Two-day magic: Mizzou baseball pulls off comeback vs Vanderbilt

The game that felt like it would never end finally got its conclusion. After being down 6-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning on May 8, one afternoon later, on May 9, the Tigers (22-26, 5-20 SEC) completed a miraculous comeback in walk-off style to earn a wacky and bizarre fifth Southeastern Conference win of their season, besting Vanderbilt 8-7 in 10 innings. It was only fitting that the outfielder, who was in the midst (or mist to be technical) of the case of the missing baseball, hit the walk-off single that clinched the extra inning victory.

After scoring six straight runs in the bottom of the eighth, the Tigers took a 7-6 lead to the bottom of the ninth inning. Then, fog-gate occurred. You can read about it here .

The Commodores, after getting two runners on first and second, had two outs. Braden Holcomb, who had homered earlier in the game, connected solidly on a 0-1 pitch from Sam Rosand. The ball went up in the air, and then chaos ensued as the game and the ball went quite literally up in smoke.

The umpires and the members inside the press box were unsure of where the ball had traveled. After Holcomb and the two runners ahead of him all crossed the base, the umpires gathered together. After 10 minutes or so, Holcomb’s hit was ruled a ground-rule double, tying the game up at 7-7 and marring this game in controversy as members of the Vanderbilt bullpen, a Commodores super-fan and Holcomb himself all felt the ball had traveled over the right field fence.