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Mizzou/SEC Baseball Tournament Preview (Google Hangout)

May 20, 2013 By

Mizzou, picked to finish last in the SEC in preseason poll by the league’s coaches, has qualified for the SEC Tournament as the No. 12 overall seed in its first year as a member of the conference. The Tigers put together a 10-20 mark in SEC play and actually have more SEC wins (10) than non-conference wins (eight) this season.

As the Mizzou baseball team prepares for its SEC Tournament first round matchup with fifth-seeded Mississippi State, Mizzou head coach Tim Jamieson took time to meet with reporters on Monday. Mississippi State head coach John Cohen also met with reporters to talk about the first-round matchup and the history between the two coaches – Cohen was a former assistant at Mizzou under Jamieson and former head coach Gene McArtor.

Kevin McCrarey of South Carolina Radio Network talks about Mizzou’s first round opponent, plus gives us insight on the Gamecocks should the Tigers beat the Bulldogs on Tuesday.

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Missourinet Mornings–Earleywine’s strategy pays off for MU, Cards face another former teammate (VIDEO)

May 20, 2013 By

Mizzou softball coach Ehren Earleywine explains why it wasn’t such a bad thing to have to play two games on Sunday to clinch their regional…although he admits he’s glad the strategy paid off.

Mizzou baseball gets into the SEC Tournament as the 12th seed…a little different than a year ago when the team won the Big 12 Tournament.

The Cardinals face another former teammate tonight on the mound, and a guy named Dallas pitches for Houston and will take on the Royals as they look to break out of a slump. That’s what you’ll see on this Missourinet Mornings video.

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Mizzou softball hosting Washington in Super Regionals

May 20, 2013 By

The Mizzou softball team, seeded sixth in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship, will host No. 11 Washington in the Super Regional round Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 at University Field. The Tigers take on the Huskies in a best-of-three series, with Thursday’s game set for 8 p.m. CDT on ESPN and the Friday game scheduled for 5 p.m. on ESPNU. A third game, if necessary, would follow at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

Missouri (38-12) is one of just three programs in the country to make six consecutive Super Regional appearances, with Alabama and Arizona State joining the Tigers. Mizzou has hosted the Super Regionals for four straight seasons (2010-13).

The Tigers earned their sixth-straight regional championship with the squad’s 5-0 win over Hofstra advance. Mizzou went 3-1 in regional play, beating Stony Brook (3-0) on Friday before defeating the Pride 1-0, on Saturday. Mizzou dropped a 10-0 result to Hofstra to force a rematch.

Washington (41-15), has made five-straight trips to the Super Regional round. The Huskies went 3-0 in their own regional in Seattle, Wash., to advance in the tournament.

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Cardinals get the best of Lohse once again

May 19, 2013 By

A four-run fourth inning and some timely pitching was all the Cardinals needed as they beat their former teammate, Kyle Lohse, for the third straight time with a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

“Baseball is a stupid game…baseball is weird, man. You make some good pitches and they get some good hits.”

John Gast (2-0) won his second straight start and Seth Maness escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the seventh. It was an odd outing for Maness. He allowed no runs and five hits in 1.2 innings. He’s just the ninth pitcher since 1916 to allow five hits and not give up a run, while retiring five batter.

The win was 14th in 17 games for the Cards, who took two of three from Milwaukee and lead the season series 8-2.

 

 

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Royals swept by A’s

May 19, 2013 By

Yeonis Cespedes hit a leadoff homer in the eighth inning and the A’s beat the Royals 4-3 to move back over .500. It was the third straight, one-run loss by the Royals in Oakland this weekend.

Derek Norris hit a leadoff single and raced to third when the ball skipped over David Lough’s glove and rolled to the wall. One batter later Coco Crisp’s sacrifice fly tied the game at 3-3 in the 7th. It’s those little plays that come back to haunt.

Alex Gordon matched his career high of four hits for Kansas City. The Royals have lost 10 of 13 and fallen back to .500.  Gordon hit an RBI single in the third, scored in the fifth and doubled in the seventh. Since moving to the third spot in the lineup on May 9, Gordon is batting .450 (18 for 40).

The Royals, who scored just two runs and stranded 11 baserunners in the first two games of this series, went up 2-0 when Chris Getz singled in Hosmer in the fourth. Hosmer added an RBI double in the fifth.

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