The heart of the Big 12 Conference schedule continues to be a road less desired for the Missouri baseball team. The Tigers dropped all three games for the second straight series over the weekend, this time at the hands of No. 23 Oklahoma State at Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. The series extended the Tiger losing streak to six and dropped the team’s record to 13-19 overall and 1-7 in the Big 12.
  
The Tigers lost the series opener on Friday 3-2 on a walk off due to error. Missouri came back from a 2-0 first inning deficit by tagging a single run in the fifth and utilizing sophomore outfielder Blake Brown’s first home run of the season in the seventh to tie the game at 2-2. Freshman left-hander Rob Zastryzny allowed just two runs while striking out a career-best eight in 7.2 innings, but it was not enough to net the victory.

Late Cowboy production doomed the Tigers for a second straight game en route to a 4-1 Oklahoma State victory. The Cowboys broke open a 1-1 game in the seventh with two runs and added a run in the eighth to spoil an otherwise solid start by junior Matt Stites (3 ER in 7.0 innings). The lone Tiger run came in the form of Brown’s second home run of both the series and of the season.

The final game followed the same story line as the first two: a home run by Brown, but not enough other production to net a victory in a 7-3 loss. Brown’s first inning homer was followed up by a home run by senior outfielder Jonah Schmidt to give the Tigers an early lead; but a five-run fourth inning was all the Cowboys needed to edge out the victory.

The Tigers didn’t only continue a streak of losing against Oklahoma State but a streak of offensive stonewalling. Not once in the 11 games the Tigers have played since the start of the Big 12 season has the team scored better than five runs. Not coincidentally, Missouri is just 2-9 in that stretch.

A bright spot of the Oklahoma series was unsurprisingly Blake Brown, who made each of his three hits of the series count in the form of three home runs. The next most productive Tigers were fellow members of the outfield in Schmidt (5-of-12) and sophomore Brannon Champagne (4-for-13).

After capping off the road stand at 1-7, the Tigers should relish the opportunity to return to Taylor Stadium this week. Missouri boasts a winning home record of 10-7, as opposed to a dismal road mark of 3-12. The Tigers will play a game against SIU-Edwardsville on Wednesday before embarking on a series with archrival Kansas starting Friday to finish up the home stand.