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@MizzouBaseball Begins Five-Game Homestand Tuesday, Welcomes Murray State to Taylor Stadium
3/18/2019 3:56:00 PM | Baseball
Tigers set for five games in six days in Mid-Missouri
| Mizzou Begins Another Five-Game Homestand Tuesday vs. Murray State | ||||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME (CT) | WATCH | LISTEN | STATS |
| Murray State | Taylor Stadium | Tuesday, March 19 | 6:30 pm | SEC Network + | Radio | Stats |
| Murray State | Taylor Stadium | Wednesday, March 20 | 4 pm | SEC Network + | Radio | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (11-8, 0-3 SEC) begins another five-game homestand Tuesday-Wednesday with a quick two-game series versus Murray State. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. CT and 4 p.m. CT, respectively.
Both matchups will broadcast live on SEC Network + via WatchESPN. Nate Gatter and former Mizzou Baseball head coach Tim Jamieson will be on the call Tuesday evening. Ben Wilson will join Jamieson Wednesday for the series finale.
Fans can also tune-in to KTGR (105.1 FM, 100.5 FM, 1580 AM) Tuesday-Wednesday and all season long, as Tex Little and Matt Michaels return to the radio airwaves.
#ShowMe Mizzou Game Notes
Series History vs. Murray State
- Mizzou leads the all-time series over Murray State, 9-8.
- The two teams last met two years ago at Taylor Stadium (May 2, 2017) for a midweek contest. The Tigers dominated the Racers in an 11-0 shutout victory.
- Before the aforementioned meeting two seasons ago, Mizzou and Murray State hadn't met since the 1987 campaign.
Pitching Staff Shines Despite Team's Tough Weekend at No. 10 Arkansas
- It was a tough past weekend (March 15-17) at No. 10 Arkansas collectively for Mizzou, but the Tiger pitching staff arose to the challenge in their 2019 Southeastern Conference series opener.
- The Razorbacks' offense entered last weekend as one of the top hitting teams in the SEC and NCAA. Mizzou's pitching staff limited Arkansas' bats to six earned runs, nearly a strikeout per inning pitched (23 Ks in 24.1 IP) and a .190 batting average against.
- Junior LHP Jacob Cantleberry (6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K), junior LHP TJ Sikkema (8.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 BB, 10 K) and senior LHP Tyler LaPlante (6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K) did all they could with fantastic starts on the bump.
- The Tiger relievers were also fantastic, as senior RHP Jordan Gubelman (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K) and senior RHP Cameron Dulle (2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 K) limited the powerful Razorbacks lineup.
- With Gubelman's dominant 2.0 innings of work Friday evening, he's currently riding a 9.1 consecutive scoreless innings pitched streak.
- Saturday afternoon, Sikkema went the distance and matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts. It was the second double-digit strikeout performance of his career, joining his 10 punch out performance last year vs. Vanderbilt (April 19, 2018).
Mizzou Offense Shining at Taylor Stadium
- The Tiger offense has surely enjoyed hitting in their friendly confines of Taylor Stadium in 2019, aiding the team's perfect 6-0 record at home.
- Collectively, Mizzou is hitting .327 (64-for-196) with 71 runs scored, 11 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 62 RBI and 17 stolen bases over its home schedule.
- Individually, junior SS Chris Cornelius (.533), sophomore C Chad McDaniel (.429), sophomore 2B Mark Vierling (.412), senior 1B Tony Ortiz (.389), freshman UTIL Luke Mann (.353) and junior OF Kameron Misner (.333) are all raking at Taylor Stadium this year.
- Mizzou has put incredible pressure on its opposing pitching staffs, tallying eye-popping .481 on-base percentage, .531 slugging percentage and 1.012 OPS.
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