@MIZZOUBASEBALL // @BIESERSR // #C2E WEEK Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. 10 Simmons Field at Taylor Stadium (3,031) 26-11 7-8 23-13 6-0 L5: 3-2 L10: 5-5 CBN: NR CP: NR VS L5: 2-3 L10: 6-4 BA: NR CP: NR Head Coach: Steve Bieser - 164-108 (5th)/ 26-11 (1st) Head Coach: Keith Guttin - 1,198-752 (35th)/same WEEK SCHEDULE... IN-STATE RIVAL MISSOURI STATE VISITS TAYLOR STADIUM... Date Time (CT) Opponent Coverage ^ Mizzou Baseball closes a six-game homestand Tuesday night against in-state foe Missouri State, renewing one of college Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Missouri St. SEC Network+, KTGR baseball’s best rivalries. The game will air live on SEC Network+ and KTGR in the Mid-Missouri area and first pitch is set for Friday 6:30 p.m. at Ole Miss SEC Network+, KTGR 6:30 p.m. at Taylor Stadium. Saturday 4 p.m. at Ole Miss SEC Network+, KTGR ^ Sunday 1:30 p.m. at Ole Miss SEC Network+, KTGR Dating back to 2012, the series has been a back-and-forth affair, with the series tied at 5-5. However, Missouri State has won three of the last four after winning both meetings in 2015 with a split last year. Mizzou has won three of the last five meetings played at Taylor Stadium with the only losses in that span coming in 2015 and 2013. The 2013 contest scheduled for Taylor Stadium was rained out before being postponed later in April. ^ With 26 wins, Mizzou Baseball has already matched its win total from a year ago. With 19 regular season games remaining, Mizzou is on pace for its best win total in quite some time under first-year head coachSteve Bieser. Mizzou has won 30+ games just twice since 2010 (33 in 2012, 30 in 2015) and is on pace to break the 30-win plateau this season. Mizzou is also 7-8 in SEC play after winning just nine games in conference a year ago. Mizzou’s best SEC win total was 15 in 2015. ^ Mizzou had quite the week offensively last week, slugging 11 homers over five games. Nine of the 11 homers came from juniors Trey Harris and Brett Bond who had five and four, respectively. Freshman OFKameron Misner and sophomore 1B Brian Sharp had the other two. What made Harris and Bond’s performances stand out was that eight of those nine homers came over the weekend vs. SEC East-leading Kentucky. Harris homered in four consecutive at-bats, including a three-homer game Saturday. Bond hit a pair of homers Saturday as well and hit solo shots on Friday and Sunday. Mizzou is on pace for 52 homers this year, which would be the most by a Mizzou team since 2010. Trey Harris ON THE AIR Junior // OF ^ Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week SEC NETWORK+ ^ Blasted three homers in game two against PBP: Ben Arnet COLOR: Tim Jamieson Kentucky marking the first three-homer outing by a Mizzou player since Jacob Priday knocked four on April 11, 2008 TIGER RADIO NETWORK ^ Finished the series batting .363 (4-for-11) with PBP: Tex Little COLOR: Matt Michaels five RBI and four walks ^ Has reached base in 10 consecutive games and KTGR - 100.5/105.1 FM // 1580 AM ended his hitting streak at nine games ^ Places third in the SEC in slugging percentage TUES. (.603), fourth in RBI (40) and tied for fourth in homers (11). ^ Hitting .353/.463/1.059 w/ 8 HRs over last 9 78°/62° games with 14 RBI, 12 runs, 6 BBs Precip: 20% ^ Mizzou junior OF Trey Harris was named Collegiate ^ Mizzou will send junior RHP Andy Toelken to the mound ^ Mizzou has hit the home stretch of its schedule with Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week, on Tuesday night to face Missouri State’s Austin Knight. five weeks remaining in the regular season. Of Mizzou’s announced Monday. He is the first Mizzou player to earn Toelken is coming off of his best start in a Missouri remaining 19 games, 17 are against teams currently in the distinction since Tanner Houck took home the award uniform last Tuesday against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He the RPI top 50. Mizzou sits at No. 53 in this week’s RPI. on March 28 of last season. This is the first time Harris tossed his first Division I complete game in that start The Tigers played just nine games vs. RPI top 50 in the has earned the award as well. and allowed just two hits while striking out a career-high first 37 and have a chance to improve their RPI and NCAA ^ Harris had a monster week for Mizzou, helping the Tigers seven. The two hits he allowed were back-to-back two- Tournament resume over the final five weeks. Mizzou is to a 3-2 record in five games. Harris slugged five homers, out knocks after he took a no-hitter through 5.2 innings. 