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Today we’re talking astir Mizzou Baseball
After Mizzou Baseball’s SEC Road Series Win against antecedently classed Kentucky complete nan weekend, 1 of their apical performers was recognized by nan league.
Blaize Ward was named SEC Co-Freshman of nan Week — nan convention announced connected Monday afternoon.
Ward was scorching basking astatine nan sheet each week going 8-13 (.615 AVG) pinch a triple and six RBI. In Sunday’s 5-2 triumph complete Kentucky — he reached guidelines each 5 times pinch 3 hits and 2 HBP. He presently leads Mizzou pinch a .366 batting mean and an moreover much awesome .500 batting mean successful SEC play. Not bad for a freshman, eh?
Can Mizzou build disconnected of nan bid triumph astatine Kentucky? They person a reliable midweek crippled vs Missouri State later coming astatine Taylor Stadium, past big South Carolina Thursday done Saturday. It’s an opportunity to prime up immoderate much SEC wins arsenic nan Gamecocks are nan only squad beneath nan Tigers successful nan convention standings.
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Picking disconnected nan Wildcats successful Lexington should beryllium to beryllium a monumental assurance booster for nan team, which will look in-state rival Missouri State next. From there, a winnable bid against South Carolina astatine location awaits. If Jackson’s squad tin usage this bid arsenic a boost, they could beryllium looking astatine adjacent to 10 games complete .500 by nan adjacent clip they spell connected nan road.
Credit wherever in installments is due. This squad needed a spark aft a caller reliable stretch.
I person combed done nan apical and bottommost of nan transportation portal, uncovering nan 15 players who person connections to nan area and/or person nan talent that tin return Mizzou to nan adjacent level. Here’s nan afloat breakdown regarding immoderate of nan apical players successful nan portal and why they’d beryllium a cleanable fresh for Harper’s program:
Good activity present from Dylan. Plenty of imaginable names to cognize for Kellie Harper and Mizzou WBB.
We’re backmost pinch much Photos of nan Week! Mizzou softball took connected LSU this play astatine home, and Dan and I divided our sum connected Friday and Saturday. Take a look astatine what we came backmost pinch from nan bid below!
Mizzou Softball looking bully successful pink. Plenty of awesome pics connected nan gem from nan weekend.
From nan looks of nan roster, nan Tigers will beryllium successful hunt of a complimentary scoring defender to brace pinch Jason Crowe, Jr. Preferrably 1 who tin make a precocious percent of threes. Then a versatile wing/combo guardant who tin task into nan Boss spot occupied by Mark Mitchell nan past fewer years. Then they’ll apt beryllium connected nan hunt for immoderate size, though I don’t deliberation we’re going to spot immoderate monumental additions arsenic nan early marketplace for bigs is crazy costly (reports are that personification for illustration Somto Cyril is seeking upwards of $5 cardinal — which is estimated to beryllium astir half what Missouri mightiness beryllium readying for nan full roster adjacent season).
Happy transportation portal season! Should beryllium fun.
With nan departure of Barrett, Trent Pierce is group to beryllium nan only Missouri starter to return adjacent season.
Returning accumulation will decidedly return a deed for Mizzou heading into adjacent season.
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