Mizzou Baseball Falls to Fellow Kansas Rivals in a 10-0 Upset

Juan Villarreal and JD Dohrmann stood next to each other during practice before their game against Kansas University on Wednesday, March 18, in Lawrence, Kan. | Courtesy of Mizzou Athletics 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.

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.