4-5 vs. RPI top-50 teams. Below are the four wins: including homering in four consecutive at-bats during the He allowed a double that just clipped the left field line - Kentucky (#7) Kentucky series on Friday and Saturday. Harris homered and then a single that just sailed over the glove of SS - Arkansas (#18) three times in the Saturday game, making him the first Chris Cornelius as he missed the no-hit bid and shutout - Houston (RPI #14) Tiger with three homers in a game since Jacob Priday hit by less than a foot. It will be his first start vs. Missouri St. - Western Carolina (RPI #93) a school-record four in a 31-12 win over Texas on April ^ Knight is making his second career start against Mizzou. 11, 2008. Harris now sits third in the SEC with 11 homers, Last year, Knight tossed 5.0 shutout innings, allowing just PITCHING MATCHUPS the most by a Mizzou player since 2012. He drove in eight five hits with five strikeouts in his third win of the season, runs last week and scored seven more. a 16-1 triumph for Missouri State. Tuesday ^ Over his last nine games, Harris is hitting .353/.463/1.059 ^ The two teams split last year’s series. MO State won 16-1 RHP Andy Toelken (2-1, 3.46 ERA) with eight homers, 14 RBI, 12 runs and six walks. in Springfield. Mizzou won 17-6 in Columbia. RHP Austin Knight (2-1, 3.41 ERA) #COMMITTOEXCELLENCE 22 21 6 1954 3-time @MIZZOUBASEBALL Regionals Conference College World College World College World Titles Series Series Champs Runner-Up @MIZZOUBASEBALL 2017 SCHEDULE & NOTES Feb. vs. E.Michigan Fort Myers, Fla. KTGR L, 6-2 // W, 27-9 3-1 After dropping season opener, Mizzou explodes 17-19 Mizzou (15-5) City of Palms Park W, 6-5 // W, 7-2 for 40 runs over final three games. Feb. Kleberg Bank Classic Corpus Christi, Texas KTGR W, 7-6 // W, 4-2 4-0 Mizzou wins the tournament for second time 23-26 A&M CC, Houston, Illinois Whataburger Field W, 9-0 // W, 7-6 FR LHP T.J. Sikkema named tourney MVP March vs. Illinois-Chicago Columbia, Mo. KTGR W, 7-2 // W, 6-4 3-0 Mizzou opens home slate with UIC 3-5 Mizzou (13-4) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ W, 11-10 Tigers swept Flames last year in Columbia March vs. Eastern Illinois Columbia, Mo. KTGR W, 10-1 1-0 Bond tallies first five-hit game for a Tiger since 7 Mizzou (8-0) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ 2011 to back solid pitching outing March vs. Western Carolina Columbia, Mo. KTGR W, 7-6 (10) 1-0 Robbie Glendinning tallies 10th-inning walk-off 8 Mizzou (1-0) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ RBI single to extend winning streak to 12. March vs. Appalachian St. Columbia, Mo. KTGR W, 4-0 // W, 7-1 3-0 Mizzou sweeps Appalachian State, allowing 10-12 Mizzou (3-0) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ W, 3-2 just three runs over the three-game series March vs. Chicago St. Columbia, Mo. KTGR CANCEL // W, 7-6 (13) 1-0 Mizzou tallies fifth walk-off win and fourth in 14-15 Mizzou (5-0) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ seven games to extend streak to 16 wins March at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. KTGR W, 3-0 // W, 7-5 3-0 Mizzou earns first SEC road sweep since 3/15/15 17-19 Mizzou (6-4) Sewell-Thomas Stadium SEC Network W, 9-5 at Georgia, extending winning streak to 19 March vs. Little Rock Columbia, Mo. KTGR W, 11-8 1-0 Mizzou extends win streak to 20, second-best 21 Tied (2-2) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ in school history March vs. Arkansas Columbia, Mo. KTGR, SEC Network (Sat.) L, 9-2 // W, 7-2 1-2 Mizzou sees 20-game win streak snapped 24-26 Mizzou (31-26-1) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ (Fri., Sun.) L, 9-8 as Arkansas takes weekend series March vs. SEMO Columbia, Mo. KTGR L, 6-5 0-1 Steve Bieser drops initial matchup with former 28 Mizzou (23-13) Taylor Stadium SEC Network + team thanks to four-run fifth inning March 31 vs. Florida Columbia, Mo. KTGR L,4-3 // L, 2-1 0-3 Mizzou drops all three games in series, all by - April 2 Florida (17-4) Taylor Stadium SEC Network+ L, 2-1 one run April vs. Illinois Sauget, Ill. KTGR L, 5-3 0-1 Mizzou gives up three homers as Illinois 4 Tied (14-14) GCS Ballpark wins third straight meeting at GCS April at Georgia Athens, Ga.