COLUMBIA, Mo. – Set for his fourth season at the helm in Mid-Missouri, Mizzou Baseball head coach Steve Bieser announced the upcoming 2020 schedule Wednesday. The Tigers' regular season will consist of 53 total games (26 home, 27 away/neutral) with the season opener slated for Feb. 14-16 at Jacksonville State.
The 2020 schedule will feature nine NCAA Tournament qualifiers from a season ago, highlighted by five home series versus NCAA Tournament qualifying Southeastern Conference opponents.
The complete 2020 Mizzou Baseball schedule is available at MUTigers.com.
The Tigers open their schedule with nine consecutive away games, beginning with an aforementioned three-game series at 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Champion Jacksonville State. Mizzou then visits the state of Texas in back to back weekends. The Tigers will meet Kansas State, Utah and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi from Feb. 21-23 at Whataburger Field, home of the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Houston Astros' Double-A affiliate.
Mizzou concludes its early-season road stint with the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic from Feb. 28 – March 1 at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. The Tigers will meet former Big 12 Conference foes Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas over a three-day stretch.
Mizzou's 2020 home debut is slated from March 6-8 for a three-game series against Western Illinois. The Tigers conclude their first homestand from March 10-11 with a brief two-game series versus Northern Illinois.
The Tigers visit Alabama from March 13-15 for their SEC-opening series. Mizzou quickly returns home for a March 18 contest against Iowa, followed by its SEC home-opening series versus Auburn from March 20-22.
Coach Bieser and the Tigers will then alternate weekends on the road and at Taylor Stadium for the remainder of the 2020 regular season. Mizzou will trek to Southeast Missouri from March 24-25, followed by a weekend series at South Carolina from March 27-29.
After a matchup at Taylor Stadium versus SIU-Edwardsville on March 31, the Tigers begin a new month of action against Tennessee at Taylor Stadium from April 3-5. Mizzou concludes its homestand with an April 7 contest against in-state rival Saint Louis.
Following a three-game road trip at Florida from April 9-11, the Tigers will then host a season-long six-game homestand in Mid-Missouri. Mizzou welcomes Arkansas-Pine Bluff to town from April 14-15, followed by an SEC series versus Georgia from April 17-19. The Tigers wrap up the homestand with a single-game matchup against Missouri State on April 21.
Mizzou heads back on the road from April 23-25 for a Thursday-Saturday series at Kentucky. The Tigers' 2020 non-conference finale is slated for April 28 at Missouri State. The final month of the season features three-straight SEC series, opening with a three-game set at Taylor Stadium from May 1-3 against defending NCAA National Champion Vanderbilt.
Mizzou's SEC road-series finale will occur from May 8-10 at Mississippi State, one of three Tiger opponents who qualified for the College World Series a season ago. The 2020 regular season finale will take place at Taylor Stadium from May 14-16, as Texas A&M makes the trek to Columbia, Missouri.
Postseason play opens May 19 in Hoover, Alabama, for the annual SEC Baseball Tournament.
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