COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou sophomore LHP Michael Plassmeyer (St. Louis, Mo.) struck out a career-high nine batters as he pitched Mizzou Baseball to a 7-1 win over Appalachian State Saturday night (March 11) at Taylor Stadium. The win extends Mizzou’s win streak to 14 games, matching the longest streak by a Mizzou team since 1981 (both the 2007 and 2008 teams also won 14 consecutive games). The 14-game win streak is also the longest in the nation, tied with Louisville.
Plassmeyer was tremendous on Saturday, allowing just three hits over a career-high 7.0 innings. He struck out nine batters, passing his previous career-high of eight en-route to his third win of the season. He gave up just one earned run in the outing. App State’s Colin Schmid took the loss, falling to 2-2 on the year. The Mountaineers fall to 6-8 in 2017. Mizzou scored four runs in the third and three in the sixth to put the game away.
Appalachian State got something going in the top of the second inning as Plassmeyer hit a batter, walked a batter and gave up an RBI single LF Tyler Stroup. The defense turned in a pair of good plays, one on a perfectly-executed wheel play on a sacrifice bunt attempt and then a 6-4-3 double play to escape the frame.
Mizzou exploded for four runs in the bottom of the third, taking advantage of two Appalachian State errors and a pair of two-out, RBI singles – the first from Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) and the next from Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.).
App State threatened in the fourth inning, putting two men on, but two more strikeouts helped Plassmeyer pitch out of the jam. Both teams were kept off the board until Mizzou plated a pair in the bottom of the sixth on sacrifice flies from Chris Cornelius (St. Louis, Mo.) and Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.), extending the lead to 6-1. Mizzou tacked on another run on a wild pitch to extend the lead to 7-1 after six.
RS sophomore Cameron Dulle (St. Louis, Mo.) pitched the final two innings, holding App State off the scoreboard while picking up two strikeouts.
Mizzou will look for the sweep Sunday. A win Sunday would give Mizzou its best start in program history and give the 2017 team sole possession of the longest win streak since 1981. Junior RHP Andy Toelken (Green Cove Springs, Fla.) will get the ball for Mizzou.
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