Mizzou Baseball Falls to Fellow Kansas Rivals in a 10-0 Upset 

In nan 355th all-time face-off betwixt nan Missouri Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks, a rivalry that stands arsenic Mizzou’s astir played matchup, nan Tigers could not find their footing. Kansas came retired swinging early and ne'er fto up, cruising to a 10-0 run-rule victory.

It was a reliable outing for Missouri, arsenic Kansas jumped retired connected apical and did not look back, securing a 9–0 people done six innings.

Kansas did each its harm successful nan first 3 innings, arsenic it put up 3 runs successful nan first inning and collapsed things unfastened pinch a five-run 3rd inning. That early surge gave them a commanding lead they comfortably maintained.

Missouri’s discourtesy struggled to get thing going, though they managed to get 3 hits crossed 19 at-bats successful nan first six innings. A fewer players, Cameron Benson, Pierre Seals, and Jase Woita, each had hits that anticipated Tiger fans, but nary of them were timely capable to bring those runners home.

On nan mound, Missouri’s freshman starter Luke Sullivan allowed 8 runs, 3 of them earned connected 8 hits complete 2.2 innings, including 2 location runs. Their protect issues did not connection overmuch help, pinch 2 errors from Sullivan and Keegan Knutson, which contributed to those large inning fto downs.

The bullpen for nan Tigers settled things down nicely, arsenic Isaiah Salas, Eli Skidmore and Jackson Sobel mixed for 2.2 scoreless innings and allowed conscionable 1 deed which kept Kansas disconnected nan committee aft nan third, until nan sixth inning, erstwhile a tally was scored done a one-out tally aft a sacrifice groundout.

Starting disconnected nan seventh inning beardown for Mizzou, Kam Durnin smacked a double retired to correct field. Tyler Macon took a walk, which brought nan Tigers to nan corners of nan diamond. Kansas brought retired their 5th limb of nan day, Carter Fink. However, nan Jayhawks made a shocking double play to extremity nan inning for nan Tigers.

In nan bottommost of nan seventh, nan Tigers brought successful Luke Fricker to nan mound, though different tally came location to extremity nan crippled successful a walk-off triumph for nan Jayhawks.

The Tigers will caput to nan University of Tennessee for a three-game SEC showdown opening astatine 5:30 p.m., connected Friday, March 20, successful Knoxville, Tenn. This will beryllium a speedy turnaround, but it will besides springiness Mizzou a chance to respond aft their rivalry nonaccomplishment against nan Tony Vitello-less Vols.

Tennessee presently holds nan aforesaid 15-6 grounds arsenic Mizzou, truthful it will beryllium absorbing to spot which squad will break that grounds pinch a victory.