Wacky Fourth Inning Leads to Mizzou Shutout
A pitching gem and one run was all the Tigers really needed in picking up their seventh SEC win.
The Missouri Tigers, desperately in needs of wins and running out of season to get them, picked up a pivotal 5-0 shutout victory against no. 25 South Carolina (25-21) on Saturday evening in CoMo to move to 24-23 and 7-10 in the SEC (10th place) on the season. Because teams must be .
500 to be eligible for the NCAA tourney, grabbing wins against the bottom portion of the conference — Columbia (L)East has just four SEC victories — when they have upcoming series against the no. 6 and no. 9 teams remaining is an absolute necessity.
“I said yesterday, we’ve got to play better, and we played better,” Mizzou head coach Larissa Anderson said post-game. “Pretty simple, right? ” Simple indeed.
Marissa McCann was unflappable on Saturday, earning her first complete game shutout in SEC play of her career. She threw 113 pitches in her seven innings of work, allowing just four hits and two walks to go with a half dozen strikeouts. “McCann was phenomenal,” Anderson said.
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