Missouri baseball breaks SEC drought in home finale victory
Effective pitching led to the Tigers clinching a series victory over Vanderbilt.
No delays, no problems. Missouri baseball ran the guantlet on Sunday afternoon in terms of breaking all-time droughts in its 4-1 victory over Vanderbilt at Taylor Stadium. It was the final home game at Taylor Stadium and the six arms that pitched for the Tigers guided them their first SEC home victory since Apr.
6 2024 against the then—No. 4—ranked Florida Gators. It also marked the first SEC series victory against Vanderbilt for Missouri since April 20, 2018.
Similar to his outlook on the Tigers’ historic victory against Arkansas earlier this season, Mizzou coach Kerrick Jackson wasn’t overly focused on how past results affect the significance his team’s win on Sunday. “The significance of winning the series and those types of things and what it is in my short tenure here is not as relevant as the idea of we’re playing good baseball,” Jackson said. “We’ve done that multiple times this year but we haven’t been able to finish the job, this weekend we were able to.
” The Tigers offense apart from their opening 3-run inning was held mostly in check for the afternoon. This time, Missouri didn’t need an offensive explosion as the bullpen game for the Tigers staff, saw six different faces take the mound. It started with a Keyler Gonzalez appearance—it ended with a Sam Rosand save and one earned run allowed.
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