Baseball Set for Home SEC Series vs. No. 25 Aggies

By
Gary Lee
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball is set to welcome the 25th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies to Taylor Stadium for a three-game Southeastern Conference series, Friday through Sunday (March 27-29) with first pitch for Friday’s game one slated for 6 p.m. CT. Saturday’s game is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT followed by Sunday’s finale at 1 p.m. CT.

The Tigers (17-9, 1-5 SEC) won the series opener at No. 22 Tennessee, 8-4, last Friday in Knoxville before dropping the next two games to the Vols, then split a pair of midweek matchups this week with Illinois (5-1, W) and Lindenwood (4-10, L). They shift their attention to the No. 25 Aggies (19-5, 2-4 SEC) who are coming off a weekend series versus No. 7 Georgia where they dropped the series two games to one before defeating Houston Christian in the midweek, 5-1.

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The entire series will be streamed on SEC Network+. All Mizzou Baseball games are available via audio stream on The Varsity Network app by Learfield with longtime play-by-play voice Tex Little on the call alongside Matt Michaels providing color.

Expected Pitching Matchups vs. No. 25 Texas A&M

  • Friday, March 27 (6 P.M. CT)
    • Mizzou – RHP Josh McDevitt (3-1, 3.19 ERA)
    • Texas A&M – LHP Shane Sdao (3-1, 4.15 ERA)
  • Saturday, March 28 (4 P.M. CT)
    • Mizzou – LHP Brady Kehlenbrink (3-2, 4.91 ERA)
    • Texas A&M – RHP Weston Moss (3-2, 6.35 ERA)
  • Sunday, March 29 (1 P.M. CT)
    • Mizzou – TBD
    • Texas A&M – LHP Aiden Sims (4-0, 3.77 ERA)

SCHEDULE

  • Mizzou vs. No. 25 Texas A&M, Friday, March 27 @ 6 P.M. CT
  • Mizzou vs. No. 25 Texas A&M, Saturday, March 28 @ 4 P.M. CT
  • Mizzou vs. No. 25 Texas A&M, Sunday, March 29 @ 1 P.M. CT

SCOUTING THE AGGIES

  • Through 24 games, the Aggies are 19-5 (2-4 SEC) and have outscored their opponents 226-100.
  • The Aggies concluded a five-game homestand with a 3-2 record, claiming midweek victories over Texas State and HCU. The Maroon & White could only muster one win in the series over then-No. 7 Georgia, an 18-5 run-rule victory on Sunday.
  • The weekend slate marks the 23rd series between the clubs as conference foes, going back to the program’s membership in the Big 12. The series is the eighth between the clubs as SEC rivals since joining the conference in 2012.
  • Through 24 games, the Aggies rank first nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (2.44) and second in K/BB ratio (3.87). The Maroon & White’s 1.21 team WHIP ranks 16th in the country.
  • Offensively, the Aggies boast the 22nd best batting average in the country (.319) and rank inside the top-20 national ranks in on-base percentage (10th, .451), slugging percentage (14th, .555), home runs (19th, 42), runs scored (18th, 226) and walks (15th, 152).
  • Along with their No. 25 ranking in the D1Baseball Poll, s of March 19, Texas A&M sits at 17th in the NCAA RPI ranking.

SERIES HISTORY vs. TEXAS A&M

  • Friday’s opener marks the 100th meeting all-time between the two programs.
  • In Columbia, Mizzou holds a slight advantage, 16-15 all-time.
  • Last season, the Tigers went on the road and swept the defending national runner up. Mizzou has won four-straight games in the series dating back to the 2023 season.

MAKING STRIDES ON THE MOUND

  • Under first-year pitching coach Drew Dickinson, the Tigers have made impressive strides on the mound through the first 25 games of the campaign.
  • As of March 26, the Tigers rank 21st nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (7.25), 41st in strikeouts per nine innings (10.2), 45th in ERA (4.41) and 55th in WHIP (1.39).
  • Over 125.1 innings of work, the starting rotation has combined for a 9-5 record, a 3.95 ERA, 138 strikeouts to 53 walks and opponents are batting just .208 against the unit.

