University of Missouri
Southern Illinois
Tigers Drop Wood Bat Game to SIU
5/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 17, 2005
O'FALLON, Mo. - - In its second wood bat game of the season, Missouri fell to Southern Illinois, 7-0 at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O'Fallon, Mo. It was the first time this season that Mizzou has been shutout.
The Tigers (34-18) matched a season high with five errors in the game and could only manage four hits against Southern Illinois.
The game was the second of three games played in O'Fallon with wood bats in place of the usual aluminum bats. MU defeated Saint Louis 13-4 on April 20 in its first trip to T.R. Hughes Ballpark this season. The Tigers had 14 hits in the win over SLU, but could not the same production with the wood bats on Tuesday.
Kevin Koski led off the game for SIU with a double and would later score on a wild pitch to give the Salukis the early 1-0 lead. They would add to that with a home run by Hunter Harrigan to lead off the fourth inning.
Southern Illinois (35-18) plated another run in the fifth, as Nathan Emrick scored on a Tiger error, which was their third error on the night. Two more runs would score for the Salukis in the sixth, as P.J. Finigan connected on a two-run single to left field.
A pair of unearned runs in the eighth inning, as the Tigers committed two errors in the inning. SIU drew two walks and had just one hit in its half of the eighth.
The last time MU was shutout came in its first game of last year's NCAA Regionals, as it fell to Wichita State 3-0 on June 4 in the Fayetteville Regional.
Junior James Boone was the lone Tiger to record a multiple hit game, finishing 2-for-3 with a pair of singles. Junior Derek Chambers recorded the lone extra base hit for MU with a double in the second inning.
Mizzou will be back at T.R. Hughes Ballpark on Wednesday, taking on Illinois at 6:30 p.m. The Tigers conclude the regular season this weekend with a three-game set beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday.
