Offensive slumber continues for Missouri in sweep against South Carolina

Mizzou baseball went into Saturday afternoon, looking to solve its latest offensive slump. The Tigers couldn’t quite find the key that opened that offensive lock, losing 6-4 in a game that, to put it lightly, came few and far between for the Tigers. “Unfortunately, not a very competitive weekend,” Mizzou coach Kerrick Jackson said.

“As I talked about with these guys all year, we just have to figure out how we can get a point of being consistent. We have these ups and downs, and the really drastic highs and lows. It’s our job as a coaching staff to figure out how we can get them consistent, keep them in the same mind place, keep them motivated to go out and get after it every day.

” The Gamecocks, with this win, clinched a three-game series sweep over Missouri, and Kerrick Jackson’s group walks away with a missed opportunity to climb out of the bottom of the Southeastern Conference. South Carolina built the lead in pieces, striking for a pair of runs in the top of the second on a pair of singles and a two-run double from Patrick Evans. A third hit of the afternoon for KJ Scobey came via the long ball, and Dawson Harman, after his previous solo shot in the fourth, launched his second home run of the day with a two-out blast in the sixth, stretching the road side’s advantage to 5-2.

Will Craddock knocked up the homer counter to four, putting the offensive cherry on top of the Tigers’ pitching. His solo shot came in the top of the ninth, making the offensive production a slow drip for the Gamecocks in their final game at Taylor. The Tigers could not do the same.