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Jackson Lovich
Mizzou Athletics
5
Winner Binghamton BING 5-8
2
Missouri MIZ 8-8
Winner
Binghamton BING
5-8
5
Final
2
Missouri MIZ
8-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Binghamton BING 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0
Missouri MIZ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1

W: Rhein, Colin (1-3) L: Jacobi, Kaden (2-1) S: Dally, Jake (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Binghamton Rides Four-Run Second to 5-2 Decision Over Baseball

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Binghamton scored four times in the second inning to snap a 1-1 tie and rode a shutdown performance from its pitching staff to a 5-2 victory over University of Missouri baseball Sunday afternoon at Taylor Stadium.

Matt Bolton's two-run double put the Bearcats (5-8) on top to stay and fueled Binghamton's critical four-run, second-inning rally. From that point, starting pitcher Colin Rhein (1-3) delivered 5 1/3 solid innings, holding the Tigers to two runs on four hits to pick up his first win of the season and secure the series split for BU.

Mizzou (8-8), which had gashed BU pitching for 27 runs on 37 hits over the first three games of the series, struggled to find its offensive rhythm in the finale. After BU scored in the top of the first on a Freddy Forgione two-out single, the Tigers responded in the home half of the first, using a Gehrig Goldbeck leadoff double to spark an early threat. Ground balls to the right side off the bats of Kaden Peer and Mateo Serna brought Goldbeck home with the tying run.

But Rhein locked down the contest from there, working out of a second-inning jam and retiring nine of 10 batters to preserve the lead. MU threatened in the fifth, getting a walk to Keegan Knutson and another Goldbeck hit to put two on with two out, but Rhein induced an infield pop-up to escape the inning unharmed.

The Tigers scored in the sixth on Cayden Nicoletto's solo shot to right-center, then put two more runners on base via walks in the seventh. But Jake Dally came up with a strikeout to end both the MU threat and the abbreviated contest due to a travel curfew.

Goldbeck was the lone Tiger to record multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a walk, while Nicoletto went deep for the second day in a row against Binghamton,

TIGER NOTEBOOK

  • Mizzou improved to 2-1 in its first-ever series against Binghamton.
  • Nicoletto's sixth-inning home run to right-center marked his second of the series and the season.
  • Nicoletto extended his hit streak to seven games and has reached base in all but one game in which he has appeared in this season.
  • Serna tallied his team-leading 19th RBI of the season, good for 13th in the SEC; the sophomore drove in a team-high seven runs in the series.
  • Jackson Lovich (1-for-3) raised his batting average to .328 after finishing the four-game series 7-for-16 (.438) at the plate.
  • Lovich is hitting .467 with four RBIs and two extra-base hits during his current eight-game hitting streak.
  • Goldbeck has now registered multiple hits in back-to-back outings.
  • The Tiger defense caught a runner stealing for the eighth time this season, decreasing its opponents' stealing success rate to 68.0 percent.
  • The Mizzou bullpen combined for seven strikeouts on five hits, blanking Binghamton in 5.0 innings of relief.
  • Brady Kehlenbrink fanned a season-high three batters in 2.0 innings of work, before Ben Smith registered three punchouts to match a career best.


UP NEXT
Mizzou will open Southeastern Conference play Friday evening at 6:30 p.m., when it opens a three-game set with LSU in Baton Rouge, La.

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