@MizzouBaseball Cruises Past Kansas State Wednesday, 17-2

Wednesday, April 3

Columbia, Mo.

3 PM

University of Missouri

20-10-1

Kansas State

12-18

Kansas State

Mizzou

@MizzouBaseball Cruises Past Kansas State Wednesday, 17-2

4/3/2019 7:34:00 PM | Baseball

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Tigers re-establish single-game season-high in runs scored

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (20-10-1) exploded for a season-high 17 runs Wednesday at Taylor Stadium, cruising to a midweek victory over the visiting Kansas State Wildcats. It was a total team effort for the Tigers, as their pitching also excelled by limiting the Wildcats to two runs (one earned) on six hits.

At the plate, junior 3B Austin James easily had his best career day at Mizzou with six RBI. Senior 1B Tony Ortiz also shined on offense with four RBI. On the bump, freshman RHP Tommy Springer earned his second victory of the year, tossing 5.0 shutout frames while striking out a career-best seven batters.

#ShowMe Top Performers vs. Kansas State

James: 3-for-4, 4 R, 2B, HR, 6 RBI
Ortiz: 3-for-3, 3 R, 2B, 4 RBI, BB
Kameron Misner: 2-for-2, 3 R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB, SB
Springer: (W) 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K

Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser

On the offense's turnaround Wednesday following a shaky performance Tuesday…

"These games are nice. It's always good to not play as much 'pressure baseball' all the time and the extra-inning games like we've been playing. It was a relief. Takeaways were AJ (James) getting going. He's a guy we've been counting on all year. To see him free up and get off some good swings. There was a lot of offensive production and it was good to see."

On the offense re-focusing after their performance against Saint Louis…

"We talked before we came out today. There was no excuse for the at bats we had. We had to make sure we were engaged in every pitch. You really saw that today for the first half of the game. I thought we did a good job of carrying that all the way through even though we didn't score later in the game. I thought our at bats were really special today. It's something we have to continue to be able to do."

On Springer's performance on the mound Wednesday…

"His breaking ball was going for him. He got off to a little slow start with his command, but whenever guys got on base he was able to make some big pitches to get out of it. He really settled in and threw the ball well."

#MIZ Takeaways

Mizzou improved its record in Wednesday games this season to 4-0.
The Tigers continued their outstanding play at Taylor Stadium, improving their home record to 12-1.
A perfect two-game midweek stretch also advanced Mizzou's non-conference record to 17-5 this year.
Mizzou scored early and often against the Wildcats, highlighted by at least one run in the first five innings of play Wednesday. After single runs in the first and second inning, the Tigers exploded for four runs in the third, five runs in the fourth and six runs in the fifth frame.
The aforementioned 17 runs scored Wednesday marked a new single-season high, while representing the team's ninth double-digit scoring output this year.
James' breakout day at the plate, highlighted by six RBI, were the most by a Tiger this season. It matched junior SS Chris Cornelius' six RBI outing last year at Iowa (May 1, 2018).
Ortiz wasn't far behind his corner infield counterpart, as his three runs scored, three hits and four RBI all reset or matched his single-game career-bests.
Sophomore OF Thomas Broyles has appeared in each of Mizzou's past four games played, hitting safely each time out. Wednesday, he reached base three times while posting a run scored and an RBI.
Four Tigers enter the weekend riding a double-digit safely reached base streak, led by Cornelius' total of 20 consecutive games. Following productive afternoons Wednesday at Taylor Stadium, junior UTIL Peter Zimmermann (14 games), freshman OF Josh Holt Jr. (14 games) and senior 3B Paul Gomez (11 games) round out the current list.
Sophomore RHP Trey Dillard has settled down nicely out of the Tiger bullpen as of late. Following his scoreless inning of work against the Wildcats, he's tallied three consecutive scoreless appearances overall.
The same could be said for junior RHP Lukas Veinbergs, who recorded his fourth consecutive scoreless appearance out of the Mizzou bullpen Wednesday.

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