No. 20 @MizzouBaseball Falls in Series Finale at No. 2 Vanderbilt, 7-2

Sunday, May 12

Nashville, Tenn.

noon

University of Missouri

34-18-1, 0

(#2) Vanderbilt

41-10, 0

Missouri

Vanderbilt

No. 20 @MizzouBaseball Falls in Series Finale at No. 2 Vanderbilt, 7-2

5/12/2019 3:35:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Commodores’ six runs in the third inning is the difference maker

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – No. 20 Mizzou Baseball (34-18-1, 13-13-1 SEC) fell victim to the big inning Sunday at Hawkins Field, as No. 2 Vanderbilt secured a series win with a 7-2 victory. The Commodores pushed across six runs in the third inning, as it proved to be too much for the Tigers' offense.

Despite the loss, Mizzou's final two pitchers of the afternoon, senior RHP Cameron Dulle and sophomore RHP Luke Anderson, shut down the powerful Vanderbilt offense in the final six innings of play. The Tiger right-handed duo allowed only two hits, zero runs and struck out seven batters.

#ShowMe Top Performers at Vanderbilt

Dulle: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 K
Anderson: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Peter Zimmermann: 2-for-3, R, 2B, HR, RBI
Connor Brumfield: 2-for-3, R, 2B

Hear From Head Coach Steve Bieser

On Sunday's contest in Nashville…

"It was disappointing. That wasn't the way we wanted to finish this series. We let a few things go today that aren't acceptable in our program. Early on, we had some baserunners at second base with no one out and weren't able to push some runs across. Those things add up and make a difference in the ball game. We got to bounce back from it."

On Dulle and Anderson's outstanding work out of the bullpen…

"Yeah, no doubt. To Luke's (Anderson's) credit, he has been sitting there and preparing. We talk about this in our program. At some point it may look like your personal season is over, but when you get down the stretch there's going to be a guy on the mound that needs to step up. Those were big innings."

#MIZ Takeaways

Anderson enjoyed arguably the most impressive outing of his two-year career thus far, matching his career-high with three strikeouts. Sunday marked his first appearance in a Southeastern Conference game this season and third of his career.
Dulle continued his strong work this season, tossing a career-high 3.2 innings in relief against Vanderbilt. It marked the sixth scoreless outing in his last seven appearances overall.
Zimmermann's solo home run in the eighth inning marked his second straight game with a long ball. It's the second time this year he's hit a home run in consecutive games, joining his season-best streak of three straight games from March 17-20.
Zimmermann and Brumfield each enjoyed solid weekends at the plate in Nashville, eclipsing a .400-plus batting average. Brumfield ended the three-game stretch with back to back multi-hit efforts. He entered this weekend with only one multi-hit performance on his 2019 resume.

Up Next

Mizzou hosts Florida next weekend (May 16-18) for their 2019 home and regular season finale at Taylor Stadium. It will be a rare Thursday-Saturday series in Mid-Missouri with the series opener slated for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch.
Fans can purchase tickets by visiting MUTigers.com/Tickets or by calling the Mizzou Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-CAT-PAWS.

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