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2017

  • The Tigers recorded consecutive shutouts for the first time since May 18-19, 2017, after defeating UIC 7-0 and 10-0, respectively, March 7 and 8.
  • Those shutouts accounted for 16 innings within a 22-inning stretch of consecutive scoreless frames by Tiger pitchers.

OFFENSE CONTINUES TO ROAR

  • The Tigers are No. 13 nationally in triples (9), No. 10 in HBP (58), No. 27 in runs (212), No. 43 in on-base percentage (.419), No. 52 in hits (244) and No. 72 in batting average (.293).
  • With the Tigers’ 15-1 victory over UAPB on Feb. 24, they became the fastest team in program history to reach 100 runs (8 Games).
  • Mizzou reached the 150-run milestone in game 14, also becoming the fastest team in program history to that mark.
  • The Tigers’ run-rule victory over UAPB on Feb. 24 marked the first time Mizzou has recorded four-straight run-rule wins in the 56-game regular season era (1997).
  • MU earned its fifth run-rule victory of the season on Sunday (March 8) in a 10-0 win over UIC.

MACON US GO!

  • Lead-off hitter Tyler Macon has been a spark plug for the Mizzou offense to start the season.
  • Through the first 26 games of the campaign, Macon is 16th in the SEC with a .365 batting average and has scored 26 runs to go along with 25 RBI.
  • Macon has slugged a team-best seven doubles and a pair of triples and is getting on base at a .472 clip. He’s continued to make an impact once reaching base, stealing a team-best seven bases in eight tries.
  • In the record-breaking win over Mount St. Mary’s on Feb. 15, Macon became the first Tiger in program history to go 8-for-8 on base – going 6-for-6 at the plate with a pair of doubles, eight RBI and four runs scored, also reaching twice via walk.
  • In addition, Macon became just the third Tiger ever to record six hits in a game and the first since Jeff Terrell in 1995 (6-for-6, cycle, vs. Iowa State). The other was Jay Hawkins in 1956 in a 27-4 win over Nebraska (6-for-7, school-record six runs scored, three stolen bases, four RBI).

WAITER, BRING ME WOITA

  • South Carolina transfer Jase Woita has made an immediate impact in the Mizzou lineup this season after hitting .300 with six home runs in 45 games for the Gamecocks in 2025.
  • The physical, left-handed slugger is off to a hot start with the Tigers, batting .376 with an OPS of 1.076 thanks to a team-leading four home runs in 23 games played.
  • His .376 batting average is 11th in the SEC and he’s driven in 29 runs to lead the squad and rank 11th in the SEC in that department.
  • He drove in a career-high eight runs in the record-breaking 34-3 win over Mount Saint Mary’s on Feb. 15 – one shy of the program record for RBI (9) in a game.
  • In addition to the run production, Woita has been among the nation’s toughest batters to strike out. He ranks 42nd in the country (No. 3 SEC) in that metric, striking out just once every 12.1 at-bats (seven times in 85 at-bats).
  • Woita saw his 12-game hitting streak come to an end vs. No. 6 Auburn but extended his on-base streak to 21 games at Lindenwood on Wednesday – the longest by a Tiger this season.

LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD

  • The Tigers have scored 212 runs through 26 games (8.2 per game) to rank 31st nationally and sixth within the league.

PASS THE TORCH

  • The Tigers have already hit consecutive home runs on three occasions this season:
  • In the series finale vs. UIC on March 8, the entire starting outfield (Peer, Benson, Seals) went back-to-back-to-back in a matter of five pitches – all solo shots.
  • It marked the second time of Benson’s career being a part of back-to-back-to-back home runs, the first coming April 11, 2023, as a member of the Kerrick Jackson-coached Memphis Tigers in an 11-9 win at Ole Miss.

