@MizzouBaseball Drops Series Finale to Vanderbilt

Sunday, March 27

Columbia, Mo.

1 p.m.

University of Missouri

14-12, 0-6

Vanderbilt

20-4, 4-2

Vanderbilt

Mizzou

3/27/2016 5:20:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball lost to No. 4 Vanderbilt, 17-7, on a wet and cold Sunday afternoon at Taylor Stadium. The Commodores scored six runs in the second inning (only one earned), capitalizing on two errors, a pair of walks and a three-run homer by CF Bryan Reynolds. The six runs were scored off of Mizzou starter Austin Tribby (Springfield, Mo.), who falls to 2-3 on the season. Junior SS Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.) and junior OF Kirby McGuire (Round Rock, Texas) each had RBI singles in the loss, McGuire's being a two-run single for this first career Division I RBIs. Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) also hit his third homer of the season, a three-run shot, in the ninth inning, giving him a team-high 20 RBI.

Vanderbilt took advantage of two Mizzou errors, two walks and two hits – one hit being a three-run homer by Bryan Reynolds – to score six runs in the second inning, knocking Tribby from the game after just 1.2 innings. Only one of the six runs that Tribby allowed was earned as he left the game allowing three hits and two walks while striking out one.

Mizzou got back on the board in the bottom of the second with a two-run single by McGuire, his first Division I RBIs. It was also his first start since opening weekend as he had been out with a hurt hand.

Reynolds then hit his second homer of the game in the top of the fourth inning off of Mizzou reliever Ty Shoaff (Akron, Ohio). And RBI single by Tyler Campbell in the fifth inning extended Vanderbilt's lead to 9-2. Howard then laced an RBI single in the sixth inning, but Vanderbilt answered with two more in the top of the seventh and led 11-3 after seven.

Vanderbilt then tacked on six more runs in an error-filled eighth inning to extend the lead to 17-3 and Mizzou's bats were quiet after the sixth inning until the ninth when Mizzou scored four runs, three coming on Lavy's homer and another coming on an RBI single by Jack Klages (St. Louis, Mo.).

Mizzou will be back in action Tuesday as its host St. Louis at Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals at 6:30 p.m. For all the latest on all things 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

Opening statement…
"Embarrassing performance. That's about all I can say as it relates to that."

On the errors…
"Weather, they had the same weather we had, the same field. It's just too many guys whose minds weren't in the right places."

On whether today was a mounting of frustration from the last several games...
Sure it is. It's been a tough two weeks. We've been in every game and could have won – we could be 3-3 right now pretty easily. That's all in the past. If you let the past step its way into today – sure some guys, that's what their thoughts are - but we need to be big boys and put that behind us and get ready to play."

On if there were any silver linings from today…
"I was pleased with some of the guys who came off the bench. Some of the guys who have been sitting for a long time. Nolan Gromacki in the ninth inning – he hadn't pitched in a month. Johnny Balsamo and even Marquise (Doherty) put a good swing on a ball. The guys who are playing need to take a look at the guys who aren't playing and they step up because they are ready."

Postgame Notes

Mizzou now trails the all-time series with Vanderbilt, 0-13.
Mizzou falls to 2-3 in Sundays this season.
Junior SS Ryan Howard doubled for the second consecutive game on Sunday and now is second on the team with six doubles this season, trailing only Zach Lavy (nine).
Junior OF Kirby McGuire tallied his first Division I RBIs in his first start since opening weekend as he recovered from a hurt hand. He hit a two-run single in the second inning.
Only seven of Vanderbilt's 17 runs on Sunday were earned.
Mizzou committed a season-high eight errors on Sunday, matching a school record and the most since 1962. Mizzou had committed just eight errors in four other games before Sunday (3,777 all-time games).
OF Johnny Balsamo tallied his first career double in the ninth inning on Sunday.
C Jack Klages tallied his first RBI of the season in the ninth inning.
Lavy hit his team-leading third homer in the ninth and now leads the team with 20 RBI.