@MizzouBaseball Drops Opener to Auburn, 11-9

Thursday, April 7

Columbia, Mo.

6:30 p.m.

University of Missouri

18-14, 2-8

Auburn

15-15, 3-7

Auburn

Mizzou

4/7/2016 9:56:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. - A seven-run fourth inning was not enough for Mizzou Baseball (17-14, 2-8) as it fell to Auburn (15-15, 3-7) 11-9, Thursday night at Taylor Stadium. Every Mizzou hitter either got a hit or an RBI in the fourth inning as the team mustered seven hits, including a pair of back-to-back triples. Auburn battled back into the game late and ended up handing Mizzou its eighth SEC defeat.

Sophomore OF Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) had a monster game at the plate, going two for five with three RBI and the second triple of his career. Harris now has seven multi-hit and six multi-RBI games this season. Harris is batting .400 with seven RBI during his current five game hitting streak. His three RBI tonight give him 24 this season, second most on the team.

Sophomore OF Kirby McGuire (Round Rock, Texas) went 2-for-4 with a walk, RBI and two runs scored. McGuire has now scored in eight straight games and pushed his hitting streak to seven games.
Senior 1B Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) continued his excellent season, driving in his team-leading 30^th RBI of the year in the fourth inning by tripling to right field. The triple was his sixth of the season, the most in the SEC.

Freshman 2B Ian Nelson (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) collected a career-high three hits to pace Mizzou at the plate. He notched his eighth RBI of the year in the fourth inning. Nelson's double paired with the double from McGuire gave Mizzou its eighth straight game with at least two doubles.

Mizzou continues its three-game series with game two on Friday (April 8) at 6:00 p.m. on SEC Network+. 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
Mizzou 3B Shane Benes

On Auburn's Ben Braymer…
"He was throwing fastballs and we were swinging and missing. He kept attacking guys and for some reason, nobody could seem to hit it. We were all trying to figure it out. I don't know. I can't give you an answer."

On the fourth inning…
"We were putting together quality at-bats. We had a lot of them, I don't know how many, but we were putting together good at-bats. The energy in the dugout was incredible. Guys were picking each other up and getting excited and we were just having fun. The energy just kept building off of each other. Just kept scoring runs."

Mizzou OF Trey Harris

On Auburn reliever Ben Braymer…
"He was mixing up and making the ball move a little bit. Sometimes good pitchers like that make the ball move just miss your bat enough. I feel like in my last AB I saw the ball the entire time, it just tipped off my bat. Sometimes it moves just enough. That's what happened in my opinion."

Postgame Notes

Kirby McGuire now has a career-long7 game hitting streak.
McGuire logged his second straight game with a double and third straight game with an extra base hit.
McGuire for the second time this season recorded a multi-hit game.
Trey Harris collected his 25^th RBI in tonight's game and remains second on the team for RBI's.
Harris for the second time this season collected three RBI's in the game.
Harris hit his first triple of the season and his second career triple.
Harris for the seventh time this season recorded a multi-hit game.
Harris is currently on a five game hitting streak
Ian Nelson recorded his third multi-hit game this season.
Nelson hit his fifth double of the season.
Zach Lavy hit his team leading sixth triple this season and currently leads the SEC in triples.
Lavy earned his team leading 30^th RBI of the season.
Mizzou is outscoring their opponents 30-8 in the fourth inning.
Shane Benes recorded his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
Johnny Balsamo earned his first career RBI with Mizzou tonight.
Jake Ring recorded his 10^th multi-hit game.
Mizzou's eighth straight game with at least two doubles in the game.
Mizzou's had its first game with two triples and it happened in back-to-back at bats.
Jake Ring had his SEC leading 19^th stolen base this season.