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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball has its longest winning streak since 2008 after defeating Eastern Illinois, 10-1, on Tuesday afternoon at Taylor Stadium. Mizzou has now won 11 consecutive games and is off to its best start to a season since 1985 at 11-1. Junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca (Lawrence, Kan.) had a good outing in his first career start, going 5.0 innings while allowing just one earned run on a wild pitch with three strikeouts. He allowed just three hits and two walks.

Mizzou's offense slugged 15 hits and has now broken the 10-hit mark in nine of 12 games this season. Mizzou scored three runs in the first, three more in the third and one more in the fourth as the offense scored early to give Montes De Oca an early lead, who earned his first career win. RHP Ryan Lee (Grandview, Mo.) was tremendous in relief, striking out a career-high seven over 3.0 innings while allowing just one hit and no walks.

Junior C Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) led the offense with Mizzou's first five-hit game since April 23, 2011, when Jonah Schmidt had five at Baylor. Mizzou scored six of its 10 runs with two outs on Tuesday.

Junior Robbie Glendinning (Scarborough, Australia) opened up scoring for Mizzou, jacking a solo shot to right center field in the bottom the of the first. Bond and Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) continued the offensive production for Mizzou with a single and a double, respectively, but it was Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) who plated both runs with a deep single to right center field.

Mizzou extended its lead in the third as Chris Cornelius (St. Louis, Mo.) knocked one to the opposite side pushing two across the dish. Senior Kirby McGuire (Round Rock, Texas) followed with an RBI single into left. After EIU tacked on a run in the top of the fourth inning on a wild pitch, Mizzou answered with a run on an RBI groundout by Samples. That made the score 7-1 after four innings.

Bond's fifth hit went for an RBI single in the eighth inning and that was part of a three-run eighth as Harris laced a two-run double. Evan Stoll (Chesterfield, Mo.) pitched a shutout ninth to seal the win.

Mizzou welcomes Western Carolina to Taylor Stadium Wednesday at 4 p.m. 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).

Potent Quotables

Head Coach Steve Bieser
On whether it's hard to get up for midweek games…
"Well, we hope they are motivated. We hope they love to play the game and that they show up to play the game every day. One of the things we saw a little bit is that after we got the seven runs, we kind of shut down a little bit, didn't finish the game out. That's the most disappointing thing about tonight's game for me. We preach all the time about playing nine innings of baseball and staying engaged for nine innings. I really felt like the energy fell out there at the end and that's something that's a little alarming. We addressed it and got them re-engaged in that eighth inning and they came out and responded."

Junior C Brett Bond
On his career-best five-hit performance …
"Really just been trying to be short and sweet, see the ball deep and not try to do too much with it. This past weekend , I struggled a couple times up at the plate. I was trying to do too much and trying to really control where I hit the ball. You can't get in your own head and you just have to stay positive. That's what I tried to do tonight, have a clear mind and just go out there and see the ball and hit it. It worked out."

Junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca
On his first career start and first career win…
"It was awesome. Ever since I got here, I wanted to start. Showed up today and saw my name in the starting lineup as a starting pitcher – it was an awesome feeling being able to see that. I just kind of reflected on everything that I've gone through to this point. Now it's time to move forward."

Notes

• Today's victory improves the Tiger's record to 11-1, marking their best start since 1985.
• Mizzou's winning streak is extended to 11 games, their longest since the 2008 season.
• Mizzou remains perfect in the all-time series against Eastern Illinois, improving the team record to 9-0, and Coach Beazer's series record to 9-4.
• Junior Bryce Montes De Oca makes his first career start as a Tiger, recording his longest career outing with 5.0 complete innings, leading to a winning decision, the first of his career.
• Junior Brett Bond knocked five hits in the game, the first five-hit game for a Mizzou player since Jonah Schmidt at Baylor on April 23, 2011. This was his seventh multi-hit game of the season. Bond continues to lead the team with 24 hits on the season. He also blasted his fifth double of the season, second on the team only behind Junior Matt Berler.
• Junior Trey Harris extends his hit streak to seven games, making it the longest of his collegiate career. He tallied four RBI on the night, passing Junior Brett Bond to become the team front-runner in that category.
• Junior Robbie Glendinning recorded his first three-hit game of the year, blasting his second homerun of the season.
• The Tigers have recorded 10 or more hits in nine of their last 12 games. Tonight's 10-1 victory also marks their third time scoring 10 or more runs this season, their second consecutive game doing so.
• Relief pitcher Ryan Lee tallies a career high seven strikeouts in his 3.0-inning outing. His previous record was five strikeouts against SEMO in 2016.
• Tonight's defensive performance earned the Tiger's their third errorless game this season.