CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Sophomore LHP Michael Plassmeyer (St. Louis, Mo.) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the offense went over the 10-hit mark for the fifth time in seven games as Mizzou Baseball took game four of the Kleberg Bank College Classic, 9-0, Saturday night at Whataburger Field. Six Tiger pitchers combined to throw a one-hit shutout while striking out a season-high 15 strikeouts as the staff was dominant all night. It was the first one-hitter for Mizzou since Feb 22, 2015 against Purdue, also at the Kleberg Classic. Mizzou has now won six in a row, its longest winning streak since Feb. 24-March 4 of last season, and moves to 6-1 on the year.

Plassmeyer earned his second win of the season after going a career-high 6.0 innings while allowing just one hit, no walks and a career-high eight strikeouts. He earned the win to go to 2-0 on the year and lowered his ERA to 1.64 while tying the Kleberg Bank Classic record for fewest hits allowed by a pitcher in a single game (5.0 or more innings). The offense was explosive as well with 15 hits as eight players tallied knocks with six players tallying multi-hit outings.  Freshman Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) led the charge with his second three-hit game of the season with all three hits going the other way. He and C Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) drove in a team-high two runs.

Mizzou got on the board first using RBI double from Alex Samples (Bridgeport, Texas) in the top of the second inning, the first double of his Division I career. Mizzou then exploded for four runs in the top of the third with an RBI single by Misner and a two-run double by Bond. Robbie Glendinning (Scarborough, Australia) then pitched in an RBI single to extend the lead to 5-0.

Plassmeyer continued to deal from there, matching his previous career-high of six strikeouts following the fourth inning. He tallied a new career-high with seven strikeouts to end the fifth inning. Mizzou then tacked on two more in the sixth on an RBI triple by Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) triple as he has now hit safely in every game this year. Misner tallied his second hit and second RBI just one batter later to extend the lead to 7-0.

With a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Plassmeyer got into a 14-pitch battle with 1B Dan Brokop, who broke up the no-no with a single into left field. Plassmeyer responded by breezing through the next three batters, including picking up his eight strikeout to end the frame.

The bullpen took over from there and picked up where Plassmeyer left off. Ty Shoaff (Akron, Ohio) came on and struck out the side in the seventh. Nolan Gromacki (Smithville, Mo.) struck out the first two batters in the eighth and Bryce Montes De Oca (Lawrence, Kan.) struck out the only batter he faced in the frame sending the game to the ninth with Mizzou striking out seven straight batters. Ryan Lee (Grandview, Mo.) tossed a shutout ninth, posting a strikeout as well.

Mizzou looks for the Kleberg Bank College Classic Title tomorrow at 11 a.m. against border rival Illinois. The game will air live on KTGR and MUTigers.com. For all the latest on Mizzou Baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter (@MizzouBaseball) and like the team on Facebook and Instagram (Mizzou Baseball and missouri_baseball, respectively).

Quoting Bieser

Opening Statement…
"Outstanding job by Michael Plassmeyer. Just really impressed with the bullpen – sometimes you get games stretched out and guys don't come in focused. I thought those guys did an outstanding job. Really proud of the way we responded today. Sometimes - I am not going to lie I was a little nervous about how we would respond after a tough game and a big win yesterday, whether we would come out and be ready to go. I thought in the top of the first we got after it and played really well."

On Michael Plassmeyer's performance…
"Well he was really hitting that inside fastball. That just totally opened up the whole plate for him. He felt good. The ball was coming out really good and his fastball was sneaking up on people. But the location – just like I said earlier - and when he is successful he's able to take his fastball and move it in and out and up and down and let the other pitches work off of a well-located fastball."

On pulling Plassmeyer after six innings…
"Well it would have been really hard if he would have had zero hits. It's early in the season and the biggest thing we have to do is protect our guys and make sure they are in it for the long haul. I loved the way he was throwing the ball. It was tough to take him out and not let him go seven innings because he still felt good. He was a week behind everyone else and we felt like trying to push him into that mid 90s in that last inning was a little too much for him. I thought it was the right time to get him out and hand it over to the bullpen."

Notes

• Mizzou now leads the all-time series with Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 3-1
• Mizzou moves to 5-0 all-time at the Kleberg Bank College Classic. The Tigers have allowed just three runs in those five games.
• Mizzou goes to 20-4 over the first two weekends of play since the 2015 season.
• Mizzou extended its winning streak to six games Saturday. That is the longest since winning seven in a row last year from Feb. 24-March 4
• Mizzou tallied 15 hits on Saturday, moving its SEC-leading total to 91, and the Tigers have now tallied 10 or more hits in five of seven games this season. Mizzou is averaging 13 hits per game through the first seven.
• Mizzou walked six times Saturday, moving its SEC-leading total to 41.
• Mizzou has now tallied 10 plus hits in five of seven games this season.
• Sophomore LHP Michael Plassmeyer struck out a career-high eight on Saturday night while matching his career-high in innings pitched at 6.0. He took a no-hitter into the sixth inning.
• Mizzou struck out a season-high 15 batters on Saturday, the most since fanning 16 against Vanderbilt on March 26 last season.
• Saturday is the first shutout for Mizzou since blanking Georgia, 5-0, on senior day May 14, 2016.
• The one-hit shutout was the first ever in Kleberg Bank College Classic action (since 2006).
• CF Connor Brumfield tallied a single in the third inning, giving him a seven-game hitting streak.
• Robbie Glendinning's RBI single in the top of the third extended his hitting streak to six consecutive games. He also tallied his first Division I stolen base in that inning.
• Junior 1B Matt Berler hit his third double of the tournament and team-leading fourth of the season in the fourth inning.
• C Brett Bond tallied his fourth multi-hit game of the season, second-most on the team.
• Kameron Misner tallied his second hit of the game in the sixth inning as head leads the team with five multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games this season.
• Junior 3B Alex Samples hit a pair of doubles Saturday, good for his first two doubles as a Tiger.
• LHP Ty Shoaff struck out the side in the seventh inning, giving him a new career-high with three strikeouts.
• Mizzou's bullpen has now tossed 14.1 consecutive innings without an earned run. The bullpen this year has a 1.63 ERA in 27.2 innings (just five earned runs). Mizzou's bullpen has allowed just 17 hits in 24.2 innings of work this season.