@MizzouBaseball Tops Southeast Missouri, 13-6, in Series Finale

Wednesday, March 16

Columbia, Mo.

4 p.m.

University of Missouri

14-6

Southeast Missouri

10-8

Southeast Missouri

Mizzou

@MizzouBaseball Tops Southeast Missouri, 13-6, in Series Finale

3/16/2016 8:31:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou Baseball (14-5) won its final game of the series against Southeast Missouri (10-8), 13-6, on Wednesday afternoon thanks to a eight-hit, eight-run fifth inning, the most runs scored in an inning by Mizzou since Feb. 21, 2014, against Radford.

Four Mizzou batters recorded a multi-RBI game including Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.), Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.), Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.), and Shane Benes (Town and Country, Mo.), who led the offense with three on the night. Ian Nelson (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) led Mizzou's offense with two hits for his second multi-hit game of the season. Senior 1B Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) also tallied two hits. Mizzou's 6-through-9 batters had five hits and eight RBI in the win.

Ryan Lee (Grandview, Mo.) got the start for Mizzou in his fourth appearance of the season. Through four innings of work, Lee tallied a season-high five strikeouts with four runs on five hits. Cole Bartlett (Williamsburg, Ind.) earned his first win of the season in relief of Lee.

Garrett Gandolfo opened up the scoring for Southeast Missouri with a line shot up the middle to drive in the first run of the game. A single to right field by Ryan Rippee scored Branden Boggetto, followed by an error on Bond to score Gandolfo giving, Southeast Missouri the 3-0 lead.

Bartlett entered the game in the fifth inning in relief for Lee with bases loaded and no outs. He successfully got out of the inning forcing the Redhawks to ground into a double play and ground out to short, limiting the damage to just one run.

Mizzou answered in the fifth, loading the bases with two walks to both Sharp and Bond and a single to the right side for Nelson, his second of the night. Brumfield came through with a banger through the right side, knocking in Sharp and Bond for his 14^th and 15^th RBI of the season.

Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.) kept the ball rolling as he brought Nelson home with a sacrifice fly to deep right field, pulling Mizzou to within one. The rally continued as both Benes and Bond recorded two-run singles to left field to extend the lead. Sharp crossed the plate on a wild-pitch, putting the inning total at eight runs.

Southeast Missouri threatened in the seventh with a pair of RBI singles by Trevor Ezell and Boggetto of off Bartlett, who sat for nearly 45 minutes during Mizzou's eight-run fifth which featured five SEMO pitching changes. Senior LHP Austin Tribby (Springfield, Mo.) entered the game for Mizzou and retired Rippee with a strike out looking.

Mizzou's offensive effort continued into the bottom of the eighth as Southeast Missouri pitcher Justin Murphy walked in a run. Sharp tallied his first hit of the night with a two-run single through the right side, padding the lead for Mizzou. All 10 Mizzou batters reached base safely during the game.

Mizzou heads to No. 1 Florida to open SEC play this weekend in a three-game set. Game one will be Friday at 6 p.m. on SEC Network+ with Reggie McClain (Duluth, Ga.) on the hill against RHP Logan Shore. For all the latest on Mizzou Baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter @MizzouBaseball and like the team on Facebook and Instagram (Mizzou Baseball).

Hear from Mizzou
Head Coach Tim Jamieson

On the offense breaking out…
"It seemed like we had the bases loaded seemed like the second half of the game, but we did what we needed to do. We had some at-bats that if they went the other way, it gives them momentum. Don't lose sight of the double-play that we turned when we were down 4-0. They had the bases loaded, nobody out and if they put up a crooked number that changes the whole game. But Cole came in and got the double play and then got the next guy out and that gave us a chance to say close."

Junior SS Ryan Howard

On snapping a three-game losing streak…
"It felt good. The great thing about it is it was everyone. I felt like everyone in the lineup contributed today and it seemed to me like everyone was getting hits and everyone was putting quality at bats together. A lot of walks and a lot of guys drawing out at bats. Our team came together that one inning. Then the energy started going and we started feeling like ourselves again."

On Mizzou coming back from down 4-0…
"It definitely felt good. I'm not going to lie to you. We knew that once we got that pitcher out of the game that they didn't have a lot of big-time arms, so when that happened we knew we were going to score more than three runs. It was all about being confident and staying with it. Hopefully we can take it into the weekend."

Sophomore 3B Shane Benes

On snapping the three-game losing streak…
"It's just good to score a lot of runs and put together quality at-bats. We really haven't down that the last few games. It's a confidence booster. A lot of guys today barreled up the ball and a lot of guys contributed in a good way. It was a great team win and that is great going into a big series like Florida."

Game Notes

Mizzou now leads the all-time series with SEMO, 23-12, after splitting the two-game, midweek series.
Sophomore Ian Nelson made his first career start at third base.
Sophomore Shane Benes made his second career start at second base.
Mizzou is now 5-0 when scoring at least 10 runs this season.
Mizzou is now 1-1 vs. teams from Missouri and 4-0 on Wednesdays and 2-0 in cream uniforms.
Both junior SS Ryan Howard and junior OF Jake Ring have each reached base in 18 of Mizzou's 20 games this season.
Mizzou scored eight runs in the fifth inning, the most in an inning for the Tigers since they scored 10 on February 21, 2014 against Radford.
Sophomore C Brett Bond and senior INF Zach Lavy both extended their current reached-base streaks to 10 consecutive games on Wednesday.
Mizzou's 11 walks on Wednesday marked the highest total since at least the 2014 season.
Mizzou's 13 runs tied a season-high.
After striking out five batters on Wednesday, sophomore RHP Ryan Lee has increased his strikeout total in every appearance this season.
Freshman RHP/DH Brian Sharp was walked three times, tying him with senior INF Zach Lavy for Mizzou's season-high.
Junior SS Ryan Howard's four putouts tied his season-high.
Sophomore INF Shane Benes tied his season-high with three RBI. He has 16 in just 58 at-bats after tallying eight in 71 at-bats during his freshman season.