Mizzou Baseball Falls to Fellow Kansas Rivals in a 10-0 Upset
· Yahoo Sports
In the 355th all-time face-off between the Missouri Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks, a rivalry that stands as Mizzou’s most played matchup, the Tigers could not find their footing. Kansas came out swinging early and never let up, cruising to a 10-0 run-rule victory.
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It was a tough outing for Missouri, as Kansas jumped out on top and did not look back, securing a 9–0 score through six innings.
Kansas did all its damage in the first three innings, as it put up three runs in the first inning and broke things open with a five-run third inning. That early surge gave them a commanding lead they comfortably maintained.
Missouri’s offense struggled to get anything going, although they managed to get three hits across 19 at-bats in the first six innings. A few players, Cameron Benson, Pierre Seals, and Jase Woita, each had hits that anticipated Tiger fans, but none of them were timely enough to bring those runners home.
On the mound, Missouri’s freshman starter Luke Sullivan allowed eight runs, three of them earned on eight hits over 2.2 innings, including two home runs. Their defensive issues did not offer much help, with two errors from Sullivan and Keegan Knutson, which contributed to those big inning let downs.
The bullpen for the Tigers settled things down nicely, as Isaiah Salas, Eli Skidmore and Jackson Sobel combined for 2.2 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit which kept Kansas off the board after the third, until the sixth inning, when a run was scored through a one-out run after a sacrifice groundout.
Slight Hope for MissouriStarting off the seventh inning strong for Mizzou, Kam Durnin smacked a double out to right field. Tyler Macon took a walk, which brought the Tigers to the corners of the diamond. Kansas brought out their fifth arm of the day, Carter Fink. However, the Jayhawks made a shocking double play to end the inning for the Tigers.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Tigers brought in Luke Fricker to the mound, although another run came home to end the game in a walk-off victory for the Jayhawks.
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What’s NextThe Tigers will head to the University of Tennessee for a three-game SEC showdown beginning at 5:30 p.m., on Friday, March 20, in Knoxville, Tenn. This will be a quick turnaround, but it will also give Mizzou a chance to respond after their rivalry loss against the Tony Vitello-less Vols.
Tennessee currently holds the same 15-6 record as Mizzou, so it will be interesting to see which team will break that record with a victory.
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