@MizzouBaseball Tops UIC in Second Game of Doubleheader, 10-5

Saturday, March 5

Columbia, Mo.

4 p.m.

University of Missouri

10-3

UIC

4-6

UIC

Mizzou

@MizzouBaseball Tops UIC in Second Game of Doubleheader, 10-5

3/5/2016 7:40:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (10-3) won the second game of the doubleheader against UIC (4-6), 10-5, on Saturday evening, giving senior LHP Austin Tribby his second win of the season. Tribby pitched 5.2 innings with seven strikeouts and three walks, giving up five hits and five earned runs.

Junior SS Ryan Howard improved his batting average to .358 on the season hitting 3-for-5 on the night with three singles and crossing the plate twice.

The game began with a leadoff walk, followed by a hit by pitch by Tribby. UIC drew first blood with a triple by Ricardo Ramirez that knocked in two runs. Tribby quickly shut down the Flames with two strikeouts and a pop out to short to end the inning.

The Mizzou bats came alive in the bottom of the first with a leadoff single to center by Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.). Howard followed up with a single of his own, advancing Brumfield to second. Jake Ring reached base on balls to load the bags for Shane Benes (Town & Country, Mo.) who would launch a liner up the middle, driving in two runs, marking this his third consecutive game with an RBI. A liner to left by Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) and a sac fly to right by Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) added two more, bringing Mizzou's run total to five for the inning.

Mizzou continued to dominate as they added another five runs in the fifth inning off a triple by Ring that knocked in two. With the bases loaded, Harris stepped up to the plate and smacked the ball to left field for a hard-hit double, driving in three. On the night Mizzou, hit .500 with runners in scoring position.

UIC threatened in the fifth and sixth innings with a solo home run by Ramirez and an RBI single to left center by Cronin, respectively.

Cole Bartlett (Williamsburg, Ind.) relieved Tribby in the fifth and finished the night with one strikeout, no walks and just two hits against 12 batters faced, earning his second save of the season.

Mizzou and UIC will close out the series tomorrow beginning at 1 p.m. 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).

Postgame Notes

This is the 3^rd consecutive game Benes has hit an RBI
First time Mizzou has tallied five runs in the first inning this season. The last time they did so was against UAPB on March 25, 2015
Trey Harris had one two out RBI all season prior to his one in the fourth inning. This is just his third hit with two outs this season.
Tribby tallies his second win of the season
Mizzou now leads the all-time series with UIC, 9-5
Mizzou has won three of their four home games in the 2016 season
This is the fourth straight game Mizzou has scored in the first inning
Ryan Howard has reached base safely in eleven consecutive games