Missouri
Rebels sweep Missouri to move to 4-2 in the SEC
No. 18 Ole Miss Baseball completed a sweep of the Missouri Tigers Sunday evening, slugging their way to a 14-6 win in the series finale.
It is the first SEC series sweep for the Rebels since they swept LSU in Baton Rouge in 2022.
Ole Miss scored 40 runs in the series, the most runs they have scored in a conference series since they put up 40 in a sweep of Florida in 2019.
Isaac Humphrey continued his huge weekend, going 2-for-5 with a home run and five more RBI. Humphrey finished the weekend 6-for-15 with four home runs and 13 total RBI.
Luke Cheng and Ryan Moerman each hit a home run in the finale and Judd Utermark went 3-for-5.
Mason Nichols collected his second win of the season, working a season-high five innings for striking out five batters. Will McCausland pick up a save, working the final four innings and striking out six batters.
For the first time in the series, Missouri was the first to score thanks to a solo home run to right field by Mateo Serna, the second batter of the game.
Ole Miss had just one baserunner through the first two innings until Cheng came to the plate in the third. He tied the game at 1-1 with his first home run of the season, sending the second pitch he saw over the fence in right field.
The Tigers responded with four runs in the bottom of the third, headlined by a three-RBI home run to right center by Jackson Lovich, but as was the case all weekend, the Ole Miss offense had a response.
With one out in the fourth, Utermark singled and moved to third on a pinch-hit double by Will Furniss. Hayden Federico was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Humphrey. The center fielder cleared the bases with a double to right center, cutting the Missouri lead to one. Cheng tied the game for the second time, trading places with Humphrey on a double down the left field line.
Ryan Moerman gave the Rebels their first lead of the game with a solo home run to left field in the fifth inning, his ninth of the season.
Nichols settled in over his final two innings of work, retiring the final seven batters he faced and reaching the five-inning mark for the first time this season. He did not issue a walk during his outing and would leave the game with a 6-5 lead intact.
Humphrey hit his fourth home run of the weekend in the seventh inning, a two-RBI shot to right center, to jump start what would end up being a four-run inning for the Rebels. Luke Hill hit an RBI triple and Mitchell Sanford drove in another run to make it 10-5.
The Rebels scored four more runs in the top of the ninth behind a bases-clearing double from Sanford and a Missouri error.
Missouri quarterback Drew Pyne has entered the portal as a graduate transfer, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
Pyne is looking to move to his fourth school after stints at Notre Dame, Arizona State and Missouri. He’ll be a sixth-year senior this fall.
Pyne joined Missouri last year as a backup for senior starter Brady Cook. He earned one start, leading the Tigers to a 30-23 comeback win over Oklahoma while Cook was sidelined by ankle and wrist injuries.
Missouri brought in former Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula via the transfer portal this offseason. He’ll compete with redshirt junior Sam Horn and true freshman Matt Zollers, the No. 86 overall recruit in the 2025 ESPN 300, for the opportunity to start this season.
Pyne, a former ESPN 300 recruit, began his career at Notre Dame and started 10 games for the Fighting Irish in 2022. He threw for 2,021 yards on 65% passing and scored 24 total touchdowns with six interceptions while winning eight of his starts.
After the Irish brought in grad transfer quarterback Sam Hartman, Pyne transferred to Arizona State but appeared in just two games with the Sun Devils before an injury forced him to sit out the rest of the season.
Pyne played 211 snaps over six appearances for the Tigers last season and threw for 391 yards on 60% passing with three touchdowns and three interceptions.
The NCAA’s spring transfer window opens April 16, but graduate transfers are permitted to put their name in the portal at any time. More than 160 FBS scholarship quarterbacks have already transferred this offseason.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An elderly man and woman died in a late Sunday night house fire in Garden City, Missouri.
The victims’ names have not been released. Autopsies are planned for later this week, according to the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Cass County Sheriff
Cass County Sheriff’s Department deputies and Garden City Fire Protection District crews found the house on South O’Bannon Road engulfed in flames around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Department.
Firefighters from the East Lynne Fire Department, Creighton Fire Department, Harrisonville Fire Department, and Central Cass Fire Protection District also helped extinguish the fire.
Cass County Sheriff’s Office
The cause of the fire is undetermined. According to the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office, investigators do not believe anything suspicious or criminal caused the fire.
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