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Brett Bond
6
Winner Kentucky UK 25-12, 10-5 SEC
1
Mizzou MIZ 26-11, 7-8 SEC
Winner
Kentucky UK
25-12, 10-5 SEC
6
Final
1
Mizzou MIZ
26-11, 7-8 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kentucky UK 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 6 8 0
Mizzou MIZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1

W: Justin Lewis (5-2) L: Montes De Oca, Bryce (3-2) S: Logan Salow (8)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Big Sixth Inning Sinks @MizzouBaseball in Rubber Game with No. 10 Kentucky

Four-run sixth inning sinks Tigers in rubber game.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 10 Kentucky tallied four runs in the sixth inning to earn a 6-1 win in the rubber game of a three-game series with Mizzou Baseball on Easter Sunday (April 16) at Taylor Stadium. The game moved into the sixth inning at 2-1, but UK used a pair of infield singles, two hit batters and a walk to plate four runs in what turned out to be the decisive inning. Mizzou falls to 26-11 on the year and 7-8 in SEC play while Kentucky goes to 25-12 and 10-5 in SEC play, sitting atop the SEC East standings.

Junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca (Lawrence, Kan.) took the loss, falling to 3-2 on the year, after going 5.0+ innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Kentucky's Justin Lewis earned the win, improving to 5-2 on the year. He went 5.0 innings and allowed just three hits and one run (earned) with no walks and four strikeouts.

Junior C Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) hit his seventh homer of the season and fourth of the series, a solo shot in the fourth inning. Junior OF Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) also reached base twice to continue a red-hot weekend.

Montes De Oca allowed a leadoff single to Tristan Pompey to open the game, but struck out All-American 1B Evan White and got a 4-6-3 double play to escape the inning on just eight pitches. Mizzou got a baserunner in the first as Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) was hit by a pitch, but he was stranded.

Montes De Oca needed just 10 pitches to retire the side in the second but ran into trouble in the third, issuing a leadoff walk. A passed ball moved the runner to third, but Alex Samples (Bridgeport, Texas) made a great play on a hard-hit ball at third for the second out to save a run. Montes De Oca then struck out the red hot Tristan Pompey to strand the runner.

White then tallied a leadoff double in the fourth inning and Montes De Oca then walked Zach Reks and hit Luke Becker to lead the bases with no outs. Riley Mahan then hit a sacrifice fly to give the Cats a 1-0 lead. A throwing error by C Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) on a double steal led to another run in the fourth as Kentucky took a 2-0 lead.

Bond atoned for his error in the bottom of the fourth inning, launching his fourth homer of the series and seventh of the season, a two-out solo shot on a 3-1 pitch to cut the lead in half at 2-1. Mizzou got the tying run on second in the fifth inning, but Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) popped out to strand the tying run.

UK then got a walk and a pair of infield hits to score a run, extending the lead to 3-1. Mizzou reliever Cole Bartlett (Williamsburg, Ind.) then hit back-to-back batters, the latter with the bases loaded to score another run. Marcus Carson then hit a two-run single to extend the lead to 6-1.

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Potent Quotables
Head Coach Steve Bieser

Opening statement…
"It's frustration. You have such a good win yesterday and guys come out feeling pretty good about themselves, and that's just the maturity level that I think that we're at right now – not being able to bounce back and trying to repeat what we were able to do yesterday. I thought we came in with a lot of energy yesterday and we just didn't have it today and shame on me. I knew that there was an opportunity for a letdown and I didn't want to put that thought in their head before the game. I should have talked to them in depth about after playing well you have to put that one behind you and come back out and be ready to play the same type of baseball that you played yesterday. "

Postgame Notes

  • Mizzou now trails the all-time series with Kentucky, 7-8.
  • Mizzou falls to 7-8 in SEC play and 3-7 against SEC East teams.
  • Mizzou is now 1-5 vs. top-10 teams this season.
  • Mizzou is 3-7 against top-25 teams.
  • Mizzou is 13-8 in three-game series this season.
  • Mizzou falls to 5-3 on Sundays this season.
  • Sophomore OF Connor Brumfield singled in the third inning and has now reached base safely in 22 consecutive games, the longest streak by a Tiger this season.
  • Junior C Brett Bond hit a solo homer in the fourth inning, his fourth homer of the series and seventh of the season. That matches his career high for homers in a season (he hit seven last year as well).
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