COLUMBIA, Mo. ? The potent Indiana State offense went silent on Tuesday night at Missouri, as the Tigers' (18-19) pitching staff held the Sycamores (20-12) to just one run on five hits on way to an 8-1 non-conference victory at Taylor Stadium.

ISU starter Michael Manus, who had been out of the lineup with an injury since March 6, returned the mound and pitched three solid innings for the Sycamores.  The lefty allowed just two hits while walking three and striking out on Tiger hitter before exiting prior to the fourth inning. 

From there, he gave way to reliever David Gurbach (1-1), who suffered the loss for ISU after walking the first two batters of the fourth inning which ultimately resulted in the first run of the game for the Tigers.  Mizzou reliever Scooter Hicks (3-1) picked up the win, after allowing one run on four hits while striking out two in 4.1 innings of work.

The game stayed scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning, when the Tigers picked up a run without getting a hit in the inning.  With the bases loaded and one out, ISU reliever Kevin Mann forced Michael Liberto to hit a grounder to Ryan Strausborger at second base who flipped to Ben Ferrell for the force out.  However, on the exchange Ferrell couldn't get the ball out of his glove as Liberto reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Conner Mach to score from third to make the score 1-0.

The Tigers then tacked on a run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Trevor Coleman sent a Mann pitch into the Mizzou bullpen over the left field fence to make the score 2-0.  Mizzou kept the runs coming, as a two out two-run double down the left field line by Greg Folgia made the score 4-0.  Later in the inning, Folgia scored from second base to make it 5-0 on a RBI double to center field by Coleman to cap off the three-run inning for Mizzou.

Mizzou put three more runs on the score board in the bottom of the seventh inning to extend its lead to 8-0, thanks to a pair of back-to-back doubles and a two-run single by Austin Holt.  That lead would hold until the top of the ninth inning, when the Sycamores scored a run on three straight single to bring the score to its final at 8-1. 

Luke Fieser and pinch-hitter Ben Caple singled to right field to lead off the inning and Tyler Graham followed with a single into right center field to score Fieser from second for the first run of the game.  With runners still on first and second with nobody out, Joe Meggs and Ferrell both popped out before Strausborger was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Koby Kraemer.  However, Hicks forced Kraemer to pop out to right field to end the comeback threat and the ballgame at 8-1.

The Sycamores and the Tigers will wrap up their brief mid-week series on Tuesday at 4 p.m. EST at Taylor Stadium.