@MizzouBaseball Falls 3-0 Saturday to No. 20 Ole Miss

Saturday, March 23

Columbia, Mo.

2 PM

University of Missouri

14-9, 0

(#20) Ole Miss

17-7, 0

Ole Miss

Mizzou

@MizzouBaseball Falls 3-0 Saturday to No. 20 Ole Miss

3/23/2019 5:41:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Two unearned runs allowed in fourth inning, plus offense going flat proves costly for Tigers

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (14-9, 1-4 SEC) fell 3-0 Saturday afternoon to No. 20 Ole Miss at Taylor Stadium. The weekend series is squared at one apiece entering Sunday's rubber match. Senior LHP Tyler LaPlante will get the ball for Mizzou, while the Rebels will counter with freshman RHP Gunnar Hoglund.

Mizzou's offense struggled to get going all afternoon, as it didn't record a hit until the seventh inning. Junior SS Chris Cornelius' knock, plus senior 3B Paul Gomez' eighth inning single was all the Tigers could muster offensively off of Ole Miss' starting pitcher, RHP Doug Nikhazy.

#ShowMe Top Performers vs. Ole Miss

TJ Sikkema: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 K
Konnor Ash: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Gomez: 1-for-2, BB

Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser

On Sikkema producing a solid start despite not having his best stuff…

"I think the biggest thing for TJ is that he's such a competitor. He didn't have his best stuff today, but he battled all game long. I'm proud of him to battle like that. He gave us seven innings. The walks today and not having his best stuff, we just need to make an adjustment there and fix it."

On the Tigers' defensive struggles Saturday…

"It would take a whole lot of great defensive plays to overcome our two errors that were playable balls. A ground ball in the outfield that turns into runs is never a good thing. We had a misplay in the outfield early where a high fly ball drops. You can't overcome bad defense and that's something we struggled with today."

#MIZ Takeaways

Saturday marked the Tigers' first loss at Taylor Stadium this season. They entered the game with a spotless 9-0 record in home contests.
Cornelius' aforementioned seventh inning single extended his safely reached base streak to 13 games.
Freshman OF Josh Holt Jr.'s third inning walk extended his personal safely reached base streak to nine.
Despite taking the loss Saturday on the bump, Sikkema delivered a typical strong performance for the Tigers. He's limited the opposition to one earned run or less in four of his five starts this season.
Ash was lights out in relief Saturday, retiring all six batters he faced. He hasn't allowed a run in three consecutive appearances, pushing his scoreless innings pitched streak to 6.1.

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