Two years ago, I covered my first Mizzou sporting event during a Missouri-Kentucky baseball series.
It was the Tigers' final series of their inaugural SEC season. America's best baseball conference didn't give Missouri a warm welcome that year, with the team floundering to an 18-32 record. But the Tigers still had something to play for against Kentucky, as the final spot in that year's SEC Tournament was up for grabs. A Tennessee loss on May 17, 2013, secured the Tigers' place in Hoover, but Missouri still got a statement win anyway against a solid Wildcat team.
While the Tigers have already secured an SEC Tournament spot, there's still a lot to play for in the Tigers' final series of the 2015 regular season. As pointed out on the Board, Mizzou is considered by D1Baseball as one of the last teams in on that website's NCAA Tournament predictions. A series win agains the Wildcats could go a long way in securing that spot and possibly giving the Tigers a favorable seed.
This week marks the final time I'll cover Mizzou athletics as a student. After covering basketball for the AP during my junior year, the football team for the Missourian last fall and the baseball team this spring, it seems only fitting that everything comes full circle in the same press box seat I occupied two years ago.
I'll bring you the updates every inning for Games 1 and 2 with gamers to follow. Game 3 on Saturday is at the same time I'll receive my diploma, so I hope you all will forgive me for my absence. It's been great interacting with the folks on this board as well as on Twitter.
The Tigers are in the midst of their second five-game losing streak of the season. Missouri snapped its first such streak during Game 1 of the team's last home stand. We'll see if starting pitcher Reggie McClain (6-6, 4.08 ERA) and company can do the same against Kentucky's Zach Brown (5-5, 3.68).
Sophomore Jack Klages and not freshman Brett Bond will be catching McClain. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.
It was the Tigers' final series of their inaugural SEC season. America's best baseball conference didn't give Missouri a warm welcome that year, with the team floundering to an 18-32 record. But the Tigers still had something to play for against Kentucky, as the final spot in that year's SEC Tournament was up for grabs. A Tennessee loss on May 17, 2013, secured the Tigers' place in Hoover, but Missouri still got a statement win anyway against a solid Wildcat team.
While the Tigers have already secured an SEC Tournament spot, there's still a lot to play for in the Tigers' final series of the 2015 regular season. As pointed out on the Board, Mizzou is considered by D1Baseball as one of the last teams in on that website's NCAA Tournament predictions. A series win agains the Wildcats could go a long way in securing that spot and possibly giving the Tigers a favorable seed.
This week marks the final time I'll cover Mizzou athletics as a student. After covering basketball for the AP during my junior year, the football team for the Missourian last fall and the baseball team this spring, it seems only fitting that everything comes full circle in the same press box seat I occupied two years ago.
I'll bring you the updates every inning for Games 1 and 2 with gamers to follow. Game 3 on Saturday is at the same time I'll receive my diploma, so I hope you all will forgive me for my absence. It's been great interacting with the folks on this board as well as on Twitter.
The Tigers are in the midst of their second five-game losing streak of the season. Missouri snapped its first such streak during Game 1 of the team's last home stand. We'll see if starting pitcher Reggie McClain (6-6, 4.08 ERA) and company can do the same against Kentucky's Zach Brown (5-5, 3.68).
Sophomore Jack Klages and not freshman Brett Bond will be catching McClain. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.
