IOWA CITY, Iowa – Mizzou Baseball scored 11 runs from the eighth through 11th innings to complete a 17-16 comeback win over Iowa Tuesday afternoon at Duane Banks Field. Mizzou trailed 8-0 after three, 13-6 after six and 14-13 after eight innings and completed the comeback by scoring two runs in the top of the 11th inning. Sophomore SS Chris Cornelius drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the 11th inning as part of a career-best six RBI in the game. Junior OF Zach Hanna drove home the game-winning run with a single in the next at-bat.
Mizzou had six different hitters tally multiple-hit performances as the Tigers slugged a season-high 24 hits, its most since posting 26 against Texas on April 11, 2008. To put the crazy game into perspective, Mizzou junior Brian Sharp entered the game as a pitcher in the fourth inning and finished 4-for-4 with four runs, including the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, and two RBI. Senior RHPAndy Toelken entered the game as a pitcher and had a hit as well. Mizzou left 17 men on base and scored 17 runs.
RS junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca earned his fifth win of the year after throwing a shutout 10th inning and Luke Anderson earned his first career save.
TURNING POINT
There were about 15 turning points in Tuesday’s game, but none bigger than the 11th inning. Junior Brian Sharp led off the frame with a single and Paul Gomez followed that with a single up the middle. That set the stage for Cornelius, who roped a single through the left side and Sharp slid in just ahead of the tag for the 16th run. Hanna singled one batter later to extended the lead to 17-15, which was huge because Iowa hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 11th inning.
QUOTING MIZZOU
Head Coach Steve Bieser
“The guys laid it all on the line today. You talk about some resiliency and just battling all the way through and never gave in. There were lots of ups and downs, but they just kept trusting one another.”
TOP TIGERS
- Senior 1B Brett Bond tallied five hits, including an RBI double in the sixth inning. It was his first game with three or more hits game since March 23 against Mississippi State. It was his first four-hit game since May 2, 2017, vs. Murray State and he matched his career-high with five. His double was his first since April 14 at Florida. He reached base in five plate appearances Tuesday.
- Junior 1B/OF Tony Ortiz has a successful pinch hit in each of the last two games after posting an RBI double in the fifth inning. The RBIs for Ortiz were his first since tallying three against LaSalle on March 10.
- Junior RHP/DH/2B/1B Brian Sharp extended his hitting streak to six games with an RBI single in the fifth inning. He entered the game as a pitcher in the fourth inning and wound up with four hits, four runs and two RBIs.
- Freshman C Chad McDaniel extended his hitting streak to seven games with an eighth-inning single.
- Junior OF Zach Hanna hit his fifth homer of the year, a game-tying two-run blast to cap the seven-run eighth inning. It was Mizzou’s first pinch-hit homer since Ortiz hit one against Northeastern on Feb. 23, 2018, vs. Northeastern. He had an RBI single in the 11th inning that drove in the game-winning run.
- Junior OF Connor Brumfield hit a go-ahead ninth-inning double to highlight his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
- Sophomore SS Chris Cornelius drove in a career-high six runs, including a bases-loaded double in the eighth inning and the game-winning RBI with a single through the left side in the 11thinning.
NOTES
- Mizzou now leads the all-time series with Iowa, 28-13. It was the first meeting between the two teams since 1997.
- Mizzou is still undefeated in midweek games this season and is 6-0 on Tuesdays.
- Mizzou is now 4-3 on the year when facing left-handed starting pitcher.
- Mizzou moves to 9-9 on the year in road games.
- Mizzou tallied 24 hits Tuesday, a season-high, surpassing the 21 it his in game two of the season at FIU. It’s the most hits for Mizzou since 2008/
- Mizzou played its 26th errorless game of the season Tuesday.
- Mizzou has scored 10+ runs in three straight games for the first time since 2007.
UP NEXT
Mizzou hosts Georgia No. 20 Georgia Thursday-Saturday at Taylor Stadium.
— MWSU Athletics —