Road Test Against Texas A&M on Tap for Baseball

Missouri Tigers (13-35, 0-24 SEC) at Texas A&M Aggies (27-20, 10-14 SEC)
Series Details	College Station, Texas • Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100)
Game 1	Friday, May 9 • 6 p.m.
Game 2	Saturday, May 10 • 2 p.m.
Game 3	Sunday, May 11 • 1 p.m.
Watch	SEC Network+
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – University of Missouri baseball embarks on its final Southeastern Conference road trip of the season when the Tigers travel to College Station for a three-game set against Texas A&M at Blue Bell Park.

The Tigers and Aggies will meet on the diamond for the 97th time to open the weekend Friday, with Texas A&M holding a 55-39-2 all-time lead in a series which dates back to 1966.

Each of this weekend's games will be streamed live on SEC Network+, with Will Johnson and Boomer White describing the action; the game will also be produced by the Tiger Radio Network for local broadcast on
KTGR AM/FM, as well as for streaming via the Varsity Network app, with Tex Little and Matt Michaels on the call.

PITCHING PROBABLES

Game 1 – Friday, May 9 (6 p.m.) - LHP Brady Kehlenbrink (Mizzou) vs. LHP Ryan Prager (Texas A&M)
Game 2 – Saturday, May 10 (2 p.m.) – RHP Sam Horn (Mizzou) vs. LHP Justin Lamkin (Texas A&M)
Game 3 – Sunday, May 11 (1 p.m.) – LHP Wil Libbert (Mizzou) vs. LHP Myles Patton (Texas A&M)

SERIES HISTORY

Texas A&M leads the all-time series with Missouri by a 55-39-2 margin.
The Aggies also hold a 33-19-2 edge in games played on their home field.
Since 1997 when the Tigers and Aggies squared off as league foes for the first time as members of the Big 12, Texas A&M owns a 38-32 advantage over Mizzou.
A&M is 12-6-1 vs. MU during SEC play since 2013.
The two clubs last met in College Station in April 2023, with Texas A&M taking two of the three matchups; the Aggies ran away with wins of 13-5 and 13-1 in the first two games of the series, before the Tigers bounced back to salvage the finale by a 13-5 score.

SCOUTING MISSOURI

Missouri is coming off a 23-32 campaign last spring in head coach Kerrick Jackson's first season at the helm.
Jackson, who earned his 100th career coaching victory February 15 vs. UConn, was named the 15th head coach in Mizzou history in June 2023, returning to Columbia to lead a program for which he served as an assistant coach from 2011-15 under Mizzou Hall of Fame head coach (and current pitching coach) Tim Jamieson.
Mizzou is off to a 13-35 start to the season after dropping its final non-conference game of 2025 to Kansas Tuesday evening in Columbia.
The Tigers return four position starters from last season, led by junior INF Jackson Lovich, who batted .287 with 10 homers and 35 RBIs, while ranking second in the SEC in triples (4); the Overland Park, Kan., native has been red-hot at the plate, hitting .375 (48-for-128) with eight home runs and 36 RBIs, as well as hits in 28 of his last 36 games since Feb. 28.
Sophomore OF Kaden Peer reached base safely in 21 consecutive games from Feb. 23-April 2; he leads the Tigers with 12 steals, while logging five home runs, 28 RBIs and 31 runs scored.
Additionally, newcomers OF Pierre Seals, DH Gehrig Goldbeck, OF Cameron Benson, INF Peyton Basler, INF Keegan Knutson, OF Tyler Macon, INF Chris Patterson, OF Brady Picarelli and 1B/OF Cayden Nicoletto have made an immediate impact on the Tigers' offensive fortunes.
Nicoletto, in particular, has been pivotal for MU, hitting .283 with six homers and 22 RBIs through the first 48 games of the season.
Patterson burst onto the scene in April, driving in 16 runs in his last 24 contests since March 29; he brings a team-best eight doubles on the season into this weekend's series.
Seals has been red-hot over the same stretch, batting a team-leading .338 while slugging .535 with four home runs in his last 22 contests.
C/1B Mateo Serna's season totals of seven homers and 31 RBIs both rank second on the squad, while the sophomore has thrown out nine would-be basestealers.
On the mound, senior RHP Kaden Jacobi has recorded 45 punchouts in 42.0 innings.
Graduate LHP Ian Lohse is enjoying his best season as a Tiger after registering 41 strikeouts in just 32.2 innings of work.
LHP Kadden Drew and redshirt freshman LHP Wil Libbert have combined for five mound victories and 73 strikeouts over their 76.2 total innings thus far.
RHP Ben Smith has logged 11 scoreless outings in a team-high 21 appearances, while RHPs Xavier Lovett and PJ Green have combined for all three of the Tigers' saves this spring.

