March 13, 2001

Columbia, Mo. -- As part of a long homestand, the University of Missouri baseball team (7-8-1, 2-6 Big 12) will play five non-conference games this week at Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field.

Upcoming Schedule: Missouri's upcoming action is as follows:
*Missouri Valley - Tuesday, 7 p.m., Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field
*Truman State - Wednesday, 7 p.m., Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field
*#6/9/9 Pepperdine - Friday, 7 p.m., Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field
*#6/9/9 Pepperdine - Saturday, 2 p.m., Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field
*#6/9/9 Pepperdine - Sunday, 1 p.m., Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field

The game against Truman State was not originally on the Missouri schedule. The contest replaces the Lincoln (Mo.) game on Feb. 27.

Tickets: Ticket prices for the 2001 Missouri baseball season are:
*$5 - reserved tickets
*$5 - general admission adult tickets
*$3 - general admission senior/student tickets

Milestone Watch: Missouri head coach Tim Jamieson has won 202 games during his career at MU. Jamieson became the third Tiger head coach to win 200-or-more games when MU defeated Wichita State 9-8 Wednesday. Gene McArtor had a mark of 733-430-3 in 21 seasons (1974-94) while John "Hi" Simmons was 481-294-3 in 35 seasons (1937-73). Jamieson's milestone victories:
*1 - Missouri 12, Lincoln 2 - 1995
*50 - Missouri 8, Nebraska 2 - 1996
*100 - Missouri 3, Eastern Michigan 0 - March 14, 1998
*150 - Missouri 5, Oklahoma 2 - April 17, 1999
*200 - Missouri 9, Wichita State 8 - March 7, 2001

Big 12 Leaders: Missouri has a number of players among the leaders in this week's Big 12 Conference statistics for conference-only games. They are: *Mick Weiss leads with 14 hits
*Jayce Tingler leads in walks with eight
*Drew Endicott leads in innings pitched (20.1) and is in a three-way tie in games started (3)
*Ryan Stegall shares the lead in saves (2)
*Pete Sansone shares the lead in appearances (5)

Other Tigers ranking among the leaders are:
*Jon Williams is in a three-way tie for second place with a dozen hits. Williams also ranks second in total bases (20), third in home runs (2) and runs scored (7).

Recent Action: Missouri won two games in last weekend's Big 12 Conference series against Kansas. Kansas won game one 7-4 before Missouri won game two 8-2. In Sunday's series finale, Luke Cassis drove home W.T. Hoover with a double in the seventh inning for the 1-0 victory. Shaun Marcum picked up his first-ever collegiate win while Ryan Stegall recorded his third save of the season. The save was the 15th in Stegall's career, putting him in second place all-time at MU. The Tigers also downed Wichita State 9-8 on Wednesday (3/7).

Opponents: Missouri Valley is 10-6 under head coach Elliott Sampley. The Vikings went 5-3 during a trip to Florida last week. Scott Kelly, a left-handed pitcher, has a 1-1 record and is expected to start Tuesday against Missouri. Centerfielder Beau Brunner leads the team in hitting at .420. Truman State is 3-4. The Bulldogs have lost six games due to weather. Lawrence Scully is in his first season as head coach. Chris Linck is hitting .429 to lead the Bulldogs. He is one of three players hitting .410 or better. Pepperdine comes to town with a 15-4 record after sweeping Saint Mary's (Calif.) this past weekend. The nationally ranked Waves play Long Beach State on Tuesday. Long Beach State handed Pepperdine a 4-0 loss in 10 innings last week. Noah Lowry, who recorded a win over the Tigers during the February meeting, is 6-0 while Daniel Haren is 4-0. Pepperdine is ranked sixth by Collegiate Baseball, ninth by Baseball America and Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches polls.

Missouri versus ...: The Tigers hold a 1-0 edge in the series with Missouri Valley. MU recorded a 15-4 win in the 1996 campaign.

Missouri leads the series against Truman State by a 30-5 margin. The Tigers won the last meeting by a 22-10 decision on Feb. 14, 1999. MU used an eight-run fifth and a nine-run seventh inning to pull away to the win. The game featured Ryan Stegall's first collegiate home run.

