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Bench Shot
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Winner Florida UF 20-9, 5-4 SEC
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Mizzou MIZ 21-7, 4-5 SEC
Winner
Florida UF
20-9, 5-4 SEC
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Final
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Mizzou MIZ
21-7, 4-5 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida UF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Mizzou MIZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

W: Jackson Kowar (4-0) L: Montes De Oca, Bryce (2-1) S: Michael Byrne (4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 23 @MizzouBaseball Falls in Sunday Finale to Florida, 2-1

Mizzou has lost its last five games, all by one run

COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 23 Mizzou Baseball lost its fifth straight one-run game Sunday afternoon as No. 9 Florida completed a three-game series sweep with a 2-1 win at Taylor Stadium. Florida improves to 20-9 and 5-4 in SEC play while Mizzou falls to 21-7 and 4-5 in SEC play.

Junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca (Lawrence, Kan.) took the loss after going a career-high 5.0 innings and allowing just two earned runs, both with two outs. Mizzou stranded 11 men on base and lost another at the plate in the loss. Florida starter Jackson Kowar earned the win to move to 4-0 after going 5.0 innings with six hits and one run (earned). He walked a season-high five and struck out four. Michael Byrne earned his fourth save of the season.

Junior RHP Cole Bartlett (Williamsburg, Ind.) was brilliant in relief of Montes De Oca, turning in one of the best outings of his career. He tossed 4.0 shutout innings and struck out two while walking one and surrendering just two hits. The pitching was good Sunday, but Mizzou just struggled to score. The defense was outstanding, turning in four double plays to aid Mizzou's pitching staff.

Florida's JJ Schwarz squared up a 1-1 fastball with two down in the first inning, just sneaking it over the wall in left for his third homer of the season as Florida took a 1-0 lead early. The Gators added another two-out run on an RBI double by Ryan Larson in the second as they led 2-0 moving into the bottom of the second.

Mizzou got two men on in the second after Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) walked and Alex Samples (Bridgeport, Texas) singled into right with one out. But Kowar pitched around the trouble to preserve the 1-0 lead.

Junior C Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) nearly got Mizzou on the board with a two-out run of its own in the fourth, lacing a single into centerfield. Robbie Glendinning (Scarborough, Australia), who singled to lead off the frame, was waved home but Gator CF Nick Horvath gunned him at the plate for the third out, saving a run and preserving the 2-0 lead.

Mizzou loaded the bases with one out in the fifth inning on back-to-back walks and a beautiful bunt hit by Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.). Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) hit into a double play to scratch a run across but that was all Mizzou got, cutting the lead in half at 2-1. Mizzou stranded two more in the sixth inning as Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) nearly got a ball through the right side to tie the game. Mizzou left nine men on base through six innings and lost a runner at the plate in that span.

Mizzou stranded another runner in the seventh inning and then came up empty in the eighth and ninth innings.

Mizzou will be back in action Tuesday in Sauget, Ill., in a battle for Braggin' Rights against rival Illinois at 6:30 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
Opening statement…
"It's been the same thing all weekend and we are just not hitting in key situations and being bale to put a big offensive inning together. The difference was in that fifth inning when we load the bases with no outs and come out of there with only one run. That's tough. Tough to rebound from. They you start pressing a little bit and that's what we did later in the game."

Game Notes:

  • Mizzou now trails the all-time series with Florida, 4-17
  • Mizzou falls to 5-2 on Sundays
  • Mizzou is now 1-2 on SEC Sundays.
  • Mizzou finishes its eight-game homestand at 2-6.
  • Mizzou has now lost five straight games, all by one run.
  • Mizzou left 11 men on base Sunday, it most since March 26 against Arkansas (also 11) and lost a runner at the plate.
  • Junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca made his first SEC start Sunday and just his fourth career appearance in an SEC game. He tossed a career-high 5.0 innings and allowed just two runs (both earned) with three strikeouts. He has tossed 1.1 innings in SEC play in his career prior to the start.
  • Sophomore 1B Brian Sharp walked in the second inning and has now reached base safely in 18 consecutive games, the longest streak by a Tiger this season and the longest of his career. His 18-game streak is the longest since Zach Lavy reached in 20 straight a year ago.
  • Sophomore CF Connor Brumfield singled in the third inning to extend his on base streak to 16 games, the longest of his career.
  • Mizzou drew five walks off Florida starter Jackson Kowar, the most he has allowed this season.
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