Missouri baseball’s NCAA tournament dreams take a hit in Baton Rouge

Profitable a Southeastern Convention sequence, particularly on the street, is vital if Missouri baseball desires to play in an NCAA regional. Over the weekend, Missouri failed to perform this, dropping three straight video games towards the No. 22 LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

A typical theme in all three video games, Missouri led in some unspecified time in the future in each matchup. On Thursday, after LSU took a 1-0 lead behind a solo-home run by sophomore infielder Jacob Berry, Missouri responded within the second inning with an RBI single from senior catcher Mike Coletta. Redshirt junior infielder Luke Mann adopted Coletta within the third inning with an RBI triple to offer Missouri a 2-1 lead.  

Berry homered once more within the backside of the third inning to tie the sport. LSU tacked on three extra runs within the fifth inning following 4 consecutive hits. Junior infielder Torin Montgomery’s RBI single introduced Missouri inside two runs, nevertheless it wouldn’t be sufficient as Missouri fell 5-3. 

Junior right-handed pitcher Spencer Miles suffered his fourth lack of the yr after giving up 10 hits and all 5 LSU runs in 5.2 innings pitched. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Carter Rustad took over and allowed only one hit the remainder of the sport. 

On Friday, the second sport of the sequence adopted an identical script from the start as sophomore outfielder Dylan Crews gave LSU an early 1-0 lead with a house run to left middle. 

Missouri added two runs within the high of the third inning behind RBI singles from senior infielder Josh Day and Montgomery to take a 2-1 lead. LSU responded with two solo dwelling runs, one within the fourth and one within the sixth inning, earlier than Mann stored Missouri alive within the eighth inning with a solo shot to left discipline. 

LSU completed Missouri off in additional innings as redshirt sophomore infielder Cade Doughty hit a walk-off single to left middle discipline handy Missouri the sequence loss.

Missouri fought exhausting Saturday to keep away from a sequence sweep. Trailing 7-3 within the high of the eighth inning, Missouri scored three runs with the assistance of sophomore outfielder Ross Lovich’s sacrifice fly RBI, Coletta’s attain on an error by the shortstop and sophomore infielder Trevor Austin’s bases-loaded stroll. Missouri didn’t report a success within the ninth inning and fell within the sequence finale 8-6. 

Phrases have been exhausting to search out for Missouri head coach Steve Bieser following Sport Three.

“General, only a robust one to swallow proper now,” Bieser mentioned. “I don’t have quite a bit to say about it apart from we got here up brief and we misplaced the ballgame right now.”

Heading right into a Tuesday matchup towards the Missouri State Bears, the Tigers maintain a 22-15 report and stand at 5-13 in SEC play, which is final place within the SEC East. Regardless of rating twenty ninth nationally within the RPI, the Tigers must play sturdy over the subsequent few weeks to make the SEC event. 

Edited by Brandon Haynes | bhaynes@themaneater.com