .533 clip and recorded an outstanding 1.231 slugging percentage.
Tennessee struck first in the series finale following two first inning runs. Mizzou quickly answered in the bottom half of the inning with RBIs from Fagan and sophomore Amanda Sanchez (West Covina, Calif.).
Sophomore Paige Lowary (Dallas Center, Iowa) locked in following the first inning as she tossed four consecutive scoreless frames. Junior Tori Finucane (Germantown, Md.) entered in relief in the seventh inning and recorded two strikeouts en route to her second save of the year.
Lowary earned her team-leading 14th win of the season, limiting the Volunteers lineup to two earned runs over 6.0 innings of work.
KEY MOMENT
After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, Mizzou quickly responded with two runs in each of the first and second inning. Crane’s two RBI single in the second inning drove in Nelson and Pierce and gave Mizzou the lead for good.
TOP TIGERS
·Fagan: 3-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
·Crane: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB
·Lowary (W, 14-4) 6.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 K
UP NEXT
Mizzou continues its season-high eight-game home stand on Friday, April 8, against No. 9 Georgia. The first game of the series at University Field is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (CT) first pitch. Mizzou and Georgia’s series opener will broadcast live on SEC Network + via WatchESPN.
