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Tigers
pitching stays hot against the Leathernecks, team gets tenth win March 4, 2004 - For a fairly cold night in Columbia, it was an even colder night for the Western Illinois Leathernecks offense. Tigers pitching once again proved dominant in Mizzou's two to one win Tuesday night. Tiger's starter, Freshman lefty Nathan Culp, took control of the first six innings, giving up no earned runs, one hit, and an error. The run the Leathernecks did have was unearned, scoring because of an error on a bunt in the third inning. Mizzou came out looking flashy in their gold jerseys. The bite in the air took away some hits, with a game time temperature of 42 degrees, a full 20 degrees colder than Sunday's game. With all of this against them, the Tigers still came out swinging in the first inning. Zane Taylor started off with a single. Two outs after that, Senior Cody Ehlers crushed a ball well over 400 feet high and deep over the right field wall, making it a quick two to nothing lead for the Tigers. The Tigers then stopped the Leathernecks in order in the second inning, something they would do another four times on the night. The Tigers caught many bad breaks at the plate and on the base paths. They only went down in order once Tuesday. In the seventh inning the Tigers had Catcher Brad Flanders on third with no outs due to an error. He tried to tag up on a fly ball in left field and ended up getting doubled off at the plate. Again in the eighth inning the Tigers had men on second and third with one out. Lee Laskowski hit a shot down the left field line, but the third baseman snagged it and tagged third, ending the second rally on the night for the Tigers. The Tigers ended the game after a late rally by Western Illinois. The ninth inning started with two outs. Then Aaron Milliken hit a double on a mistake pitch by Mark Alexander, who had thrown almost three innings of two hit baseball, letting no one cross the plate. Manager Tim Jamieson then went out to the mound to talk to Alexander. He told him he was throwing his slider side-armed too much, which causes it not to break. Alexander then pitched to the last batter who hit a fly ball deep but playable to center field for the last out of the game and the Tigers ninth win on the year. When asked about pitching, Jamieson said that the pitching is outstanding. Mizzou won the second and final game against Western Illinois Wednesday afternoon. They came back from an early start by the Leathernecks to win eight to three. Right fielder James Boone drove in three runs on the day, two of them coming on a triple in the eighth inning. Ryan Rallo continued making contact with the ball, going two for five and adding on to his nine game hitting streak. Zane Taylor, Tyler Williams, Brad Flanders, and Jeremy Hernandez knocked in the other five runners throughout the game. Nick Admire, Taylor Parker, Dustin Braud and Michael Cole combined their pitching efforts during the game. Admire gave up the two runs, only one earned, and the game was again solid as the pitchers scattered seven hits for only two runs. The Tigers hit the road this
weekend for a three game series against the Washington Huskies (6-3),
and then next week travel to Millington, Tennessee for the Easton/USA
Challenge, facing Wake Forest (5-3), Indiana State (1-3), Memphis (3-2),
and Tennessee-Martin (3-5). The Tigers are then home again Wednesday
the 17th to play Illinois State and then have a three game weekend series
with Chicago State before spring break.
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