Pepperdine leads the series 3-0, including a 4-1 victory this season. All three meetings have been in Malibu, Calif. *Pepperdine 6, Missouri 5 - Feb. 11, 2000 *Pepperdine 10, Missouri 8 - Feb. 12, 2000 *Pepperdine 4, Missouri 1 - Feb. 18, 2001

MU vs. Pepperdine 2001: Missouri suffered its first loss of the season on Feb. 11, falling 4-1 to nationally ranked Pepperdine at Eddy D. Field Stadium. Missouri got its lone run on a solo home run by Jon Williams to open the eighth inning. The Tigers finished the game with only four hits. Pepperdine scored two runs in the fifth inning and two runs in the seventh inning, taking advantage of three walks each time. Dane Ball hit a two-run double in the fifth inning to give Pepperdine a 2-0 lead.

Ranked Teams: Missouri is currently 1-6 versus ranked opponents in 2001. The Tigers posted a 4-10 mark against ranked foes in 2000. Prior to Missouri's 5-4 victory over Baylor Sunday, MU's last road win against a ranked opponent was Feb. 27, 2000, a 6-5 victory over Texas Tech. MU has already faced nationally ranked Pepperdine, Oklahoma State and Baylor and will meet the ranked squads of Pepperdine (this weekend) and Nebraska throughout the season.

MU vs. 2000 NCAA Participants: The Tigers have 19 games scheduled against teams which participated in the 2000 NCAA Championships. Missouri is 3-2-1 so far this season against those foes, defeating Loyola Marymount and Wichita State, winning one of three games against Baylor and tying San Jose State. Upcoming opponents Nebraska, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Texas and Creighton also advanced to the 2000 NCAAs.

Possible Rotation: Missouri is expected to start Logan Dale for Tuesday's contest against Missouri Valley. Should Dale start, it would also be his second start in 2001. Dale is 0-2 this season and recorded his first save of the season against Kansas (3/10). Matt Hobbs could start Wednesday against Truman State. No word has been made on the weekend's starters.

Hot Bats: Mick Weiss extended his hitting streak to 11 games and is hitting .419 (18x43) during the streak and has driven in eight runs. During that same stretch of games, Jon Williams is hitting .381 with three home runs and four doubles to go with nine RBI.

Milestone Watch II: Ryan Stegall hit his 23rd career home run in the loss to Utah. Stegall is tied for 10th place with Nick Wilfong (1998-2000) and Kevin LeCompte (1984-87) on the MU all-time charts. Mark Thiel (1974-76) is in ninth place with 24 round-trippers.

Milestone Watch III: Ryan Stegall is in second place with 15 career saves. He passed Jeff Cornell, who recorded 14 saves from 1976-78, to move into sole possession of second place against Kansas (3/11). Stegall set a single-season record in 2000 with 12 saves. In other news, Stegall has started 101 consecutive games.

Weather: Weather has played a factor in the Tigers' season. MU has had four games affected by rain or snow or fog. Missouri's season-opening contest against San Jose State was called with the Tigers coming to bat in the sixth inning due to rain and the score tied 0-0. MU's game with Creighton will now be played April 18 at 7 p.m. at Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field. That game was originally scheduled for Feb. 21 but was postponed due to snow and cold. Missouri's game with Lincoln on Feb. 27 was cancelled due to snow. The Tigers will now meet Truman State March 14 at 7 p.m. at home. Tickets issued for the Lincoln game can be used for the Truman State contest. The second game of the Tigers' series with Baylor was suspended due to fog covering the outfield in the bottom half of the first inning. The contest was completed on Sunday.

A Tie?: Yes, the Missouri Tigers had a tie game to open the season. The tie was not the first in school history. Missouri tied Illinois 3-3 in the 1986 season and tied Murray State 8-8 in the 1984 campaign. The 1980s decade featured three tie games. MU has been involved in seven tie games since the 1940 season and now has played 19 tie games all-time. A total of 10 of those tie games came between the 1897 and 1921 seasons.

Preseason Honors: Junior shortstop/relief pitcher Ryan Stegall has collected a number of preseason honors this season. They are: *Named to Rotary Smith Award's watch list for Player of the Year *Big 12 Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball *Second-team All-American utility player by Collegiate Baseball *Third-team All-American utility player by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

Sophomore outfielder Jayce Tingler and senior pitcher Mitch Kiler were mentioned as "Players to Watch" in the Big 12 by Collegiate Baseball.

Stegall recently received the "Brock Olivo Award" from the Kansas City Tiger Club as the MU male student-athlete of the year from the Kansas City metropolitan area.

