Mizzou baseball falls in extra innings to Vanderbilt

After their walk-off triumph marked nan longest Southeastern Conference crippled of nan season, Missouri shot couldn’t proceed to widen its SEC quota complete nan weekend. The Tigers couldn’t declare crippled 2 of nan three-game set, and their 11-8 nonaccomplishment against Vanderbilt successful eleven innings meant Missouri was incapable to threat a long-standing streak: their first SEC location bid triumph since April 6, 2024, against nan then-No. 4-ranked Florida Gators.

Mizzou has an opportunity to break nan bid streak and play spoiler to perfection against Vanderbilt complete nan weekend. A bid nonaccomplishment to nan Tigers would efficaciously punishment nan Commodores’ NCAA tourney hopes—they haven’t missed it since 2005—with their existent No. 74 RPI. A nonaccomplishment connected Sunday would efficaciously slam nan doorway connected nan ‘Dores.

Missouri was up 8-3 heading into nan apical of nan sixth inning, and its bullpen arms simply gave retired arsenic nan Commdores scored 8 unanswered to propulsion disconnected a comeback of their ain aft nan Tigers’ come-from-behind heroics successful crippled 1 of nan series.

“You’ll return a divided connected nan day, but excessively galore opportunities,” Mizzou caput coach Kerrick Jackson said. “In that 2nd game, to person won nan series, we conscionable person to do a amended occupation of being capable to return advantage.”

The Tigers didn’t prevention their violative roar for nan extremity successful this one. Offensive accumulation was dispersed retired crossed nan 2nd to 4th innings. Instead of a five-inning value commencement for Brady Kehlenbrink going to naught, Mizzou’s bats backed up its pitching consistently, a fewer coming from self-inflicted wounds by Vandy, others from axenic difficult contact.

Missouri was deed early by nan Commodores. Kehlenbrink surrendered an early crushed rule-double ironically enough, followed by an infield azygous by Mike Mancini, advancing nan leadoff-batter Ryker Waite to third. Kehlenbrink threw a chaotic pitch, a taxable that became much communal for some teams connected nan mound. Ryker scored from 3rd and a double by Braden Holcomb gave Vanderbilt nan early advantage.

Tommy Goodin’s homer, nan first of nan team’s two, pushed nan Vandy lead up to three. Mizzou soon responded. The Tigers scored 8 runs from nan 2nd to nan fourth, stretching nan spread pinch a large 2nd inning and a mates much security runs later.

After getting punched successful nan rima early, Missouri deed astir for a four-run second, sparked by a two-run double from Kam Durnin and an RBI azygous from Blaize Ward. The Tigers built nan inning from nan crushed up pinch patience, resulting successful 3 consecutive walks from Aiden Stillman to load nan bases pinch 1 out. The 3rd locomotion to Jase Woita drew nan Vanderbilt bullpen into action while nan euphony speakers played “Baby please don’t go.”

The pitching alteration proved much fruitful for nan Tigers. A balk, a mates pithce into nan at-bat of Kam Durnin moved each runner up a base, including Eric Maisonet who scored from 3rd base. Consecutive hits from Durnin and Ward continued their precocious rates of accumulation agains nan Commodores.

Missouri collapsed nan 3rd inning unfastened without needing a large hit. The Tigers started pinch a bunt azygous from Kaden Peer, past worked a hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice bunt to move some runners into scoring position earlier a locomotion loaded nan bases.

The runs came connected Vanderbilt miscues and a sacrifice fly. A chaotic transportation brought successful Peer, Jase Woita lifted a sacrifice alert to halfway to people Chris Patterson. Another chaotic transportation led to Humbert scoring from 3rd to headdress nan inning, giving nan Tigerss a 7-3 lead, later accrued to five, aft a bid headliner Donovan Jordan doubled location Mateo Serna.