GOING STREAKING!

  • Mizzou had its 13-game winning streak snapped by No. 6 Auburn on March 13 – its longest since rattling off 20-straight victories in 2017.
  • South Carolina grad transfer Jase Woita is riding a 21-game on-base streak into Tuesday’s matchup – the longest by a Tiger this season.
  • Graduate outfielder Pierre Seals has put together an 11-game hitting streak, longest actively on the team and tied for third longest by a Tiger this season.
  • Center fielder Kaden Peer has been on base in all 14 games since returning from injury.
  • Shortstop Kam Durnin has reached base safely in 13-straight games.
  • Freshman Blaize Ward has a hit in six-straight games.

ON LIKE DONKEY KONG

  • Mizzou ranks 43rd nationally with a .419 on-base percentage.
  • The Tigers rank 52nd nationally in hits (244) and 57th in walks (130).
  • In addition, MU ranks top 10 in the country with 58 HBP.

WEAR IT!

  • The Tigers are averaging 2.2 HBP per game to rank 10th nationally, being plunked 58 times so far this season.
  • Winthrop leads the nation with 76 HBP.
  • Mizzou has been hit five-plus times on five occasions and has been hit at least twice a dozen times.
  • Freshman Blaize Ward was hit three different times in the series finale versus New Haven and has been hit seven times (tied for the team lead) in just 47 at-bats.

KEEP STACKING BRICKS

  • The Tigers and head coach Kerrick Jackson have developed a new winning ritual: stacking bricks.
  • After each win, the Tigers add a brick to the wall, each of them resting on three black cinder blocks at the base of the wall that each display one of the team’s three core values: accountability, respect and connection.
  • The bricks themselves have a color-code black are non-conference victories, gold are SEC victories and tiger-striped brick signifies a series-clinching victory.

DEFEND THE TURF

  • Mizzou is in its first season of a brand-new turf surface at Taylor Stadium, and the Tigers are off to a 10-3 start on the new digs.
  • With their 10-0 shutout of UIC on Sunday (March 8), the Tigers officially have more home wins this season than they had all of last season, going 8-20 at Taylor Stadium in 2025.

NON-CON DOMINANCE

  • After concluding the 2025 season with a 13-11 record against non-conference opponents, the Tigers are off to a 16-4 start in 2026.
  • Last year’s Tigers clinched a winning non-con season slate for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons; only MU’s 2021 squad (7-14) failed to reach the .500 mark vs. non-SEC foes over that span.
  • Over the last 13 seasons, the Tigers’ dominance has been equally impressive, with MU winning 116 more non-conference games than it has lost (207-91).

HISTORIC OFFENSIVE OUTPUT

  • Mizzou baseball used a record-setting performance from its offense in Sunday’s series finale to earn a dominant 34-3 victory over Mount St. Mary’s on Feb. 15.
  • Missouri’s 34 runs were its second most in a single game in program history and the most since a 35-run outing in 1902.
  • As a team, the Tigers had a program-best 32 RBI, passing the previous record of 28 against Texas on April 19, 2008.
  • In addition, the Tigers’ 26 hits matched a program record that had been done just twice (2005 vs. Navy; 2008 vs. Texas).
  • Lead-off hitter Tyler Macon went 6-for-6 (eight RBI) to become the third Tiger in program history with a six-hit performance while Jase Woita, batting second, went 4-for-7 with a home run and eight RBI. The top two spots in the Tigers’ lineup combined to go 10-for-13 with 16 RBI and seven runs scored, while both Macon and Woita came up one RBI short of tying the school record (nine).
  • Left fielder Isaiah Frost was overshadowed while still having a huge day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double and five RBI.
  • Four Tigers scored four runs apiece: Macon, Chris Patterson, Jamal George and Gehrig Goldbeck.
  • Overall, 11 Tigers recorded hits while 13 players scored a run.

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