Box Score GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Mizzou Baseball (11-21, 4-9 SEC) fell 8-5 to No. 18 Florida (23-11, 7-6 SEC) on Friday night at Florida Ballpark. The game was initially delayed by just under three hours due to rain, finishing well after midnight.
Mizzou starter Seth Halvorsen struggled in the contest, giving up seven runs over 4.2 innings. Six of the runs came during the bottom of the third inning, which put the Gators up 7-1.
The first Tiger run was put on the board in the third inning beginning with a double down the right-field line from sophomore Ty Wilmsmeyer. He later scored on an errant throw.
The team tacked on a four-spot the following inning to close the Florida lead to just two runs. Redshirt sophomore Luke Mann plated two of the runs on a wall-ball double and scored one batter later on a seeing-eye single from junior Mike Coletta. He was brought in with one out on a sacrifice fly from senior Mark Vierling.
Mizzou would get the tying run up to the plate in the eighth and ninth innings but was unable to bring any runners in.
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Hear from the Skipper
Head coach Steve Bieser on the team clawing back into the game…
"I really liked the way we had fight until the end. Hopefully we can build off of that. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but we have to be ready to play."
#MIZ Takeaways
- Sophomore Torin Montgomery extended his hitting streak to seven games with an infield hit in the seventh inning
- Redshirt sophomore Luke Mann knocked in his 17th and 18th RBI of the season, bringing him within one of the team lead in the category
- Fifth-year senior Andrew Keefer kept the Gators from busting the game open, throwing out a runner from right field on a potential sacrifice fly to end the inning
- Junior Joshua Holt Jr. made his season debut as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning, drawing a walk to bring what was the tying run up to the plate
Up Next
Mizzou will continue its series in Gainesville on Saturday afternoon with a noon CT first pitch. The game was originally slated for 5:30 p.m. CT but was moved up due to inclement weather. It will be streamed on SEC Network+.
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