COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball got another stellar midweek start from junior RHP Andy Toelken (Green Cove Springs, Fla.) as it snapped a six-game skid with a 11-0 win over Murray State Tuesday night (May 2) at Taylor Stadium. Mizzou also got a solo homer and three hits from junior C Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) as the Tigers improve to 28-18 on the year. Head coach Steve Bieser is now tied for the most wins ever by a first-year Mizzou head coach, matching the mark set by the 1974 team under legendary Mizzou head coach Gene McArtor.

Toelken pitched 7.0 innings and allowed just five hits and no runs for his first shutout appearance of the season. He struck out five batters and walked just two. He now has a 2.12 ERA in his last five starts and has surrendered just 21 hits in 34.0 innings while striking out 29 during those five starts. He improves to 3-3 on the year.

Mizzou took advantage of an error to score three runs in the bottom of the second. Junior Robbie Glendinning (Scarborough, Australia) reached on a throwing error by the MSU shortstop and Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) hit an infield single to put two men on. Ian Nelson (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) then singled through the right side to plate a run. Mizzou tacked on another on a sacrifice fly and a two-out double by Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) to take a 3-0 lead after two.

Senior Kirby McGuire (Round Rock, Texas) manufactured a run in the bottom of the fifth inning after singling, stealing a base and taking third on a passed ball. He was knocked in by a Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) groundout to short to extend Mizzou's lead to 4-0. Bond then hit his ninth homer of the year to push the lead to 5-0.

Mizzou broke the game open in the bottom of the seventh inning. After an RBI double by Misner, SS Chris Cornelius (St. Louis, Mo.) hit a single into right field and it got past the right fielder and all the way to the wall. That scored two runs and Cornelius came all the way around to score to complete the little league home run. That extended the lead to 9-0. The Tigers added two more runs in the eighth inning.

Sophomore RHP Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) took over on the mound in the eighth and pitched a shutout frame and got the first out of the ninth. Junior RHP Nolan Gromacki (Smithville, Mo.) then got the final two outs.

Mizzou will be back in action this weekend as it heads to Vanderbilt for a three-game series. For all the latest on all things Mizzou Baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team @MizzouBaseball and like the team on Facebook and Instagram (Missouri Baseball).

Potent Quotables
Head Coach Steve Bieser

Opening statement…
"Real positive for our club to come out and respond the way that we did the last two days. We had an outstanding practice yesterday and guys kind of carried it over into the game. The first three runs we got, we didn't hit a ball hard, but that's how things start. We hope we can continue to build off of this. Starting to put good at-bats together. I love the way that we played defense. Obviously the way Andy Toelken threw the ball, Brian Sharp looked good and Nolan Gromacki came back and started to throw some balls like we saw earlier in the season, so those were all bright spots for today."

Postgame Notes

• Mizzou now leads the all-time series with Murray State, 9-8.
• Mizzou is now 4-4 on Tuesdays.
• Mizzou is now 2-1 vs. Ohio Valley Conference teams this season.
• Steve Bieser is now 9-4 all-time against Murray State in his career.
• Bieser is now tied for the most wins for any Mizzou coach in his first year at Mizzou with 28. He is tied with legendary Mizzou skipper Gene McArtor, who had 28 in his initial season in 1974
• Junior RHP Andy Toelken now has a 2.12 ERA in his last five starts and has surrendered just 21 hits in 34.0 innings while striking out 29.
• Mizzou tallied its third shutout of the year and first since March 17 at Alabama, a 3-0 win.
• Mizzou's 10 runs are the most for Mizzou since hanging 15 on Arkansas-Pine Bluff on April 12.  
• Sophomore RHP Brian Sharp made his first pitching appearance since April 12 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
• Connor Brumfield tallied his team-leading 16^th multi-hit game of the season on Tuesday. He also hit his first double since March 31 vs. Florida.
• 3B Ian Nelson tallied his first RBI since March 26 against Arkansas.
• Senior CF Kirby McGuire stole his 10^th base of the season on Tuesday. Eight of his 10 stolen bases came over his last 15 games.
• McGuire tallied his eighth multi-hit game of the year Tuesday.
• INF Matt Berler earned his first start since March 31 vs. Florida.
• Brett Bond reset a new career-high with nine homers on the year after his fifth-inning homer. It was his first homer since April 21 in the series opener at Ole Miss and his sixth homer over his last 12 games.
• Bond tallied his second four-hit game of the season Tuesday, trailing only his five-hit performance against Eastern Illinois.
• Mizzou slugged five extra-base hits on Tuesday. The Tigers had just three in the previous four games before breaking out on Tuesday.
• Kameron Misner tallied his 15^th multi-hit game of the year Tuesday.