Mizzou Baseball Begins Stretch Run, Hosts No. 5 Tennessee

Mizzou Hosts No. 5 Tennessee
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	LISTEN	STATS
Tennessee	Taylor Stadium	Friday, May 7	6:30 pm	SEC Network+	Radio	Stats
Tennessee	Taylor Stadium	Saturday, May 8	3 pm	SEC Network	Radio	Stats
Tennessee	Taylor Stadium	Sunday, May 9	1 pm	SEC Network+	Radio	Stats

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (12-29, 5-16 SEC) hosts No. 5 Tennessee (34-11, 14-7 SEC) in SEC action at Taylor Stadium this weekend.

First pitch in Friday night's series opener is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday is set for a 3 p.m. start on SEC Network before the series concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m. Games one and three will broadcast digitally on SEC Network+.

Fans can also tune-in to KTGR (105.1 FM, 100.5 FM, 1580 AM) to catch the Tigers throughout the entire 2021 season with Tex Little and Matt Michaels on the call.

The matchup

• Mizzou holds an 11-7 (does not include 2016 vacated series) edge in the all-time series against Tennessee. All 21 meetings have come during the Mizzou SEC era (since 2013).

• The Tigers are 3-3 all-time against the Vols in games played at Taylor Stadium.

• The Tigers have won four-straight series against Tennessee (2015, 17-19).

• In the most recent meeting in 2019, Mizzou claimed Saturday and Sunday wins to capture the series. The rubber match saw the Tigers erase a 7-0 deficit to take the series from the 23rd-ranked Vols.

CoLETTA CAUGHT FIRE

• Junior Mike Coletta produced his best weekend of the season with a 5-for-9 performance at Alabama.

• Coletta had a pair of two-hit days in the series, going 2-for-3 on Saturday and 2-for-2 with a walk and run scored on Sunday.

• Coletta's strong weekend bolstered his batting average by 39 points. It also marked the first time the backstop has hit in three-straight games this season.

• The catcher leads the team with a .417 average over the past five games and a .360 average over the past 10.

HALVORSEN AT HOME

• In each of his last two starts at home, redshirt sophomore Seth Halvorsen has produced career days and his best outings of the season.

• Against Texas A&M (4/2) Halvorsen spun 10 strikeouts en route to a career-long 7.0 innings while allowing just two earned runs.

• After a two-week road trip, Halvorsen returned to the bump at Taylor Stadium with another stellar performance to limit Georgia (4/23) to just one run on one hit in seven innings.

• Halvorsen carried a no-hitter into the fifth against UGA before a two-out single produced the only hit and run on his ledger.

• Outside of a hiccup against Vanderbilt, Halvorsen has worked to a 1.42 ERA in 19.0 innings in his other three starts at Taylor Stadium this season. Opponents hit just .086 against Halvorsen in those three outings.

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• vs. Tennessee (May 7-9)

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