May 17, 2001
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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri baseball team ended its 105th season of intercollegiate baseball with a 31-24-1 overall record and an 11-19 record in Big 12 Conference play.
Last Time Out: Missouri defeated Texas A&M 8-5 on May 12. Ryan Stegall did not allow a hit for five innings before leaving the pitching mound after eight innings of work. Stegall also hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to extend his hit streak to 18 games. Mick Weiss and Wes Fewell each had two hits for the Tigers.
A Different Ending: This season marks the first time since the inception of the Big 12 Conference Tournament that Missouri will not be in the field. The last time Missouri did not appear in a conference tournament was in 1995 when the Tigers did not make the Big 8 Conference field.
Records Falling: Missouri tied the school's single-season stolen base mark when W.T. Hoover stole second base in the first inning against Eastern Kentucky on May 6. The swipe gave the Tigers 83 thefts, tying the mark set in 1979. Ryan Stegall recorded 10 assists against Eastern Kentucky (5/5 - game one) to tie the school record for most assists in one game. Stegall shares the mark with Torre Tyson, who had 10 assists against Oklahoma on May 1, 1996.
Hits Keep Falling: For Ryan Stegall, the hits kept falling or, in this case, going out of the park. Stegall finished the season with a team-high 18-game hit streak and used home runs in each of the final three games to keep the streak alive.
Simply En Fuego: Yes, one could say Ryan Stegall ended the season on fire. He hit .375 (15x40) in the team's last 10 games. Of his 15 hits, 11 were for extra bases (three doubles, one triple and seven homers). In his last 18 games (which coincides with his hit streak), Stegall had a .425 batting average (31x73) with 20 of those hits being extra-base hits (nine doubles, one triple and 10 homers). He drove in 27 runs during the streak. Stegall's 15 home runs are the most by a Tiger since the NCAA instituted changes in the bats following the 1998 season. His 15 homers tie him with Jake Esptein (1998) and Chris Wyrick (1992).
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