May 26, 2004
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Attendance - 8,849
2-Game Attendance - 17,338
Missouri became the second low seed of the tournament to advance to the winners' bracket with a 9-5 victory over second-seeded Oklahoma in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Tournament before a crowd of 8,859.
Missouri's win coupled with Texas Tech's loss gives the Tigers the conference's longest current win streak at five games.
The Tigers will face Baylor in the 5 p.m. winners' bracket contest, while the Sooners must come back for a 10 a.m. elimination game against Texas Tech - who lost 8-3 to the Bears in the first game.
The loss for the Sooners is their fifth loss in six games, dating back to their pair of losses in the 2002 tournament to Texas on Saturday after OU had won the first two games of that year's tournament.
For the Tigers, it was their first win in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament at Ameriquest Field in Arlington as they failed to qualify for the 2002 tournament.
Missouri's last win in the Big 12 tournament was a 4-3, 11-inning victory over arch-rival Kansas last year in Oklahoma City.
Missouri starting pitcher Garrett Broshuis became the first Tiger pitcher to win 10 games in a season since 1981, when Tom Heckman finished with 10 victories. It's only the fifth 10-win season for a Tiger pitcher since 1960.
Oklahoma tied a tournament record for errors in an inning with two (2). It was last done by Baylor against Nebraska in the 2003 tournament. The two errors would lead to a pair of Tiger runs.
Sooner starting pitcher David Purcey tied a Big 12 tournament record for walks in an inning with three (3) in the top half of the fourth inning. The last time it was done was by Baylor's Trey Taylor against Missouri in the 2003 tournament.
Missouri left fielder Ryan Rallo would make Purcey pay with a two-run single to center, scoring center fielder Tyler Williams and shortstop Gary Ardnt to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.
The Tigers built the lead to 6-0 before the Sooners cut the gap to 6-5 with a five-run seventh inning. Missouri starter Garrett Broshuis was credited with four (4) of the runs, all unearned.
All five (5) of the Sooner runs were unearned as the Tigers committed a pair of errors in the bottom of the seventh.
Oklahoma left fielder Scott Rooker tied a Big 12 Tournament record with a pair of doubles in the contest. He ties the record, last set by Texas' Dustin Majewski against Baylor in the 2003 tournament.
Missouri first baseman Cody Ehlers drove in three runs in the contest, while Oklahoma's Ole Sheldon was 3 for 5 in the contest with his 19th double of the season.
Purcey gave up six hits and six runs, all earned as he fell to 8-5 on the season, while Broshuis picked up his 10th straight victory of the season without a defeat.
Missouri reliever Alexander registered his 10th save of the season as he gave up two hits and struck out one in 2 1/3 innings.
