@MizzouBaseball Opens Week with 4-3, 10 Inning Victory Over Saint Louis

Tuesday, April 2

Columbia, Mo.

6 PM

University of Missouri

19-10-1

Saint Louis

11-16

SLU

Mizzou

@MizzouBaseball Opens Week with 4-3, 10 Inning Victory Over Saint Louis

4/2/2019 11:26:00 PM | Baseball

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Tigers improve to 3-0-1 in extra inning contests this season

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (19-10-1) participated in its fourth extra-inning game in its past six times out, defeating the visiting Saint Louis Billikens Tuesday evening, 4-3 in 10 innings. The Billikens issued three consecutive walks with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, as sophomore C Chad McDaniel took four straight balls to secure the Tigers' victory.

Mizzou's pitching was rock solid yet again Tuesday, highlighted by 15 strikeouts of Billiken hitters. Junior LHP Art Joven took a no decision despite matching his career-high with 10 strikeouts over 5.0 innings pitched. Redshirt junior RHP Jordan Gubelman and senior RHP Cameron Dulle closed the game with 5.0 solid frames of relief.

#ShowMe Top Performers vs. Saint Louis

Joven: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
Gubelman: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
McDaniel: 2 RBI
Chris Cornelius: 1-for-4, RBI, 2 BB, SB
Tony Ortiz: 1-for-2, R, SB, 3 BB
Thomas Broyles: 2-for-3, R, 3 BB

Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser

On the Tigers' lack of situational hitting Tuesday…

"Frustrating is the right word. It was really tough to watch that time after time. Three times we stranded the bases loaded. We were taking all the way that last bases loaded situation in the 10th inning. We would've even taken with a 3-2 count. We weren't finding ways to get a hit. It was getting very frustrating."

On Joven and Gubelman's solid efforts on the bump…

"I think Art was a bit spotty. His location wasn't very good, but he competed and got us through five innings with a lead. I thought it was the right time to pull him though. We worked him pretty hard in last week's Texas road trip. Jordan had been sitting for a while and he came out a little flat as well. They were swinging early on him and he was missing in the middle of the zone. Jordan though made some really good adjustments and got us deep into the game. Quite frankly our pitchers had to carry us through there because it was tough for us to score runs."

#MIZ Takeaways

Mizzou improved to 11-1 at Taylor Stadium this season following Tuesday's triumph.
The Tigers also improved their perfect mark in Tuesday matchups to 6-0.
After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first inning, the Tigers' eventual triumph secured their 10th come-from-behind victory this year.
Coach Bieser had the running game working Tuesday, as Cornelius, sophomore 2B Mark Vierling, Ortiz, senior OF Connor Brumfield and senior INF Paul Gomez each tallied a stolen base. It marked the fourth time this season that Mizzou produced five-plus stolen bases.
Saint Louis' pitching staff struggled to find the zone all night, as it issued 15 free passes to Tiger hitters. That's the most walks drawn by Mizzou's offense this season.
In contrast, Mizzou's pitching staff was filling up the zone, highlighted by 15 strikeouts. It established a new single-game season-high for Tiger hurlers and was the 19th time overall this season with double-digit punch outs.
Gubelman's 4.1 innings of work marked a new career-high, surpassing his previous standard of 3.1 innings pitched set on April 10, 2018, at Missouri State.
Cornelius' seventh inning single extended his team-leading hitting streak to nine games. He's also reached base safely in 20 consecutive outings, the longest such streak by a Tiger this year.
With a hit by pitch and two walks, junior INF Peter Zimmermann extended his respective safely reached base streak to 13 games. Gomez reached 10 games in the category with a single and walk drawn Tuesday.

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