QUICK HITS

Missouri pitching has fanned 393 batters in 390.1 innings this season, marking the 29th time in the last 30 years the Tigers have topped the 300-K plateau.
Mizzou has recorded five 15-hit performances to surpass its 2024 season total of three, as well as 21 double-digit hit totals, in 48 contests this spring.
Led by Kaden Peer with 12 steals, the Tigers' running game has netted 63 steals in 84 attempts.
Peer has been hit by 17 pitches this season, which is tied for sixth in the SEC; he has 25 HBPs for his Mizzou career.
MU ranks sixth in the SEC with a 1.31 steals-per-game average, which projects the Tigers to steal 72 bases over their 55-game slate; that total represent the No. 9 season total in program history.
Mizzou has recorded 27 sacrifice bunts this season, which rates as the second-best total in the SEC and ranks 51st nationally.
Led by two triples apiece by Jackson Lovich, Tyler Macon and Brock Daniels, the Tigers rank third in the SEC with their 14 triples.
The Tigers also rank third in the SEC and 39th nationally in HBPs with 89 on the season; that total currently ranks as the sixth-best single-season total in program history.
Lovich has logged team-best totals of 14 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI performances; the junior is hitting .301 in SEC play, as well as a team-best .447 (21-for-47) with runners in scoring position.
Pierre Seals recorded his 100th career hit in last Sunday's game vs. Georgia, after Brock Lucas topped the 100-strikeout plateau in Saturday's contest.
Ben Smith's 21 mound appearances are tied for sixth in the SEC.
Mizzou's catching combination of Jedier Hernandez and Mateo Serna has already teamed up to nail 16 baserunners this season, surpassing their 2024 season total of 15.

SCOUTING TEXAS A&M

Under first-year head coach Michael Earley, the Aggies are off to a 27-20 start to the season.
Texas A&M enters Friday's contest batting .273 as a team, while averaging 7.6 runs per contest.
Pacing the Aggies offense has been Sophomore OF Caden Sorrell, who brings a .346 batting mark, .802 slugging percentage and 10 home runs in just 22 games this spring.
Junior OF Jace LaViolette ranks second in the SEC with his 47 walks and leads the Aggies with 15 home runs and 53 RBIs.
Freshman INF/OF Terrence Kiel II leads the club with 11 steals to go along with his .316 average.
On the mound, Texas A&M has logged a 4.16 team ERA through its first 47 games, which is sixth-best figure in the SEC.
The Aggies' rotation has been anchored the same trio throughout the season, led by LHP Ryan Prager, who brings a 3-3 mark and 3.76 ERA into Friday's contest.
LHP Justin Lamkin holds down the No. 2 spot in the weekend rotation and has a team-leading 75 strikeouts, which ranks as the No. 10 total among all SEC pitchers.
LHP Myles Patton (3-3, 70 K's in 63.2 IP) holds the No. 3 position in the rotation, while RHP Weston Moss (6-2, 2.16 ERA, 43 K's) and RHP Brad Rudis (1-1, 3.42 ERA, 28 K's) have been the Aggies most consistent weapons out of the bullpen.

LAST TIME WE MET

Mizzou scored early and often against Texas A&M, riding a career-best seven-RBI afternoon by Luke Mann to a 13-5 victory over the Aggies in the final contest of the two clubs' three-game series at Blue Bell Park on April 15, 2023.
Mann homered twice and drove in runs in each of the Tigers' four scoring rallies as part of a 3-for-4 performance that helped lift Mizzou to its first SEC road victory of the 2023 season.
After being held to one run on five hits in Friday's 13-1 setback, the Tigers broke out the bats early in the series finale, sending 10 men to the plate while scoring four times in the first inning.
With one out, Mann set the tone for the rally, driving a 1-0 pitch from A&M starter Carson Lambert over the wall in right to hand Mizzou a one-run lead.
The Tigers weren't done, as Dalton Bargo coaxed a two-out walk, before Hank Zeisler singled. Tre Morris punctuated the rally by lifting a long drive to left for his first home run of the season and a 4-0 MU edge.
After the Aggies chipped away at the lead to pull to within a single run, the Tigers responded in the fourth, after a Matt Garcia single, a walk to Cam Chick and a hit batsman loaded the bases with nobody out. Mann drew ball four to force home a run, and Trevor Austin lofted a sac fly, before Ty Wilmsmeyer trotted home on a double-steal attempt to make it a 7-3 contest.
Mann struck again in the sixth, belting a no-doubt, two-run homer to right-center after a Wilmsmeyer single. The Tigers put the game on ice with a four-run seventh, with Mann delivering a bases-loaded double that hiked the Tiger lead to nine runs.

