MU 3, A&M 2; MU 6, A&M 2

■ Gibson gets 16 Ks was the story of the night Friday, as reported in the Columbia Tribune:

“It’s fun, man. It’s fun to be in a pitchers’ duel like that,” said Gibson, who again outperformed the hype surrounding him with a 16-strikeout gem. “It’s good to see guys throw like that, and when I’m able to go on the other side and throw well it makes for a fun and relatively quick game.”

■ Gibson does it again, according to Phil Laposa of PowerMizzou.com:

"It's big time," Gibson said. "When I am able to put up a zero, and our guys put up a couple there is not a better feeling. The other team just took all the energy out of their pitcher and their offense because they put up a zero, and then we put up two. It's just big time. There is no other big thing in baseball other than throwing the first punch and jumping on them early, and that's what we like to do here at Mizzou."

■ PowerMizzou adds Gibson etches his name into Tiger lore:

"I have been pretty lucky," Jamieson said. "Over the last six or seven years, I have been pretty fortunate. So Kyle just is continuing the tradition of what Aaron (Crow) did, and Max (Scherzer) did, and (Garrett) Broshuis did before him and Justin Stine. I don't even know how to even answer that because it's what I have come to expect."

■ On Saturday, Tigers jump on Aggies early, says PowerMizzou:

Head coach Tim Jamieson had toyed with the idea of using the pitching by committee method in Big 12 play, and he made it a reality on Saturday. Once again, the strategy paid off for Jamieson with his staff giving up a combined two runs. Jamieson even used first baseman Greg Folgia who gave up no runs and had two strikeouts in the inning.

"It has (worked) every game," Jamieson said. "There were a couple of nervous moments, but I think when you score five runs in the bottom of the first it takes a lot of pressure off your pitching staff, whether it be one guy or nine guys."

■ Who gets the win? MU has been pitching "Johnny Wholestaff" quite a bit lately, including Saturday's game where 9 pitchers each pitched 1 inning. The question then arises, how does the official scorer determine who gets credited with the win? Here's the relevant wording from the official NCAA 2009 Baseball Rulebook, Rule #10, Section 25:

If the starting pitcher does not pitch enough innings [5], the win is credited to a relief pitcher in the following manner: The winning relief pitcher shall be the one who is the pitcher of record when his team goes ahead and remains ahead throughout the remainder of the game. No pitcher may receive credit for a victory if the opposing team ties the score or goes ahead after he has left the game. Whenever the score is tied, the game becomes a new contest insofar as the winning and losing pitchers are concerned.

■ Stripes and Seams indulges in Second Guessing: Should Jamieson bunt?

Jamieson has been playing this type of ball for years so fat chance he changes
but the numbers are interesting.

■ Former Tiger team manager Paul Kruger was at the game today and spent a few minutes in the booth talking to Tex and Hudson about his upcoming plans. Apparently (I got this 2nd hand), Paul will be interning with the Texas Rangers this summer in the Dominican Republic, where he will be working with the Rangers Dominican League coach, former Tiger Jayce Tingler (00-03).