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Pitching is the name of the weekend for Tigers’ fall ball

October 17, 2018

With temperatures not reaching above 60 degrees, fall was in full swing as the Mizzou Tigers played their second week of fall ball action against the St. Louis University Billikens. Every good team needs...

Lackluster conference campaign snubs Missouri baseball from NCAA Tournament

Bennett Durando • May 28, 2018

Though coming perhaps closer than ever this season, Missouri baseball still can’t break down the wall to the postseason. The Tigers will not travel to a Regional to compete in the 2018 NCAA Tournament....

Offensive woes apparent in 4-2 loss to South Carolina to likely end Missouri’s season

Jerry Duggan • May 24, 2018

Wednesday’s first-round, single-elimination SEC Tournament matchup against the South Carolina Gamecocks was in many ways emblematic of the Tigers’ season as a whole. The offense struggled to get anything...

Missouri gets past Tennessee, will face South Carolina in conference tournament

Jerry Duggan • May 22, 2018

Missouri baseball is a longshot to make the NCAA Tournament, but it still has a chance. The Tigers took care of business in the final weekend of the regular season against the Tennessee Volunteers. Missouri...

Climactic weekend set with Tennessee will decide Missouri’s SEC tournament fate

Jerry Duggan • May 16, 2018

Missouri baseball’s back is against the wall. Entering this final week of the regular season, it was a loser of eight of its last 10 Southeastern Conference games. The Tigers have lost all their steam...

SEC, NCAA Tournament chances dwindle as Sunday walk-off steals series from Missouri

Jerry Duggan • May 13, 2018

The Missouri Tigers entered the weekend with seven remaining regular season games on the schedule, six of which were Southeastern Conference matchups. They were one game behind the Tennessee Volunteers...

The making of Montes de Oca

Adam Cole • May 11, 2018

Often times in baseball, the most athletic person on the field is the shortstop. It takes a great deal of skill to do what shortstops do. For example, keeping oneself under enough control to cut off a...

Missouri outfielder Cade Bormet in stable condition after collision with wall

Bennett Durando • May 3, 2018

Missouri baseball freshman Cade Bormet is in stable condition at University Hospital after crashing into the wall in right field during Thursday night’s game. Bormet broke multiple bones in his face...

Down eight, Missouri rallies, prevails 17-16 in five-hour classic at Iowa

Bennett Durando, Jerry Duggan • May 1, 2018

Missouri’s 11-10 series finale loss at Kentucky on Sunday had everything. The Tigers had their apparent game-winning grand slam wiped out by, well, a game-winning grand slam that erased their late three-run...

Bats come alive but Missouri drops two of three at Kentucky

Jerry Duggan • May 1, 2018

Last weekend, Missouri took two of three at home from a highly touted Vanderbilt squad. Then, the team turned in a dominant effort in a decisive 8-2 victory over Missouri State on Tuesday. The last week...

“Coaches always say his control is so good, he can hit a gnat’s butt”: With confidence and command, Plassmeyer emerges as ace of Missouri pitching staff

Jerry Duggan • May 1, 2018

Michael Plassmeyer has never been a guy who wowed the opposition with his pitch arsenal; he relied on pinpoint command instead. However, coaches and teammates attest that as he hones his repertoire and...

Trey Harris sparks Missouri bats to 8-2 win over nemesis Missouri State in flagship faceoff

Bennett Durando • April 25, 2018

In the fifth inning of a fight for the right to Missouri’s flagship baseball school title, the flags at Taylor Stadium weren’t beating as harshly as usual in right-center field. The warm weather had...