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Munson lifts Missouri over Texas for final Big 12 home series win

Brandon Grammer • May 6, 2012

Locked in a back-and-forth battle Sunday afternoon with the No. 25 Texas Longhorns, the Missouri baseball team found itself approaching extra innings in what would be the final league series Taylor Stadium...

Missouri keeps hopes alive with victory over Texas

Ian Frazer • May 5, 2012

Judging by the first three innings, it looked like the 5-4 win the Missouri baseball team (24-22, 8-12 Big 12 Conference) claimed against Texas on Saturday afternoon at Taylor Stadium was going to devolve...

SEC culture prompts rise of student fan section

Brandon Grammer • May 4, 2012

Flashback to Feb. 17, 2012. It’s opening day for the Missouri baseball team, and it finds itself inside Samford Stadium in Auburn, Ala., facing its Southeastern Conference foe, Auburn. The teams played...

Unsatisfied Missouri splits double-header with Murray State

Lindsey Davison • May 2, 2012

The No. 10 Missouri softball team (38-11, 14-7 Big 12 Conference) split a double-header Wednesday evening at University Field against Murray State, winning the first game 5-4 and losing the second game...

Missouri’s Sykes emerges as both player, personality

Lindsey Davison • April 27, 2012

After dropping two of three games at No. 5 Oklahoma last weekend, the No. 10 Missouri softball team (34-10, 11-7 Big 12 Conference) found itself in a situation it wasn’t in last season. Losing seven...

Champagne delivers consistency on base paths

Brandon Grammer • April 24, 2012

In baseball and every other sport, an obvious, fundamental concept rules the game and reeks with John Madden-like undertones: the team that scores the most wins the game.  In order to score, one has...

Missouri completes sweep of Kansas State with 7-0 shutout

Ian Frazer • April 24, 2012

The Missouri baseball team has made a habit of playing games down to the wire, often while behind. The team’s 4-3 walk-off win Saturday and its string of tight losses against Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas...

Missouri completes sweep of Kansas State with 7-0 shutout

Ian Frazer • April 22, 2012

In their 7-0 win over Kansas State on Sunday, the Missouri baseball team took control of the game immediately and, through strong pitching and situational hitting, kept it out of fully out of reach. And...

Tigers walk off in 4-3 victory over Kansas State

Brandon Grammer • April 21, 2012

The story seemed to be repeating itself once more. Yet again, MU baseball found itself trailing by a small margin heading into the bottom of the ninth, just as it had to Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Baylor. But...

Holovach energizes depleted Tiger pitching

Brandon Grammer, Ian Frazer • April 20, 2012

The plan for the Missouri baseball team’s pitching staff this season was that it was going to be headed up by junior Eric Anderson and sophomore Rob Zastryzny. It seemed obvious, as Zastryzny was named...

Missouri ends losing streak with 13-4 win over Kansas State

Ian Frazer • April 20, 2012

The Missouri baseball team reversed its recent losing ways Friday at Taylor Stadium, cruising past Kansas State 13-4. Entering Friday's series-opening matchup, Missouri (19-17, 409 Big 12 Conference)...

Missouri, Oklahoma prep for Big 12 showdown

Matthew Flores • April 20, 2012

After Wednesday’s drubbing of Western Illinois, the No. 10 Missouri Tigers (33-8, 10-5 Big 12 Conference) sit just a game and a half back of the first-place and No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners (36-6, 11-3 Big...