@MizzouBaseball Drops Series Opener at No. 10 Arkansas, 2-0

Friday, March 15

Fayetteville, Ark.

6:30 PM

University of Missouri

11-6, 0-1

(#10) Arkansas

15-2, 1-0

Missouri

Arkansas

@MizzouBaseball Drops Series Opener at No. 10 Arkansas, 2-0

3/15/2019 11:03:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Razorbacks pitching overpowers Tiger bats Friday

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Mizzou Baseball (11-6, 0-1 SEC) had no answer on offense Friday evening at Baum Stadium, as No. 10 Arkansas used an impressive pitching display en route to a 2-0 victory. The Razorbacks hurlers limited the Tigers to two hits while posting 15 strikeouts.

Mizzou's pitching was no slouch either however, as junior LHP Jacob Cantleberry and senior RHP Jordan Gubelman allowed five hits and two runs. Cantleberry struck out six Razorbacks while Gubelman closed the night with back to back scoreless frames in relief.

#ShowMe Top Performers at Arkansas

Cantleberry: (L) 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Gubelman: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Chad McDaniel: 1-for-4 (13-game hitting streak)
Mark Vierling: 1-for-3 (Reached base safely in 12 straight games)

Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser

On tonight's Southeastern Conference opener…

"Well it was just a well-pitched game on both sides. It was tough for anyone to score runs. We had a tough time getting things going. Those are such quality arms that Arkansas threw at us tonight. Campbell was on top of his game. He threw some big league stuff at us tonight. He started us soft then pumped 93-94 mph at us. We had a tough time adjusting to it."

On Cantleberry's solid SEC debut…

"The difference in this ballgame was that he had some jitters there in the first inning. He got a couple easy outs then all of a sudden Arkansas strung a couple hits. He walked two guys and they got a run. The other run they scored in the fourth he hit the leadoff guy in that inning. Then they manufactured that run. For his first time in the SEC and in a tough environment, for him to come out and keep us in this ballgame, I thought he did an outstanding job."

On Gubelman's outstanding job in relief…

"Gubelman is a master out there. He's got the changeup going and the slider going. He has been able to do that every time we have sent him out there and he has been really good for us."

#MIZ Takeaways

Mizzou falls to 9-10 in its all-time SEC three-game series-opening matchups, dating back to 2013.
With a base hit in the seventh inning, McDaniel extended his team-best hitting streak to 13 games.
Mizzou's only other hit Friday, a leadoff single by Vierling in the third inning, extended his safely reached base streak to 12 consecutive games.
Gubelman continued his recent spotless stretch on the mound, improving his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 9.1. He hasn't allowed a run in his last four appearances.
Cantleberry has allowed two earned runs or less in three of his four starts this year.

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