@MizzouBaseball Defeats Kentucky Saturday, 5-4, on James’ Ninth Inning Walk-Off Single

Saturday, April 6

Columbia, Mo.

2 PM

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Kentucky

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Kentucky

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@MizzouBaseball Defeats Kentucky Saturday, 5-4, on James’ Ninth Inning Walk-Off Single

4/6/2019 6:13:00 PM | Baseball

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Tigers even the weekend series in back and forth contest Saturday

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (21-11-1, 4-6-1 SEC) evened its weekend series vs. Kentucky Saturday in exciting fashion, courtesy of a ninth inning walk-off RBI single by junior 3B Austin James. It was a wild afternoon at Taylor Stadium, as the two teams combined for six runs in the final three innings of play.

Mizzou possessed a 3-0 advantage heading to the seventh, but a single run in the frame plus a three-run home run in the eighth inning by Kentucky suddenly gave the visitors a 4-3 lead. Senior INF Paul Gomez quickly answered for the Tigers in the bottom of the eighth with a solo home run to even the score at four apiece.

Senior RHP Cameron Dulle recorded a pair of outs in the top of the ninth to set up the eventual game winner for the Tigers. In the bottom half, junior UTIL Peter Zimmermann opened the frame with his third hit of the day. Later on, James sent the black and gold faithful home with smiles after a two-out walk-off RBI single.

#ShowMe Top Performers vs. Kentucky

Tyler LaPlante: (ND) 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K
Zimmermann: 3-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Chad McDaniel: 1-for-3, RBI
James: 1-for-4, walk-off RBI
Gomez: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI

Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser

On James delivering the walk-off hit…

"It was really big. For us and for our team. I've been saying it for a while, Austin is a really good player and he's going to get hot eventually. We've seen him take some better at bats over the course of the last week. He's getting his opportunities right now. That was huge coming up with the game-winning hit today. Hopefully he can start relaxing more and more and getting better and better."

#MIZ Takeaways

Saturday marked the Tigers' second walk-off win this year. Both instances have occurred this week with the first coming Tuesday (April 2) evening against Saint Louis on a walk-off walk.
The Tigers improved to 8-4 this season in one-run ballgames, including six consecutive one-run triumphs.
After falling behind 4-3 in the top of the eighth inning, Gomez' solo home run and James' walk-off knock in the ninth secured Mizzou's 11th come-from-behind victory this year.
Zimmermann's perfect 3-for-3 day at the plate matched his single-game career-high. He's one of seven Tigers this season with a three-hit performance on their resume.
Additionally, Zimmermann's RBI double and RBI sacrifice bunt wrapped up his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
Despite being a bullpen option for the Tigers, Dulle matched the team lead Saturday with his third victory this year.
Zimmermann and freshman OF Josh Holt Jr. each extended their respective safely reached base streaks to 16 games Saturday. That total ranks T-3rd longest by a Tiger this season.

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