LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mizzou Baseball (8-12, 1-2 SEC) hit its way to its first conference win of the season with a 5-3 victory at Kentucky Proud Park on Sunday afternoon. Senior Lukas Veinbergs recorded the save for the Tigers with the winning run at the plate.
Down 3-0 going into the late innings, the Tigers got on the board in the seventh on a solo homer off the bat of junior Tre Morris, the first of his career. His effort was buoyed in the following frame when, with two outs, junior Cameron Swanger blasted a go-ahead three-run home run over the left-center field wall.
After freshman Zach Hise gave up three runs in his second start of the season, the Tiger bullpen locked down the Wildcats for the remainder of the game.
In his first appearance of 2021, senior Konnor Ash came in on the conveyor belt of relievers to throw a scoreless inning to put him in line for the win. He was followed by junior Jacob Kush and Veinbergs, who retired the final batter of the contest.
#ShowMe Top Performers
- Joshua Day: 3-for-4, R, RBI, 2 2B, HBP
- CJ Cepicky: 0-for-1, R, 4 BB
- Cameron Swanger: 1-for-1, 3 RBI, HR
- Konnor Ash: 1.0 IP, K, BB (W)
Hear from the Skipper
Head coach Steve Bieser on Sunday’s win…
“It was a really outstanding game and I thought from pitch one we pretty much dominated the game. It was great to bounce back to close out this series and pick up the win.”
#MIZ Takeaways
- Junior Tre Morris hit his first Mizzou home run in the seventh inning of Sunday’s contest. The Columbia native added the first run of the day for the Tigers and cut into the Kentucky lead.
- Freshman CJ Cepicky drew four free passes to finish the game 0-for-1. His four walks are the most for a Mizzou player since Luke Mann in 2019.
- Senior Konnor Ash returned to the mound for the first time this season, picking up a crucial inning in relief out of the bullpen. He was tabbed as the winning pitcher in the ballgame.
- Junior Joshua Day got on base four of five times Sunday, getting back to reaching at a high clip. He broke his 16-game on-base streak after failing to get on during Friday’s contest.
- The bullpen corps were electric, holding the Wildcats to just one hit over 5.1 innings.
Up Next
Mizzou Baseball will return home after its 12 straight road games to play Vanderbilt beginning Thursday, March 25, at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network. The Tigers and Commodores will follow the opener with Friday and Saturday contests at 7 p.m. CT and 5 p.m. CT, respectively, that will stream on SEC Network+.
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