@MizzouBaseball Posts Home-Opening Win Over Alabama A&M, 7-3

Tuesday, February 27

Columbia, Mo.

6:30 p.m.

University of Missouri

6-3

Alabama A&M

3-5

Alabama A&M

Mizzou

@MizzouBaseball Posts Home-Opening Win Over Alabama A&M, 7-3

2/27/2018 9:55:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Sharp stays hot, going 3-for-3 with a walk while Bedell earns first collegiate win

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball won its home opener, 7-3, Tuesday night (Feb. 27) over Alabama A&M. Freshman RHP Ian Bedell (Davenport, Iowa) earned his first Division I win, going 3.2 relief innings, a career-long. He allowed just one earned run on two hits while striking out three. Reigning SEC Player of the Week Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) went 3-for-3 with a double and walk, scoring three runs. He is 9-for-his-last-9 since game two of last Saturday's doubleheader. In that span, he has one double, one triple, two homers, nine RBI, two walks and has scored seven times.

The Tigers walked a season-high 11 times Tuesday. Junior OF Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) drove in a pair of runs and senior OF Trey Harris (Powder Spring, Ga.) had an RBI double in the sixth inning. Mizzou improves to 6-3 on the season while Alabama A&M falls to 3-5. The two will play the series finale Wednesday at 4 p.m.

TURNING POINT

Mizzou entered the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 1-0 on a solo homer from Tyus O'Neal-El. That's when Mizzou started to put together quality at-bats, getting a double from reigning SEC Player of the Week Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.). A&M starter Clayton Warner then walked three straight Mizzou batters as a bases-loaded walk to Cade Bormet (San Antonio, Texas) tied the game. CF Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) then hit a sacrifice fly to left, giving Mizzou a 2-1 lead.

Mizzou scored three more in the sixth, highlighted by a Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) double to score Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) from first. The other two runs came in on bases-loaded walks. Mizzou held on from there, getting good bullpen work from Nolan Gromacki (Smithville, Mo.) and Giovanni Lopez (Goodyear, Ariz.).

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QUOTING MIZZOU

Head Coach Steve Bieser:
Opening Statement…
"It was a good feeling, being at home and being able to win in front of your fans is always something that you enjoy doing. To watch our team go out and compete, I thought it was a tough game for us tonight. We couldn't get settled into anything. Nothing is certain in the game. We just found ways to battle. I thought our guys figured out a way to win and that's the most important thing."

NOTES

Mizzou now leads the all-time series with Alabama A&M, 2-0
Mizzou has won five of six home openers since joining the SEC and both under second-year head coach Steve Bieser.
Junior 3B Brian Sharp extended his hitting streak to six games, the longest active streak the longest by a Mizzou player this season.
Sharp tallied his second multi-hit game of the season Tuesday. Since Saturday, he is 9-for-9 with nine RBI, seven runs, two homers, two walks and a double and a triple.
Freshman RHP Konnor Ash made his first career start Tuesday, going a career-long 3.0 innings, allowing three hits and one run on a solo homer. He walked two and struck out one.
Freshman RHP Ian Bedell earned his first career win, pitching 3.2 relief innings, allowing just one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts.
Mizzou walked a season-high 11 times Tuesday.

UP NEXT

Mizzou and Alabama A&M will play the final contest of a two-game series at 4 p.m. Wednesday. That game will air on SEC Network+ and KTGR and tickets are on sale now. For all the latest on Mizzou Baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter (@MizzouBaseball) and like the team on Facebook (Mizzou Baseball) and Instagram (missouri_baseball).