2000 Recap: The Tigers went 33-24 in 2000 and advanced to the Big 12 Conference Tournament for the fourth consecutive campaign. Ryan Stegall was honored as the first-team all-Big 12 shortstop and was named an All-American utility player by two organizations. Jayce Tingler was named to the Freshman All-American team.

Coaching Staff: Head coach Tim Jamieson is in his seventh season and has an overall mark of 202-149-1 and a record of 89-87 in Big 12/Big 8 play. A University of New Orleans graduate, Jamieson was an assistant coach for the Tigers for six seasons before taking over the top spot. He led the Tigers to the 1996 Big 8 regular season crown and a berth in the Midwest Regional. Jamieson is assisted by Chal Fanning (pitching coach, fifth season), Evan Pratte (hitting coach/infield, fourth season) and Chris Smith (outfield, first season). The Tigers have had 16 players enter professional baseball during Jamieson's tenure. Jamieson has a 1-0 mark against Missouri Valley, a 2-0 record against Truman State and is 0-3 against Pepperdine.

Another Season, Another 30 Wins: Missouri has won 30-or-more games the past five seasons and in 14 of the last 16 campaigns.

Success: The Tigers opened the 2001 season ranked 35th among all NCAA Division I teams with 1,743 wins. In its 104 seasons of baseball, Missouri has won 61.0 percent of its games. Broadcasts: The Tigers' games this season will be carried on KWWC (90.5 FM) as well as on www.mutigers.com. Sean Kelley serves as the play-by-play announcer while color commentary will be provided by Mike Cronemeyer (home games) and Matt Schmidt (road contests). Kelley is in his third season as the voice of the Tigers.

Home Runs for Kids: Again this season, the Tigers have teamed with the University of Missouri Children's Hospital to develop a special program called "Home Runs for Kids." The program is geared to raise money for sick children at the Children's Hospital at University Hospital and Clinics. The fund-raising program will recruit baseball fans, individuals, businesses, clubs and organizations, to pledge 25 cents to $10 or more for every home run the Tigers hit this season. All of the money raised by the "Home Run for Kids" program will be used locally to fund equipment, research and programs for patients at Children's Hospital. Currently, the Tigers have hit eight home runs.

Big 12 Statistics: In addition to the leaders listed earlier in the release, here is an idea of where MU ranks in all games played by Big 12 schools this season. The Tigers are 10th in fielding (.230) and fifth in pitching for earned-run average (4.48). Missouri has allowed a league-low 44 walks this season.

MU's 18 assists against Loyola Marymount are the most assists in a game this season.

Tigers By Inning: Missouri has found the middle innings to be its favorite for scoring runs. The Tigers have scored 12, 12 and 18 runs in fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Missouri has scored three runs twice this season in the fifth inning (UNLV and New Mexico) and scored a season-best four runs in the second inning (New Mexico - 2/17) and against Kansas (3/9). The second inning has been the Tigers' downfall, allowing 21 runs.

-	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extra	Total
Missouri	9	9	5	12	12	18	6	3	3	1	78
Opponents	9	21	11	7	6	10	4	7	5	1	81

Home Sweet Home: Taylor Stadium debuted in 2000 and Missouri posted an 18-12 mark at home that season and is 3-0 at home in 2001.

Academic Success: Seven members of the Tigers' squad were named to Missouri's Fall Student-Athlete Dean's List. They are: *Dan Bane *Garrett Broshuis *Logan Dale *Bo Davis *Mitch Kiler *Malachi Momper *Andy Runyan

Next: MU will face the following teams with the following promotions: *Tuesday - Missouri Valley, 7 p.m. Two for Tuesday - Fans in pairs will receive admission for the price of one *Wednesday - Truman State, 7 p.m. TBA *Friday - Pepperdine, 7 p.m. Bank Night - Bank employees from mid-Missouri will be able to get in for $3. Stop by your local bank for ticket information. *Saturday - Pepperdine, 2 p.m. 70's Day - Fans wearing vintage 70's clothes will receive admission for $3 Faculty/Staff Day - MU faculty/staff get into the game for $3 *Sunday - Pepperdine, 1 p.m. Family Day - A family of four gets in for $10 *March 20 - Western Illinois 7 p.m. Two for Tuesday - Two tickets for the price of one *March 21 - Western Illinois 4 p.m. Business Day Special - Business men and women get in for $1 by presenting a business card.