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11
Winner Missouri MISSOURI 17-9
7
UIW UIW 16-10
Winner
Missouri MISSOURI
17-9
11
Final
7
UIW UIW
16-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Missouri MISSOURI 0 2 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 11 6 3
UIW UIW 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 7 5 1

W: Art Joven (2-0) L: Perez, Tyler (0-1) S: Ian Bedell (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball falls to Missouri

SAN ANTONIO -- The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team fell, 11-7, to Missouri on Wednesday night at Daniel Sullivan Field, sponsored by H-E-B.
 
NOTABLES
  • Ryan Gonzalez recorded his fifth sacrifice fly of the season. Prior to facing Missouri, he ranked No. 12 in the nation with four sac flies.
  • Taylor Smith hit his ninth home run of the season. Entering the week, he ranked 14th in the nation and led the conference in home runs.
  • Smith also added three RBI, giving him 32 this season. Entering this week, Smith ranked No. 19 in the nation, and was tied for the lead among freshman, in this category.
  • Tyler Perez suffered the loss, throwing three strikeouts against six batters faced through 1.1 innings pitched.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tigers opened scoring in the top of the second, using a two-run home run to take a 2-0 lead. Missouri then extended their lead to 5-0 in the top of the third.
 
The Cardinals scored a run in the bottom of the third when Chance Medina came home on a Gonzalez sacrifice fly to cut the Tigers lead to 5-1. UIW added another run in the bottom of the fifth when Sean Arnold scored on an error to cut Missouri's advantage to 5-2.
 
Missouri plated four more runs in the top of the sixth to extend its lead to 9-2, but UIW gained momentum in the bottom of the sixth. The Cardinals scored five runs on three hits -- including an RBI sacrifice fly by Ridge Rogers, an RBI single by Gonzalez, and a three-run home run by Smith -- to cut Missouri's lead to 9-7.
 
Missouri responded with two runs in the top of the seventh to secure the 11-7 victory.
 
RECORDS UPDATE
UIW:  16-10, 5-4 SLC
Missouri: 17-9, 2-4 SEC
 
UP NEXT
The Cardinals host the University of New Orleans for a three-game conference series on Friday-Sunday. First pitch of game one is set for 6:30 p.m. (CT) Friday at Daniel Sullivan Field, sponsored by H-E-B.
 
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