Two very different pitchers produced sterling outings Sunday for South Carolina and Missouri baseball at Founders Park, but in the end, only one remained in the game just too long as USC sophomore outfielder Carlos Cortes blasted a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to give his team a 1-0 lead.
Mizzou junior lefty Tyler LaPlante kept the Gamecocks (30-21, 15-12 SEC) in knots for most of the game with offspeed pitches for eight scoreless innings, continuing a trend of USC hitters being unable to figure out left-handers.
Carolina sophomore righty Cody Morris, meanwhile, flashed the power arm that has made him so dangerous at points this season, tying his career high in strikeouts with 10 and establishing a new personal best with seven shutout innings against the Tigers.