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

Mizzou enters the weekend with 89 hit-by-pitches as a team, a total that ranks third in the SEC and 31st nationally.
The Tigers' current total is tied for the sixth-best total in program history, 19 HBPs behind the 2005 club's school record of 108.
MU is one HBP shy of cracking the program's top five (90 in 2009) and two shy of the No. 4 position on the chart (91 in 2022).
Kaden Peer has been plunked a team-high 17 times this spring, good for No. 3 average (0.40) of HBPs in the SEC and the No. 6 total in school history.
Peer has been hit 25 times in 81 career contests, which leads all active Mizzou players.
A total of 13 Mizzou players have been hit by a pitch this season, including five who have drawn at least eight free passes by being struck by a pitch — Peer (17), Mateo Serna (11), Peyton Basler (10), Brock Daniels (10) and Gehrig Goldbeck (9).

TIGERS AT THE TURNSTILES

For the third year in a row, Mizzou baseball fans are leaving their mark at the Taylor Stadium turnstiles, with the Tigers averaging 1,376 spectators per home date this season, a figure that ranks as the third-best in program history.
Additionally, Mizzou's season total of 28,910 fans ranks as the No. 5 figure in program history with three home dates left on the schedule; the Tigers would need to draw 827 fans (276 per game) to climb to No. 4 on the list, and 1,540 (514 per game) to crack the top three seasons on the list.
This spring the Tigers have registered 18 crowds of 1,000 or more spectators in their 20 home dates, including an average of 1,539 in SEC play.
With their announced crowd of 1,395 spectators for the final home game of the 2024 season vs. Auburn (May 12), the Tigers established a program single-season record for total attendance, finishing with 39,167 in 28 home dates.
Additionally, the Tigers' average 2024 home crowd of 1,399 ranked second all-time in program history, trailing only their 2023 average of 1,614.

OFF AND RUNNING

Missouri bolted from the starting gate offensively, thanks at least in part to a consistent running game that has resulted in the Tigers swiping 63 bases in its first 48 games.
Mizzou is 63-of-84 in stolen base attempts to date, including a streak of at least one steal in 11 consecutive games (Feb. 15-March 2).
Mizzou's 63 steals rank sixth in the SEC.
Kaden Peer (12-for-13) and Jackson Lovich (7-for-7) have led the Tigers' charge on the basepaths, combining to go 19-of-20 in steal attempts this season.
In their Feb. 25 victory over Lindenwood, the Tigers went 6-for-6 in steal attempts, logging their first six-steal performance since Feb. 19, 2022 vs. Nicholls.
In the Tigers' 23 wins last season, MU baserunners were successful on 33-of-41 steal attempts.
With their average of 1.31 steals-per-game, the Tigers are projected to steal 72 bases this spring, which would rate as the No. 10 total in program history.
In all, 15 different Tigers have successfully swiped at least one base this season.

IN THE CLUTCH

The Tigers have produced an average of 5.8 runs per contest over their first 48 games thanks in large part to a lineup that has received balanced production in the clutch.
As a team, Missouri is batting .281 (135-for-480) with runners in scoring position, including .323 (20-for-62) with the bases loaded.
Jackson Lovich has been the Tigers top performer in such situations, hitting .447 (21-for-47) with runners in scoring position and 4-for-7 with the bases full.
Lovich has also been Mizzou's top two-out hitter, recording a team-best 16 two-out RBIs while hitting .375 in such instances.
Peyton Basler has logged four hits with the bases loaded, and Cayden Nicoletto has hit .341 with runners in scoring position.
Brady Picarelli has been the Tigers' top hitter with runners aboard, batting .423 in such situations.

MILESTONE WATCH

Several Tigers have reached or are approaching career milestones this season, most recently with OF Pierre Seals reaching the 100-hit standard for his Division I career in Sunday's setback to No. 9 Georgia.
Seals became the third Tiger to top the 100-hit mark this season after Cameron Benson achieved the feat on April 6 at Arkansas and INF Jackson Lovich also reached the plateau on April 12 at Florida.
Lovich also reached the 20-homer milestone for his career in Tuesday's game vs. Kansas, belting the game-tying solo shot in the fourth inning.
On the mound, Brock Lucas topped the 100-strikeout barrier for his Mizzou career with his five K's in Saturday's game vs. Georgia.
Ian Lohse is just four strikeouts away from the 150-mark for his career, while Tony Neubeck (98) is within striking distance of joining both Lohse and Lucas in the 100-K club.

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Trevor Austin

Peyton Basler

Cameron Benson

Brock Daniels

Kadden Drew

Matt Garcia

Gehrig Goldbeck

PJ Green

Jedier Hernandez

Sam Horn

Kaden Jacobi

Brady Kehlenbrink

Keegan Knutson

Wil Libbert

Ian Lohse

Xavier Lovett

Jackson Lovich

Brock Lucas

Tyler Macon

Tony Neubeck

Cayden Nicoletto

Chris Patterson

Kaden Peer

Brady Picarelli

Pierre Seals

Mateo Serna

Ben Smith

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