No. 18/20 Mizzou Softball Wins Another Hard-Fought Contest Over No. 24/25 Auburn

Saturday, March 27

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11 a.m. CT

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No. 18/20 Mizzou Softball Wins Another Hard-Fought Contest Over No. 24/25 Auburn

3/27/2021 5:07:00 PM | Softball

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 18/20 Mizzou Softball came out on top against No. 24/25 Auburn Tigers with a final score of 6-5, taking a 2-0 series lead.

Mizzou broke out of their offensive slump from the day before and put a six spot on the board. The home Tigers put the first run in the box score with Imani Myint coming home on a groundout to second. Auburn countered the Mizzou score by putting four runs on the board in the top of the third.

Mizzou's offense fully woke up in the bottom half of the third with a single to left by Jenna Laird and with Hatti Moore reaching on a fielder's choice. Kimberly Wert would then launch a homer over the left field wall to bring everyone home to knot the game up at four.

Auburn would take the lead once again in top of the fourth by adding another run to the board for their last score of the day. Jenna Laird drove in two runs with an RBI single to center in the fourth that gave Mizzou the one run lead that they didn't look back from. Megan Schumacher had a very solid relief outing for Mizzou in the circle this afternoon, keeping Auburn out of the run column for the final three innings of the game to secure the victory for Mizzou. The righty only gave up three hits and grabbed two strikeouts on the day.

TURNING POINT

In the top of the fourth, Auburn hit a solo home run to put the visiting Tigers up by one in the game. Kendyll Bailey walked to open up the bottom half of the fourth and was pinch ran for by Kendal Cook. Abby George singled to third and advanced Cook to second, and they both moved up on a Brooke Wilmes groundout. Jenna Laird delivered in the clutch moment and brought Cook and George home on a single up the middle to put the Tigers ahead 6-5, and would end up being the final score in the contest.

TOP TIGERS

Jenna Laird had a nice offensive outing on the day with two hits with the second providing the winning run for Missouri.

Kimberly Wert moved up to seventh on Mizzou's all-time home run list today with her three-run homer. She now has 33 dingers at Mizzou and 38 for her collegiate career.

Megan Schumacher pitched 4.1 innings of one run relief pitching today, keeping the Auburn bats off the board for the final three innings.

Casidy Chaumont went 2-for-3 at the plate today while also stealing a base.

NOTES

Jenna Laird had her 10th multi-hit game and seventh multi-RBI game of the season with her performance today

Mizzou has homered in seven-straight games.

The Tigers stole multiple bases for the 13th time this season.

Mizzou is 24-1 this year when holding their opponent to five or fewer runs.

UP NEXT

Mizzou will look to sweep the series against Auburn and earn their fourth SEC victory tomorrow at 12 pm CT on SEC Network+.

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