FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 Mizzou baseball used a record-setting performance from its offense in Sunday’s series finale to earn a dominant 34-3 victory over Mount St. Mary’s. With the win, Mizzou grabbed the opening series two games to one.<\/p>\n
Missouri’s 34 runs were its second most in a single game in program history and the most since a 35-run outing in 1902. As a team, the Tigers had a program-best 32 RBI, passing the previous record of 28 against Texas on April 19, 2008. In addition, the Tigers’ 26 hits matched a program record that had been done just twice (2005 vs. Navy; 2008 vs. Texas).<\/p>\n
A trio of home runs for MU led the offensive attack, graduate Jase Woita<\/a> clubbed the first long ball of the season and later junior Sam Parker<\/a> and sophomore Chris Patterson<\/a> went back-to-back in the eighth inning. Redshirt sophomore Tyler Macon<\/a> went 6-for-6 and drew a pair of walks to become the third Tiger to log six hits in a single game and was on base all eight times. Macon and Woita each drove in a team-leading eight RBI \u2013 one shy of the school-record nine, which had been done only twice.<\/p>\n Left-handed pitcher Brady Kehlenbrink<\/a> opened with a 1-2-3 first inning before Mount St. Mary’s used a home run to grab a 3-0 advantage in the second. Kehlenbrink settled in, allowing just one baserunner outside of the second inning across five innings of work, fanning six batters to match his career best.<\/p>\n The Tigers offense quickly came to life in the bottom of the second as a five-run rally started with a bases loaded RBI single from Macon that scored Jamal George<\/a>, followed by a 408 foot, 3-run bomb off the bat of Woita that brought Goldbeck and Macon in to score, giving the Tigers a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n An inning later, MU plated 13 more runs while sending 18 batters to the plate. Cameron Benson<\/a> got the inning started with a double down the right field line, followed by an single from Patterson which scored Benson, extending the lead to three. Isaiah Frost<\/a> stayed hot with a double to right field that scored Patterson and George. Macon had a massive inning with a double and a single that brought three Tigers in to score. Frost eventually came back to the plate, hitting a single to right field that brought Benson and Patterson in to score yet again, giving the Tigers an 18-3 lead after three.<\/p>\n Mizzou added five more runs in the fourth, utilizing three hits, three hit batters and a walk. Macon continued his strong day, with an RBI single to the left side of the infield that brought George home. Woita and Pierre Seals<\/a> followed that up with singles of their own, bringing Peyton Basler<\/a>, Goldbeck and Macon into score, making it a 23-3 ballgame.<\/p>\n After posting a pair in the seventh, the Tigers made the gap even larger in the eighth using four extra-base hits to drive in seven more runs. Eric Maisonet<\/a> drove in a run with a triple before Macon followed with his second double of the day. Missouri capped its scoring with Parker and Patterson’s back-to-back home runs, a three-run shot off the bat of Parker, followed by a solo homer from Patterson.<\/p>\n Mizzou used four relievers to close the game as LHP Dane Bjorn<\/a> took the sixth, allowing zero runs on just one hit with one strikeout. From there, true freshmen Keagen Kohlhoff<\/a>, Eli Skidmore<\/a> and Luke Sullivan<\/a> each made their Tiger debuts and allowed no hits and just one baserunner, striking out three as Missouri closed out a 34-3 victory.<\/p>\n Notebook<\/p>\n
The Tigers hit the road to Boca Raton, Florida, on Tuesday for a matchup with Florida Atlantic set to start at 5:30 p.m. CT. All games can be streamed on the\u00a0Varsity Network by Learfield<\/a>, with longtime Mizzou play-by-play announcer Tex Little on the call and Matt Michaels providing color.<\/p>\n FOLLOW THE TIGERS
\n\tMizzou’s 32 RBI as a team broke the program record, previously 28 against Texas on April 19, 2008.
\n\tMissouri scored 34 runs, good for second most in a single game in program history (35 vs. William Jewell in 1902).
\n\tThe Tigers’ 26 hits matched a program record\u00a0that had been done just twice (2005 vs. Navy; 2008 vs. Texas).
\n\tMacon led the Tigers, going 6-for-6 with two doubles, eight RBI, four runs and two walks. Macon became the third Tiger in program history to record six hits in a game. He also walked twice to go a perfect 8-for-8 reaching base.
\n\tJase Woita<\/a> went 3-for-6 at the plate, with eight RBI and three runs, including a three-run home run in the second inning that sparked the Missouri offense.
\n\tPierre Seals<\/a> had a solid day, going 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI.
\n\tIsaiah Frost<\/a> stayed hot at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, five RBI and three runs scored.
\n\tSam Parker<\/a> came in to pinch hit for Benson, going 1-for-2 with a three-run home run and four RBI.
\n\tChris Patterson<\/a> was 2-for-6 on the day, with a solo home run, three RBI and four runs scored.
\n\tGehrig Goldbeck<\/a> got on base four times getting beamed in two at bats to go along with his two free passes. He came around to score four times.
\n\tDonovan Jordan<\/a> went 1-for-1 with a run and a walk.
\n\tKehlenbrink was effective on the mound in his first start this season, throwing 5.0 innings, allowing three runs on three hits and striking out six to match a career high, in route to his first win of the campaign.
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