COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (8-14, 1-4 SEC) dropped the second game of its SEC home opening series against No. 1 Vanderbilt (18-3, 4-1 SEC), 11-3, Friday evening.
The Commodores jumped on the Tigers out of the gate, building a 7-0 lead in the first two innings. Vanderbilt starter Jack Leiter (6-0), coming off a no-hitter in his last outing, did not allow a hit in his seven innings of work.
Junior Tre Morris broke up Vanderbilt's combined no-hitter with a single to right-center field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Two batters later, sophomore Torin Montgomery launched a three-run blast to left field to put the Tigers on the board.
Redshirt sophomore Seth Halvorsen (2-1) took his first loss of the season on the mound. In his first SEC pitching appearance, sophomore Ty Wilmsmeyer tossed two scoreless innings with two strikeouts in relief.
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Hear from the Skipper
Head coach Steve Bieser on breaking through in the ninth…
"To see our guys not give in, not wanting to be part of a no-hitter, Tre Morris coming through with that big hit and then seeing Torin jump on a pitch there after we got a break on a ground ball. I'm proud that we finished that last inning and that's what we talk about: playing nine full innings."
#MIZ Takeaways
- Wilmsmeyer picked up his first career strikeout in the top of the eighth inning. The sophomore allowed only one hit in his second-career pitching appearance.
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Montgomery hit his third home run of the year and is now tied with Luke Mann for a team-high of 14 RBIs this season.
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Morris' pinch-hit single in the ninth gave the catcher a knock in each of his last three appearances.
Up Next
Mizzou and Vanderbilt conclude the three-game set on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
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