Missouri Baseball Closes Road Trip with a 6-2 Win Over Missouri State

The Tigers take the victory against an in-state foe before they head back to Columbia.

After a couple game break, the Missouri Tigers went right back to taking the lead in the first inning.

This time, they never gave it up. Missouri took the 6-2 win against a fellow Show-Me State team in Missouri State.

Sophomore left fielder Brock Daniels put a single to left field and then advanced to third on a throwing error. Freshman center fielder Kaden Peer followed up with another single center that brought Daniels home. Another mistake on Missouri State's part allowed Peer to get to third and then score on sophomore designated hitter Jackson Lovich's single to center.

The Tigers offense kept rolling in the second inning with a two-run shot from freshman catcher Mateo Serna that left the field in center. In the top fourth inning, junior first baseman Danny Corona was hit-by-pitch and advanced on a wild pitch before he came around to score on freshman shortstop Drew Culbertson's single to left. This put Missouri up by five before the end of the fourth inning.

After dropping to just a four-run lead in the fifth, Lovich brought another run across in the top of the seventh with a solo home run to center to bring the deficit back to five. The five-run difference didn't stay for the rest of the game.

Through 4 1/3 innings, sophomore starting pitcher Daniel Wissler sent Bears back to their dugout with little struggle. He allowed just four singles through his first four innings that Missouri State couldn't put together for a run. Wissler struck out four and put up no walks in his start.

Graduate reliever Jacob Peaden came into the fifth inning with one out and a runner 90 feet from home, but wasn't able to keep him there. A sacrifice fly from the first batter that Peaden faced put Missouri state on the board. His trip to the mound was brief, as he was replaced with junior Victor Quinn for the sixth inning.

It was not a very strong outing from Quinn, he walked two and hit a batter to load the bases. Next up to the plate was former Tiger catcher Dylan Leach. But Quinn was able to come out of the inning unscathed with the help of a strikeout of Leach.

The Tigers went to their bullpen once more and sophomore Brock Lucas, who put up a clean inning but was then replaces by freshman Charlie Miller for the eighth. Miller was instantly met with a solo home run to center and then went on to load the bases, forcing the Tigers to get senior Ian Lohse with only one out in the inning. Lohse quickly got a double play to save the runs from scoring in the eighth and then closed with a scoreless ninth.

Missouri's record improves to 17-21, while Missouri State drops to 15-20. The Tigers will return home to face LSU this weekend.