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Today we’re yet again talking about how Mizzou Baseball doesn’t seem to be able to not win at this point in time.
After some early struggles in their weekend series against UIC, the Tigers figured things out on the mound and in the box, run-ruling UIC during the final two games of the series and rolling to their 11th and 12th consecutive wins in style.
Across the last three games, Mizzou has scored 29 unanswered runs and held opponents scoreless for 22 straight innings.
Lefty Brady Kehlenbrink enjoyed a career day on the hill, working six scoreless innings while only allowing three Flames to reach base. The Ballwin, Mo., native punched out a career-high 11 batters while improving to 3-0 on the season (4.29 ERA).
Look, no one is pretending the Tigers are out here downing the 2025 LA Dodgers, but they’re winning games (and lots of them) which is something they haven’t been able to do under Kerrick Jackson much during his time in Columbia. Winning is habitual, and the best thing Missouri can do right now is teach themselves how to win before the more intense competition heats up.
Mizzou’s margins have been thinner than we want all season, but the butter is made. There’s nothing left to churn. They are who they are. The improvement they can make will come in April and May, not now. Now you’re just hoping to extend what you have as long as you can.
At least the Tigers have seemingly done enough to secure a spot in the Tournament, regardless of what they’ll do in the SEC Tournament… though an extra win or two would be nice!
Mizzou Baseball didn’t just finish a sweep on Sunday. It finished a statement. Behind six scoreless innings from left‑hander Brady Kehlenbrink and a four‑homer afternoon from the lineup, Missouri rolled past UIC 10–0 in seven innings at Taylor Stadium, closing out a four‑game sweep and extending its winning streak to 12 games.
Mizzou is off to easily it’s best start under Kerrick Jackson, and they’ll look to keep the momentum rolling in the mid-week against Southern Indiana.
The poetry was the final hit that allowed star outfielder Taylor Shumaker to reach home plate for the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th. The game-winning hit came from Mizzou’s home run leader from just a year ago: Madison Walker.
That’s the kind of thing that hurts a lot worse when you look at Mizzou’s lineup and think, “God, we could’ve used her this season.”
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