Missouri
Mississippi Valley State
Mizzou Completes Sweep of Mississippi Valley State
5/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 7, 2006
COLUMBIA, Mo.-- - Missouri completed a three-game sweep over Mississippi Valley State with a 19-1 win on Sunday at Taylor Stadium. The Tigers outscored the Delta Devils 50-4 in the three games this weekend, recording their first sweep at home this season.
Junior Hunter Mense had seven RBI, finishing the day 4-for-5 with a single, a pair of doubles and a triple. It is the first time a Tiger has had a 7-RBI game since Brad Flanders did hit against Coastal Carolina in 2004.
The Tigers scored four times in the bottom of the first inning with two of the four runs coming on a double by Mense. Sophomore Brock Bond also had an RBI double in the first and added a second RBI double in the second inning. Senior Zane Taylor drove in a run with a double to lead off the fourth inning.
Mizzou (25-21) then exploded for 13 runs between the sixth and eighth innings. The Tigers scored five times in the sixth inning, which included a bases loaded triple by Mense to clear the bases and a home run by sophomore Jacob Priday. Priday was 3-for-4 on Sunday and the homer was his 10th of the season, passing his mark of nine home runs last year.
MU scored three runs in the seventh inning, before putting together another five-run inning in the eighth, which included a two-run double by Mense.
In the series, Missouri hit .427 as a team, holding MVSU (23-30) to just a .126 batting average. The Tigers' ERA was 1.33, compared to a 17.62 mark for Mississippi Valley State.
Missouri has won five-straight games and seven of its last eight games.
The Tigers return to Big 12 Conference play next weekend with a three-game series against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. All MU games can be heard on KTGR 1580-AM in Columbia and at KTGR.com. Live stats will also be available on mutigers.com.
