Texas A&M
30-14, 15-6
Missouri
19-25, 6-11
No. 6 Aggies Defeat Missouri 3-2 in Rain-Shorten Contest
May 01, 2011 | Baseball
May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011 • Taylor Stadium • Columbia, Mo.
Boxscore/Play-by-Play
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Texas A&M (30-14) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Missouri (19-25) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R/ER | BB | SO |
| WP: Ross Stripling (9-2) | 7.0 | 3 | 2/0 | 2 | 7 |
| LP: Dusty Ross (2-4) |
1.1 | 1 | 1/1 |
1 |
1 |
| A&M Batting | AB | H | R | RBI | 2B |
| Jacob House |
3 | 2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Tyler Naquin |
2 | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Junior pitcher Ross Stripling tossed seven strong innings to earn his second complete game of the season as the No. 6 Texas A&M baseball team defeated Missouri 3-2 in a seven-inning, rain-shortened game on Sunday at Taylor Stadium.
The Aggies avoided the sweep at the hands of the Tigers and improved to 30-14 on the season and 15-6 in Big 12 play.
The Tigers (19-25; 6-11 Big 12) struck the game's opening blow by scoring an unearned run with two outs in the bottom of the first on a double by designated hitter Jonah Schmidt.
Missouri starter Rob Zastryzny escaped a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the top of the fourth to keep his team up by a run. The Tiger freshman lefty tossed 5.1 innings in the contest, allowing two earned runs while striking out seven batters to finish with a no-decision.
A second unearned run came home to score for the Tigers in the bottom of the fourth as Schmidt reached on an Aggie throwing error and scored on a RBI single by Jesse Santo to make it 2-0 Missouri. During the final batters of the fourth a light rain began to fall over Taylor Stadium.
Sophomore outfielder Brandon Wood led off the Aggie fifth inning with a double to left center and cut the lead in half as he scored on a RBI single by fellow outfielder Tyler Naquin. For Naquin, the base knock extended his career-best hitting streak to 20 games, tying him for seventh all-time on the Texas A&M hitting streak chart with Cliff Pennington, who reeled off 20 straight games with a hit in 2004.
The Aggies tied the game in the top of the sixth after junior first baseman Jacob House led the frame off with a double and scored on a triple by junior third baseman Adam Smith.
House again made an impact in the top of the seventh as he put the Aggies up 3-2 with an RBI single through the left side off Mizzou reliever Phil McCormick.
The Tigers went down in order during the home half of the seventh and after a brief council between the Big 12 umpiring crew and both head coaches the game entered a rain delay. The contest was eventually called after a 36-minute break saw no stoppage in the rainfall.
Stripling (9-2) ended the contest with seven strikeouts and just two walks against his ledger as he scattered three hits and two unearned runs.
Missouri reliever Dusty Ross (2-4) took the loss for the Tigers, after allowing the eventual go-ahead run to reach base in the top of the seventh.
Texas A&M baseball is back in action Tuesday when it travels to San Antonio's Wolff Stadium to face UTSA in a 6 p.m. contest.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stripling, Ross (9-2)
L: Ross, Dusty (2-4)
Batting:
2B: House, Jacob 1 ; Wood, Brandon 1
3B: Bratsen, Krey 1 ; Smith, Adam 1
RBI: Naquin, Tyler 1 ; House, Jacob 1 ; Smith, Adam 1
SH: Bratsen, Krey 1 ; House, Jacob 1 ; Juengel, Matt 1 ; Curl, Charlie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: House, Jacob 1 ; Wood, Brandon 1 ; Jackson, Kenny 1
Batting:
2B: Schmidt, Jonah 1
RBI: Schmidt, Jonah 1 ; Santo, Jesse 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Garcia, Eric 1 ; Schmidt, Jonah 1
SB: Santo, Jesse 1 ; Thigpen, Andrew 1
CS: Thigpen, Andrew 1
PO: Champagne, Brannon 1
