BOCA RATON, Fla. – Mizzou baseball went on the road to Boca Raton, Florida, and dropped its first true road game of the season to Florida Atlantic, 4-2, on Tuesday night at FAU Baseball Stadium.
It was a duel early between starting pitchers, freshman JD Dohrmann who made his collegiate debut on the mound, and FAU’s Kide Adetuyi. Both pitchers threw up zeroes for the first three-plus innings before the Owls struck for the game’s first run on a one-out single by Xavier Moronta. A second run came in the next at-bat via sacrifice fly to make it a 2-0 FAU lead, unearned to Dohrmann due to an advancement on a bobbled ball in the outfield on Moronta’s single.
Adetuyi stayed rolling, throwing up five scoreless frames before the Tigers (2-2, 0-0 SEC) got to him in the sixth. After an infield single by Tyler Macon, first baseman Jase Woita came to the plate and delivered a no-doubt, two-run blast over the scoreboard in right field to tie the game at two runs apiece.
Lefty Kadden Drew relieved Dohrmann in the sixth and recorded a pair of outs before handing it over to right-hander Sam Rosand. Inheriting runners at first and second with two away in the inning, Rosand induced a quick fly out to right field to keep the game tied at 2-2.
Rosand went back out for the seventh and a one-out double by FAU’s Brett Patten followed by a two-run home run from Nick Romano put the Owls back in front, 4-2. The Tigers were unable to string any offense together the rest of the way, falling 4-2 in their first true road game of the season.
NOTEBOOK
- Dohrmann was sharp in his collegiate debut, getting the start and going 5.0 innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits, adding five strikeouts and walking three Owls.
- In each of the season’s first four games, Mizzou’s starting pitcher has gone 5.0 innings.
- Starting pitchers Javyn Pimental, Josh McDevitt, Brady Kehlenbrink and JD Dohrmann have combined for 20.0 innings while allowing just five earned runs for a combined 2.25 ERA.
- Woita slugged his second home run of the season in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 2-2. The South Carolina transfer has now homered in back-to-back games.
- Woita brought his season batting average up to .389 and carries a 1.198 OPS to go with a pair of home runs and a team-best 10 RBI.
- Macon ended the night 1-for-4 with a run scored from the leadoff spot.
- Pierre Seals went 1-for-4 and made a great diving catch in right field to save extra bases.
- Cameron Benson ended the night 1-for-3.
- LHP Kadden Drew threw 0.2 scoreless innings of relief in his second appearance of the season.
- Rosand was tagged with the loss to go to 0-1 on the season.
The Tigers now head back to Fort Myers, Florida, to prepare for a weekend series against New Haven at Terry Park. All games can be streamed on the Varsity Network by Learfield, with longtime Mizzou play-by-play announcer Tex Little on the call and Matt Michaels providing color.
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