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SMS Rally Keys Bears to 12-9 Win Over Mizzou
4/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 15, 2003
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Southwest Missouri State scored four runs in the ninth to beat No. 23 Missouri, 12-9, in non-conference action Tuesday night at Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field.
A season-high crowd of 1,042 saw the Tigers take a first-inning lead when junior SS Ian Kinsler (Tucson, Ariz.) hit a 1-0 pitch over the Mizzou bullpen in left field for his second home run in a week.
Mizzou (25-11) scored three more in the second when freshman 3B Zane Taylor (Kirksville, Mo.) singled, and sophomore Bo Davis (Tulsa, Okla.) and junior 2B Jeremy Hernandez (Aptos, Calif.) followed with two-out walks to load the bases. Senior OF Jayce Tingler (Smithville, Mo.) singled to right, took third, and all three baserunners in front of him scored when Greg Mathis overran the play.
The Bears (20-14) pulled back to within a run with three in the third, yet the Tigers answered with a run in the bottom half when junior C Brad Flanders (Smithville, Mo.) hit his fifth homer of the season, a solo shot that struck the scoreboard in left.
SMS sandwiched a Tiger run in the fifth around two runs in the top half and three more in the sixth to take an 8-6 advantage. Yet Mizzou scored two in the seventh when Hernandez and Tingler both hit RBI doubles down the left-field line, then took a 9-8 lead in the eighth when junior OF Ryan Rallo (Chesterfield, Mo.) doubled Tingler home with a shot down the right-field line.
Junior Andy Shipman (Bellevue, Neb.) in line to get the win, yet allowed a bloop infield single to Jacob Hilgendorf, who was then sacrificed to second. Sophomore Travis Wendte (Moore, Okla.) entered to try and pick up his eighth save, yet allowed three straight batters to reach base. The first reached on an error at third, and the next two hit RBI singles as SMS took an 11-9 lead. Brooks Colvin then hit a double to the right-center gap to close the book on Wendte (0-1). Freshman Taylor Parker (Bellaire, Texas) got the final out.
Chad Mulholland (5-1) pitched the final 2-1/3 innings, including a perfect ninth, to get the win.
The Tigers hit the road again for a three-game Big 12 Conference series at Baylor this weekend. Saturday's middle game will be televised live to a regional FOX Sports Net audience. Tiger fans can see all of Saturday's action from Baylor Ballpark at 3 p.m. CST on FOX Sports Midwest and Southwest.
