University of Missouri
16-9
UTSA
11-14
@MizzouBaseball Defeats UTSA, 12-11, in Tuesday Extra-Inning Thriller
3/27/2019 1:29:00 AM | Baseball
Tigers rally from two-out, three-run deficit in ninth inning
SAN ANTONIO – Mizzou Baseball (16-9) opened its week-long trip in Texas Tuesday with a wild 12-11 extra-inning victory over UTSA. The Tigers trailed by three runs with two outs in the ninth inning and rallied to send the game to extras.
Mizzou pulled back ahead with two runs in the tenth inning, but the host Roadrunners answered with two runs of their own to send the game to the 11th inning. After a scoreless 11th, the Tigers scored the eventual game-winner in the 12th inning and held on in the bottom half to secure the victory.
#ShowMe Top Performers at UTSA
- Chris Cornelius: 2-for-6, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
- Peter Zimmermann: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Art Joven: (SV) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K
- Trey Dillard: (W) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K
Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser
On the team's gritty performance Tuesday…
"Gritty is a great way to put it. I don't even know how to describe this game. We were very fortunate to come out on top. We're ready to move onto tomorrow. I just told the guys to forget about everything tonight, good and bad, and pretend we weren't here tonight playing. Let's move on to play a clean and much better brand of baseball tomorrow."
On Thomas Broyles' key at bat in the 12th inning…
"What a gutsy performance by Thomas in his at bat. He didn't give in. That's a guy who's trying to get on our travel roster and a guy who really wants to be a part of this. He showed some toughness right there and earned some stripes with that at bat."
#MIZ Takeaways
- Tuesday marked the Tigers' first extra-inning game of the year.
- Mizzou maintained its perfect record in Tuesday matchups this season, improving to 5-0.
- After falling behind 3-0, 7-6 and 9-6 at Roadrunner Field, the Tigers' six runs from the ninth-12th innings secured their eighth come-from-behind win of the season.
- Tuesday was also Mizzou's first triumph this year when trailing after eight innings of play. Entering tonight, the Tigers were 0-9 in that situation.
- Cornelius' home run and double locked down his team-leading 11th multi-hit game of the year. His four RBI matched his single-game season-high, while marking his team-best seventh multi-RBI outing this year.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dillard, Trey (1-1)
L: CARVER (0-2)
S: Joven, Art (1)
Batting:
2B: Cornelius, Chris 1
HR: Cornelius, Chris 1
RBI: Holt Jr., Josh 1 ; Vierling, Mark 1 ; Misner, Kameron 1 ; Zimmermann, Peter 2 ; Cornelius, Chris 4 ; Peterson, Clayton 1
SF: Vierling, Mark 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holt Jr., Josh 2 ; Misner, Kameron 1 ; Zimmermann, Peter 1 ; Cornelius, Chris 1 ; Broyles, Thomas 2 ; Brumfield, Connor 3 ; Gomez, Paul 1 ; Peterson, Clayton 1
SB: Vierling, Mark 1 ; Zimmermann, Peter 1 ; McDaniel, Chad 1 ; Broyles, Thomas 1 ; Peterson, Clayton 1
CS: Gomez, Paul 1
HBP: Vierling, Mark 1 ; Gomez, Paul 1 ; Peterson, Clayton 1
Batting:
2B: PAXTON 1
3B: ARIAS 1
HR: MOON 1
RBI: SIRDASHNEY 1 ; STACY 1 ; MOON 3 ; THORNQUIST 1
SH: PAXTON 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ARIAS 1 ; ROCK 1 ; STURGES 2 ; TAPIA 1 ; PAXTON 3 ; MOON 1 ; KENG 1 ; GRIMES 1
SB: KENG 1
HBP: SIRDASHNEY 1 ; STACY 1 ; STURGES 2 ; TAPIA 1 ; GRIMES 1
