Early Offensive Onslaught Sends Tigers to Sweep

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri baseball scored 11 times, all in the first three innings, to complete the series sweep of Tarleton State with an 11-6 win on Sunday afternoon at Taylor Stadium.

Junior Nander De Sedas finished the day 2-for-3 with three runs scored while senior Mike Coletta added a 2-for-2 day with two RBI to lead the black and gold in the hit column. Junior Torin Montgomery drove in three runs while Coletta, Luke Mann and Juju Stevens added two RBI each to give the Tigers (9-1) four multi-RBI performances.

On the mound, six Tigers combined to strikeout 11 Tarleton (3-8) batters. Junior transfer Austin Marozas made his debut after a preseason injury held him out of the first two weeks and sophomore Ian Lohse returned for the first time since his injury midway through the 2021 season. 

IMPACT INNING

After Tarleton scored in the top of the first, Mizzou responded with a three-run bottom half. Josh Day walked to open the game at the plate before De Sedas roped a double into the left field corner. Day appeared to score on the play, but the ball was lodged under the fence and forced the Tigers to stop at second and third. It mattered little as Mann lifted a sac fly to tie the game and Montgomery followed with an RBI single to put the Tigers on top.

Coletta capped the inning with a two-out RBI single to make it 3-1 Tigers. Mizzou never surrendered the lead, scoring five in the second and three in the third to run away from the Texans.

TOP TIGERS

Nander De Sedas: 2-for-3, 2B, 3 R, 2 BB

Mike Coletta: 2-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB

Torin Montgomery: 1-for-2, 3 RBI, R

IN THE NOTES

• Mizzou is off to a 9-1 start for just the eighth time since the College World Series was introduced in 1947.
• Stevens made his first collegiate start in left field and picked up his first hit and RBI as a Tiger.
• Coletta’s two hits were the first of his season.
• Sunday’s game marked the sixth time this season the Tigers racked up 10 hits.
• The three-game sweep was the first for the Tigers since 2020 against Western Illinois.
• The seven-game winning streak is also the longest since an equivalent run to end the shortened 2020 season.

FROM THE SKIP

Coach Bieser on completing the sweep…

“Well, really good job by the group here of being able to come out and secure this weekend. It’s never easy to do that. Very proud of the way we attacked, especially early, and the way offensively we were really locked in.”

UP NEXT

Mizzou continues its homestand with a four-game series against Gonzaga. The Tigers and Bulldogs are set to open the series on Thursday night.

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