Northeastern Rallies Past @MizzouBaseball With Three in Ninth

Saturday, February 24

Fort Myers, Fla.

12 p.m. (CT)

University of Missouri

4-2

Northeastern

3-2

Northeastern

Mizzou

Northeastern Rallies Past @MizzouBaseball With Three in Ninth

2/24/2018 3:46:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Huskies were down to their final strike twice and rallied past the Tigers

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Mizzou Baseball dropped the first game of a doubleheader vs. Northeastern, 10-8, Saturday afternoon at City of Palms Park. Mizzou carried an 8-7 lead into the top of the ninth inning and retired the first two batters in the frame. However, Northeastern countered with a pair of two-out walks, followed by a single and a double, leading to three runs in the frame, despite the Huskies being down to their final strike twice.

Freshman RHP Ian Bedell (Davenport, Iowa) took the loss while Northeastern RHP Kyle Murphy earned the win. Mizzou falls to 4-2 while Northeastern improves to 3-2.

TURNING POINT

Mizzou put two men on in the bottom of the eighth inning and leadoff man Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) hit a fielder's choice to first base. Husky 1B Jake Farrell elected to try and gun the lead runner, but the shortstop could not hang on to the ball after an aggressive slide from freshman LF Cade Bormet (San Antonio, Texas). Sophomore SS Chris Cornelius (St. Louis, Mo.) scored from second base on the play, giving Mizzou the lead.

Bedell then came on for the ninth and struck out the first two batters he faced, but a full-count walk followed by a four-pitch walk extended the game. Nine-hole hitter Mason Koppens singled through the left side to tie the game and leadoff man Charlie McConnell had the game-winning hit, a two-run double over Bormet's head in left field, one batter later.

TOP TIGERS

Freshman 2B Mark Vierling went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a big go-ahead double in the seventh inning. It was his second three-hit game in his young career.
Senior RF Trey Harris extended his hitting streak to all six games with a first-inning homer, his first of the season. It was a solo shot that left the stadium entirely. Harris scored two runs in the game.
Junior LHP Michael Plassmeyer fanned a career-high 13 batters in his second start of the season.
Junior CF Connor Brumfield had two RBIs and scored a run, tying the game in the seventh inning with a big two-out double

NOTES

Mizzou and Northeastern's all-time series is now tied at 1-1.
Mizzou is now 10-4 in games played at City of Palms Park
Mizzou is now 22-12 in games played away from home under second-year head coach Steve Bieser
Mizzou is now 14-5 in games played in Florida during the first two weeks of the season over the last two-plus seasons.
LHP Michael Plassmeyer tallied a career-high 13 batters Saturday, marking the first double-digit strikeout performance by a Mizzou pitcher since Tanner Houck struck out 10 vs. South Carolina on May 13, 2017. It was the most Ks for a Mizzou pitcher since

UP NEXT

Mizzou and Northeastern will play game two of the doubleheader later today (approximately 4 p.m. CT). The game will be played at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Fla., and air on KTGR. 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 (Mizzou Baseball) and Instagram (missouri_baseball).