Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi baseball team fell to the University of Missouri, 8-4, on Sunday at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- The game was the final contest of the 2020 Kleberg Bank College Classic.
- A Facebook album of the game can be found
here.
Offensive Statistics
- The Islanders outhit the Tigers, 13-10, on the day. A&M-Corpus Christi had four runs on 13 hits with four errors.
- Missouri had eight runs on 10 hits with two errors. The Tigers scored five in the fourth and three in the seventh.
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Itchy Burts led off the first with an infield single and
Luke Marbach followed it up with a ground rule double to left center. With
Mike Williams at the plate, Burts came home on a wild pitch to make it 1-0 Islanders.Williams roped a single into center on a 1-2 pitch to drive in Marbach to make it 2-0.
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Tristan Welch launched his first career home run to lead off the third, tucking away a big fly into the left field corner to make it 3-0.
Scott Hastings followed it up with a double and went to third on a
Trevor Beard single. After a pitching change, Hastings came around to score on a
Drake Osborn fielder's choice.
- Burts went 3-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base.
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Scott Hastings was 3-for-4 with a double. He was also hit by a pitch.
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Trevor Beard went 3-for-4 on the afternoon.
- Welch was 1-for-5 with his solo shot in the third.
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Josh Berman went 1-for-4.
- Marbach was 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored.
- Williams went 1-for-5 with an RBI.
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Drake Osborn drove in a run in the third inning.
Pitching Notables
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Leo Perez went 3.2 innings in his second start of the season. He struck out six while issuing three walks.
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Justin Lewis threw 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. He struck out one and did not allow a hit.
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Zach Rumfield threw 2.0 innings with one strikeout.
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Kevin Fleisher picked up the first two outs of the ninth, recording a strikeout.
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Up Next
- The Islanders will face Missouri on Monday at Chapman Field at 3 p.m. You can watch the game live on the
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