No. 18 Tigers Drop Midweek Contest to UALR

Tuesday, April 14

Columbia, Mo.

4:05 PM

University of Missouri

24-13

Arkansas-Little Rock

14-19

UALR

Mizzou

4/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. - No. 18 Mizzou (24-13, 10-5) baseball began a five-game home stand on Tuesday afternoon (April 14) falling to UALR, 4-3. The Trojans improved to 13-18 overall and 9-6 in the Sun Belt Conference. Breckin Williams (Oronogo, Mo.) was charged with the loss (4-1) and Reed Willenborg (1-2) got the win.

The Trojans jumped ahead in the contest in the first inning after Ryan Scott reached base on a one-out error and then scored on a single to the right side by Kyle Kirk. The game remained quiet until the top of the third when Josh Lester (Columbus, Ga.) had a web gem on a tough ground ball in the hole to throw out Tanner Rockwell.

The Tigers' first hit came on a double ripped down the line by Lester in the bottom of the fourth inning, and he advanced to third on an error by the right fielder. Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) came up next to hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Lester from third to tie the game.

Brett Peel (St. Charles, Mo.) led off the bottom half of the sixth inning with an infield single and later scored on the single to right field from Jake Ring (Ingleside, Ill.). Ring came around to score on an errant throw on a pickoff attempt by the catcher as the Tigers took the 3-1 lead. UALR scored a run in the seventh after Michael Schueler singled and Ryan Scott brought him around to score on an RBI double to left field.

Two singles in the top of the eighth and an RBI single by Scheuler tied the contest, 3-3. The Trojans again strung together a pair of hits and pushed another run across the board on Kirk's second hit and second RBI of the game.

Postgame Notes:

The loss is just Mizzou's third in a one-run game this season (8-3) and it is the first loss for the Tigers when tied after eight innings (5-1).
Josh Lester's walk in the second inning gave him the 22 on the year, second-most on the team.
With his walk in the second inning, Lester reached base safely in four consecutive games.
Lester's double in the fourth inning was his fifth double on the season and his second straight game with a double
Trey Harris's RBI in the bottom of the fourth was his 15th RBI of the season. Eight of his 15 RBIs this season have either tied or given Mizzou the lead.
Case Munson reached base safely in the six consecutive games, a career-high.
Jack Klages has now hit safely in his third consecutive game and in 10 of his last 11 games
Austin Tribby appeared in his fourth consecutive game and his 22nd appearance is the SEC leader.
Jake Ring hit his team leading 12th double of the season, 15th XBH

Up next for the Tigers:
The Crimson Tide of Alabama comes to Taylor Stadium for a three-game series this weekend. For all the latest on Mizzou baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter @MizzouBaseball.