Mizzou Baseball Falls to Baylor in Opener at Minute Maid Park, 4-2

Friday, February 28

Houston, Texas

11 AM

University of Missouri

4-5

Baylor

6-3

Missouri

Baylor

Mizzou Baseball Falls to Baylor in Opener at Minute Maid Park, 4-2

2/28/2020 3:07:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Tigers receive quality pitching Friday, but offense struggles to produce

HOUSTON, Texas – Mizzou Baseball (4-5) fell 4-2 Friday afternoon to Baylor in its Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic opener. The contest was tied at two apiece after five innings, but a pair of solo home runs by the Bears' five-hole hitter in the sixth and eighth innings proved to be the difference.

Junior Ian Bedell delivered a quality start this afternoon for the Tigers, allowing three runs (one earned) over 6.1 innings of work. At the plate, junior Mark Vierling recorded his fourth multi-hit game this year. The St. Louis, Missouri, native has tallied six total hits over his past two games played.

#ShowMe Top Performers

Bedell: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Vierling: 2-for-3
Chad McDaniel: RBI

Coach Bieser Postgame Soundbites

On Friday's matchup against Baylor…

"We gave this game away. Defensively, we didn't get it done. Offensively, we didn't get it done when given opportunities with runners in scoring position. We just have to keep grinding things out. We have to get better. We're leaving runs on the field."

On Bedell's solid starting pitching outing…

"He had a solid start today. He had a couple pitches where he didn't really bury his breaking ball. Execute there and he could've gone a little deeper in the game. Whenever we get a start like that from a pitcher, you have to be able to score some runs behind him."

#MIZ Takeaways

Redshirt Junior Brandt Belk ripped a leadoff single in the sixth inning, extending his current hitting streak to eight games. The Houston native has also safely reached base in nine consecutive contests.
After drawing a walk this afternoon, junior Clayton Peterson has safely reached base in seven-straight games.
McDaniel's run-producing sacrifice fly in the fifth inning marked his fourth game this year with an RBI.
Freshman Shane Wilhelm produced his second consecutive strong appearance out of the Mizzou bullpen, tossing 0.2 scoreless frames Friday.

Up Next

Game two for Mizzou at the 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic is slated for Saturday morning. The Tigers will meet No. 22 Oklahoma at 11 a.m. CT.

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