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RHP Bedell, OF signee Greene selected in MLB draft

Jack Soble • June 11, 2020

Much of Missouri baseball’s 2021 outlook is now in the hands of 18-year-old outfielder signee Isaiah Greene and junior right-handed pitcher Ian Bedell, as they were selected 69th overall by the New York...

Blues to the Zou: How hockey helped Peter Zimmermann dominate on the diamond

Jack Soble • June 7, 2020

Number 77, in a jersey almost identical to the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, picked up a rolling puck after it had been pushed into his defensive zone by a forward for the North York Rangers. They were a Triple-A...

Wilhelm, Joven put up goose eggs after the first as Missouri wins sixth straight

Jack Soble • March 11, 2020

True freshman pitcher Shane Wilhelm stepped onto the rubber for his first collegiate start, and encountered what every young starter fears when he did — a walk, a single and a line shot into the left-field...

Missouri baseball extends winning streak to five with 7-4 win over Western Illinois

Sam Olsen • March 10, 2020

Game three of the Missouri vs. Western Illinois series was memorable for freshman and Columbia native Spencer Miles made his first career start at Taylor Stadium. The Tigers swept the Leathernecks in a...

Bedell dominates Western Illinois in 7-3 home opener win

Jack Soble • March 7, 2020

Ian Bedell was masterful in Missouri’s (7-5) home opener against Western Illinois (0-10), sending 12 Leathernecks back to the bench and leading his team to a 7-3 win on Friday night. Two hits, including...

Zimmermann leads Tigers to winning record during wild weekend in Houston

Jack Soble • March 3, 2020

St. Louis native and Chaminade high school graduate Peter Zimmermann, Missouri’s designated hitter, knew it was gone the instant he hit it. Zimmermann, a righty, spiked his bat into the left-handed...

Missouri baseball picks up two wins at Kleberg Bank College Classic

Kaylee Schreiner • February 24, 2020

Missouri baseball (4-2) went 2-1 on the weekend, beating both University of Utah (3-4) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-5) at the Kleberg Bank College Classic. The Tigers started off the weekend with a...

Missouri baseball leaves Jacksonville 2-1 to start season

Kaylee Schreiner • February 18, 2020

Missouri baseball (2-1) swung into season with a three-game series against Jacksonville State (1-2) this past weekend. The Tigers won the first two of the three games with scores of 10-4, 6-4 and 8-9. In...

Notebook: Playoff-ineligible Tigers look to ‘control the controllables’

Jack Soble • February 14, 2020

Missouri baseball enters the 2020 season with a Barry Bonds after 1999-sized elephant in the room and will look to channel the frustration from the NCAA’s ruling into a successful regular season. When...

Missouri baseball and softball ‘beat hunger’ in third annual charity match

Ben Pfeifer • October 7, 2019

There was an aura emanating from the Mizzou Softball Stadium. Both dugouts chomping their hands along to “Baby Shark” in between at-bats. The crowd belting the chorus of “Country Roads” after...

Preview: No. 20 Missouri to face No. 2 Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee

Ben Ramirez • May 10, 2019

Coming off of consecutive series wins against South Carolina and then-No. 23 Tennessee, No. 20 Missouri will attempt to continue its momentum in Nashville, Tennessee against No. 2 Vanderbilt, arguably...

Missouri rebounds from Friday loss, wins series over Tennessee

Owen Krucoff, Ben Ramirez, Wilson Moore • May 7, 2019

In the first of back-to-back weekend series in Tennessee, No. 24 Missouri (33-16-1, 12-11-1 SEC) took two of three from the No. 23 Volunteers (32-16, 10-14 SEC). The weekend was filled with high-scoring...