University of Missouri
Indiana State
Mizzou Takes Down Indiana State
4/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 14, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. - - Mizzou snapped a two-game losing skid by taking an 8-1 win over Indiana State on Tuesday night at Taylor Stadium. Senior Kyle Mach matched a career-high with four hits in the game, finishing the night 4-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
After a scoreless three innings, the Tigers scored in four-consecutive innings, putting up eight runs over those four innings. Missouri scored one run in both the fourth and fifth innings, including a solo home run by junior Trevor Coleman in the fifth. The homer was Coleman's fifth of the year, tying him for the team lead in that category.
The Tigers then put up back-to-back three-run innings, starting with the sixth. Junior Greg Folgia drove in two runs with a double and Coleman followed with a double that scored Folgia.
Missouri (18-19) opened the seventh inning with consecutive doubles from senior Ryan Lollis and Mach. Lollis scored on Mach's base hit and senior Austin Holt drove in a pair of runs later in the inning with a single.
Freshman Ryan Clubb got his first career start and pitched 4.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. Senior Scooter Hicks pitched the final 4.1 innings and picked up the victory to move to 3-1 on the season.
Indiana State (20-12) scored its lone run the ninth inning, getting three singles to open the frame, with the third coming from Tyler Graham to drive in Luke Fieser.
Game two of the Missouri-Indiana State series will be Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. All tickets for Wednesday's game are available for just $1.
