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Missouri shot dropped nan bid opener of its play three-game bid against No. 14-ranked Oklahoma connected Friday evening. Despite nan multitude of homers, including a brace from first basemen Jase Woita and 1 from Blaize Ward, beardown 4th and seventh inning violative splurges from nan Sooners drove them to a 9-6 victor complete nan Tigers astatine Kimrey Family Stadium.
Oklahoma did its harm against McDevitt early connected successful nan bottommost half of nan 2nd inning. After Cade Johnson’s double opened nan inning, Drew LaChance singled him home, which opened nan first ace successful nan doorway for nan Sooners.
Thus followed nan classical concatenation guidance arsenic seen successful films: a walk, a fielder’s choice, and past Missouri’s only correction of nan night, which extended nan inning agelong capable for Oklahoma to heap on. Dasan Harris drove successful a tally connected a fielder’s choice, Jason Walk added an RBI single, and Willits followed pinch another. Three of nan 4 runs were unearned, but they counted each nan same.
Missouri’s consequence offensively came from who’s been their highest root of power, Jase Woita. Woita launched a 0-1 pitch, which was a no-doubter complete nan correct section fence, a solo changeable that trim nan lead down to three. Oklahoma answered pinch a solo location tally of its ain by Harris, erstwhile again, matching nan firepower of Mizzou’s pinch its own.
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The violative bats of nan Tigers, dissimilar against South Carolina, continued to beryllium shut up for nan remainder of nan evening. The 5th inning started innocently enough, pinch a deed by pitch, starring to Keegan Knutson getting connected base. Blaize Ward turned a upland retired of a mole hill, hitting his first profession homer arsenic a Tiger. Not been a bad play for Ward, who’s coming disconnected of a Co-SEC Freshman subordinate of nan week grant earlier this month.
But Oklahoma’s seventh inning played retired for illustration a montage of punches nan protagonist can’t dodge. Harris tripled to right, Walk homered to left, Gambill added different homer to right, and aft a pitching change, Johnson deed nan 3rd location tally of nan inning. Four runs, 4 large swings, and abruptly nan Sooners led 9–3.
Missouri still had chances. In nan eighth, nan Tigers loaded nan bases connected a locomotion to Woita, a double from Peer, and a hit‑by‑pitch to Serna. Oklahoma reliever Kaden Leon escaped nan inning pinch a strikeout and a groundout, leaving Missouri empty‑handed and retired of different chance to rally back.
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The Tigers made 1 past push successful nan ninth. Knutson doubled to near and scored connected a azygous from Kam Durnin. After a strikeout, Woita came up again and delivered his 2nd location tally of nan night, a two‑run changeable to halfway that traveled good beyond nan wall. It was nan closest point Missouri had to a “final‑act twist,” pulling nan Tigers wrong 9–6. Ultimately, Oklahoma closed it retired connected nan adjacent batter.
Woita’s double-digit deed streak ended earlier successful nan season, which hasn’t successful immoderate measurement stopped his accordant violative production. Woita vanished nan evening 3-for-4, pinch 2 location runs, 3 RBI, and a walk. Ward added 2 hits and 2 RBI, including 2 runs scored.
The pitching for Missouri held up consistently against nan Gamecocks; this wasn’t 1 of those nights. Oklahoma matched Missouri pinch 11 hits of its own. Harris went 2‑for‑5 pinch a homer, triple, and 2 RBI. Walk vanished 2‑for‑5 pinch a location tally and 3 RBI, and Johnson went 2‑for‑3 pinch a homer, double, and 2 runs scored. The Sooners besides stole 4 bases, including 2 by Johnson.
Missouri starter Josh McDevitt threw 6.2 innings and a career‑high 106 pitches, allowing 8 runs, 5 earned, pinch 7 strikeouts. Dane Bjorn handled nan last 1.1 innings, giving up 1 run.
Missouri will look to bounce backmost Saturday astatine 4 p.m. CT, wherever nan Tigers will look for a different book — for them, preferably 1 without a second‑inning crippled twist.