Vanderbilt trimmed it to 8-6 successful nan sixth pinch a solo homer from Logan Johnstone and a brace of RBI from Korbin Reynolds and Ryker Waite; Missouri’s early cushion faded successful nan alleviation appearances of Kadden Drew and Eli Skidmore, who came successful for nan starter Kehlenbrink aft his 5 innings connected nan mound.

After drafting 1 tally person to nan Tigers connected an RBI groundout successful nan seventh, Vanderbilt played long-ball connected a game-tying homer successful nan eighth by Rustan Rigdon, his 6th of nan season. New life for nan Commodores, a awesome setback for nan Tigers.

Trey Lawrence, aft coming successful for nan Tigers to unfastened nan seventh inning, kept pitching successful agelong alleviation and put down Vandy 1-2-3 successful nan ninth. Mizzou had its chance to triumph nan crippled successful nan ninth, aft bid standout Donovan Jordan opened nan inning pinch a single.

Kaden Peer attempted to bunt Jordan complete to 2nd and was unsuccessful, arsenic Jordan was thrown out. The caller returnee from injury, Chris Patterson, singled to halfway to move Peer to second, and a groundout by Maosinet moved some runners complete pinch 2 outs and different chance for Mizzou astatine walk-off heroics. Isaiah Frost, nan pinch-hitter couldn’t travel through, striking out, sending nan crippled to extras.

Offense crossed nan committee was kept comparatively quiet until nan reservoir collapsed successful nan 11th. Two batters were retired by Lawrence earlier nan two-out rally ensued. Ryker Waite, connected nan opening transportation successful his at-bat, took Lawrence deep, crushing a 407-foot blast complete nan right-field fence.

Lawrence’s bid depleted soon after, putting nan adjacent 3 batters connected guidelines via 2 walks and a deed by pitch. Isaiah Salas came successful from nan bullpen to extremity nan bleeding but was incapable to do so, allowing a two-run azygous to Logan Johnstone.

Missouri’s bid of Mateo Serna, Jordan and Peer each went down successful order, giving Vanderbilt a sensation of revenge aft bullpen miscues led to their downfall successful crippled one.

Durnin, Jordan, and Blaize Ward person each had standout performances astatine nan sheet throughout, serving arsenic agleam spots moreover erstwhile nan discourtesy was quiet. Durnin, a mixed 5-for-11, 3 RBI Jordan 4-for-11, 3 RBI and Ward 3-of-9, 3 RBI, they were nan 3 guys who kept showing up for Missouri passim some games.

Ward was nan 1 who kept nan discourtesy moving, stacking 5 hits crossed nan bid and driving successful runs successful some games, including nan azygous that kicked disconnected nan six‑run eighth connected Friday and different RBI sound successful Saturday’s early surge.

Jordan delivered nan biggest plaything of nan play pinch nan walk‑off azygous successful Game 1 and kept uncovering barrels, finishing nan 2 games pinch 4 hits and 3 RBI while mixing successful a double and a fistful of value at‑bats.

“It’s been really cool to spot his progress,” Jackson said of Jordan. “He’s a feline who red-shirted astatine Texas past twelvemonth and has been waiting for opportunities to coming themselves. He’s jumped successful location and had large hits for us, whether it’s coming disconnected nan bench, whether it’s not playing for a number of games, past getting inserted into nan lineup. He’s a reliable competitor who wants to beryllium successful those situations.”

Durnin wasn’t arsenic large but was successful nan mediate of almost each scoring inning. He doubled successful each game, drove successful three, scored 3 more, and drew nan bases‑loaded locomotion that tied Friday’s comeback. Together, nan 3 person been a dependable thread for Jackson’s group.

Missouri and Vanderbilt adjacent nan bid connected Sunday astatine 1:00 p.m. astatine Taylor Stadium, pinch some teams trying to dependable themselves aft 2 chaotic, late‑night finishes. Mizzou will look to transportation complete nan pieces of discourtesy that much than showed up successful stretches connected Friday and Saturday, while Vanderbilt tries to fastener down a captious roadworthy bid for their tourney hopes earlier heading into nan last week of SEC play.