@MizzouBaseball Tallies Series Sweep vs. Northwestern

Sunday, March 10

Columbia, Mo.

1 PM

University of Missouri

9-5

Northwestern

4-9

Northwestern

Mizzou

@MizzouBaseball Tallies Series Sweep vs. Northwestern

3/10/2019 5:11:00 PM | Baseball

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Tigers conclude weekend with 9-4 Sunday victory

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (9-5) wrapped up its flawless weekend at Taylor Stadium Sunday with a 9-4 victory over Northwestern. Senior 1B Tony Ortiz went yard yet again, hammering a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning.

The Olympia, Washington, native finished his three-game series against the Wildcats with a .333 average, five runs scored, one double, three home runs, eight RBI and 14 total bases. Ortiz breezed past his single-season career-high in home runs this weekend alone, as he only had one long ball in 2018.

On the bump, senior LHP Tyler LaPlante delivered a quality start, allowing two earned runs over six innings of work. Sophomore RHP Ian Bedell was fantastic in wrapping up the Tigers' victory, tossing three scoreless innings en route to his first save this year.

#ShowMe Top Performers vs. Northwestern

Ortiz: 1-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
LaPlante: (W) 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Bedell: (SV) 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Luke Mann: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
Austin James: 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI

Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser

On LaPlante bouncing back after a shaky start…

"Tyler has still yet to throw his best game this year. I think he did a good job of securing a win for us today without having his best stuff. He started to establish the inner part of the plate and freed himself up. That is what he has to continue to do."

On Ortiz stepping up at the plate today and this weekend…

"We know every year someone steps up and needs to be that guy in the lineup. He has been huge for us. Tony has been swinging a good bat. As the season goes, he knows it will get tougher as people start keying in on him. Nobody is hotter than he is right now."

#MIZ Takeaways

Mizzou now leads the all-time series over Northwestern, 6-2.
The Tigers are a perfect 4-0 at Taylor Stadium this year.
Sunday's victory secured Mizzou's first three-game series sweep over an opponent since March 9-10, 2018, versus La Salle.
James' go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning was the Tigers' second pinch hit home run this year. He joins Mann's solo shot vs. Rhode Island (Feb. 22).
Mann's three-hit day was a new single-game career-high. He joins junior OF Kameron Misner, junior SS Chris Cornelius and sophomore 2B Mark Vierling as Tigers with a three-hit performance this season.
Sophomore C Chad McDaniel cut it close, but posted an eighth inning single to extend his team-leading hitting streak to 10 games.
McDaniel, Misner and sophomore OF Clayton Peterson are all riding 10-plus game reached base safely streaks. Dating back to the conclusion of his 2018 campaign, Misner has reached base safely in 16 consecutive games.
Collectively this weekend against the Wildcats, Mizzou's offense hit .316 with 28 runs scored, eight doubles and six home runs. Mann (.625), McDaniel (.455), Cornelius (.444) and Ortiz (.333) all saw the ball extremely well, leading to excellent batting averages at the plate.

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