University of Missouri
Jacksonville State
Warner Leads Mizzou to Sweep of Jacksonville State
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 4, 1999
COLUMBIA, Mo.- The Missouri Tigers (18-13) ran their winning streak to four games on Saturday by sweeping a doubleheader from the Jacksonville State Gamecocks (12-21) at Simmons Field. The Tigers took game one by a score of 8-6 and held off the Gamecocks in game two by a score of 7-6.
In game one, the Tigers tallied six runs in the first two innings against JSU's Sammy Button (2-4). After a leadoff single by Mike Ketelsen in the first inning, J.R. Warner (4-for-5, 2 RBI) clubbed his second home run in two days over the right field wall to give Mizzou a 2-0 lead. Mitch Kiler later doubled in two more Missouri runs in the frame to take a 4-0 advantage. The Tigers got RBI from Aaron Wilson (2-for-3, 3 RBI) and Ryan Stegall in the second inning making 6-0 Missouri.
Chris George (1-1) was dominant on the mound for the Tigers pitching five innings giving up just one run on three hits. After Missouri tacked on two more runs in the fifth inning, Jacksonville State rallied for five runs in the sixth inning to cut the lead to 8-6. With a runner on base in the seventh inning and one out, Ralph McCasland came on and got Joey Foster to hit into a game ending double play to earn his first career save.
In game two, the Gamecocks broke out to a 3-0 lead on a three-run home run by Wes Brooks (2-for-5, 5 RBI), one of two on the day off of Logan Dale (3-2). The Tigers would answer with six runs in the second inning. J.R. Warner (2-for-4) continued his hot hitting with an RBI single. Warner went 10-for-13 a the plate for the weekend. Jake Epstein added a two-run double and Mick Weiss a two-run single to up the Missouri lead to 6-3.
Mizzou's lead was cut back to one at 6-5 when Brooks connected again off of Dale for a two-run homer. That would about it for the Gamecocks against Dale. The Tigers right-hander struck out a career-high 15 in the game and did not walk anyone.
After Dale let a man reach with two outs in the ninth inning, McCasland came on again and picked up his second save of the day.
