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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri baseball sticks with small-ball tactics

Brandon Kroos April 2, 2014

Home runs used to fly out of NCAA parks four years ago in an era of beefed-up metal bats, but last year, offense reached a 40-year low in NCAA baseball. Since the switch to BBCOR-regulated bats in 2011,...

Tigers sweep Wisconsin-Milwaukee midweek series

Aaron Reiss March 20, 2014

Dillon Everett ran too far. The senior leftfielder rounded third and then some after senior right fielder Eric Anderson hit a ball to right center in the second inning. When a relay throw brought the...

Mizzou baseball drops series to Tennessee

Brandon Kroos March 19, 2014

Missouri (9-9, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) jumped ahead with a first-game win against Tennessee (17-2, 2-1 SEC), but an inability to salvage a split from a Saturday doubleheader led to a series loss. Missouri...

Tigers can’t capture series win over Tennessee

Brandon Kroos March 16, 2014

Missouri (9-9, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) was held to two total runs by shaky Tennessee (17-2, 2-1 SEC) pitching, and the bullpen was unable to continue its dominance in a doubleheader sweep. The Tigers...

Mizzou baseball captures first conference game

Brandon Kroos March 15, 2014

Junior Brett Graves delivered another strong start for Missouri (9-7, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), and the offense came around late to pick up the 5-2 win over Baseball America’s No. 17 Tennessee (15-2,...

Hurlers help Tigers to series win over Southern Miss

Brandon Kroos March 12, 2014

Missouri pitchers stifled Southern Mississippi’s offense for the series win over the weekend. The Tigers’ three starters were effective, finishing with a combined line of 17.1 innings while allowing...

‘Sloppy’ Tigers fall to Southern Miss

Jacob Bogage March 9, 2014

Missouri made an innumerable amount of mistakes Sunday, coach Tim Jamieson said. Most of them you couldn’t count on the box score. “Everything that happened in that game was mental,” he said. “It...

Tigers top Southern Miss, win first series of season

Aaron Reiss March 8, 2014

The first batter Missouri sophomore reliever Breckin Williams faced made it look like the Tigers could’ve been in trouble in the sixth inning. As a run crossed the plate, junior rightfielder Jake Ivory...

Graves helps top Southern Miss in home opener

Aaron Reiss March 8, 2014

Brett Graves wasn’t upset. Southern Mississippi shortstop Michael Sterling was the second batter Graves faced on Friday night. Sterling hit a grounder towards freshman shortstop Ryan Howard that seemed...

Tonight I’m a Pirates fan

Derek Franks October 9, 2013

If you’re reading this, you’re probably one of two kinds of people. You’re either a Cardinals fan, completely taken aback and appalled by even the slightest mention of someone hoping the Red Birds...

Building the case for Carpenter

Joe Trezza September 25, 2013

On Sunday night against the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter did what he usually does. He walked. He got two hits. He drove in a run. He scored a run. It was an almost...

Baseball ends season at 38-year low

Jack Witthaus June 4, 2013

Missouri baseball tried to hang on in its last conference tournament game to make a push toward a championship and an NCAA tournament bid.The result: 17 innings and a 2-1 loss to Mississippi State in the...