Baseball Opens Series with Run-Rule Victory Over New Haven

Friday, February 20

Fort Myers, Fla.

5 P.M.

Missouri

3-2

New Haven

0-1

New Haven

Missouri

Baseball Opens Series with Run-Rule Victory Over New Haven

2/20/2026 9:40:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Mizzou baseball earned a 12-2, seven-inning run-rule victory over New Haven on Friday night at Terry Park in the opening game of a three-game series with the Chargers.

Lefty Javyn Pimental had a strong outing in his second start of the season for the Tigers, tossing five full innings and allowing just one run on three hits, racking up a career-high 10 strikeouts.

The MU offense got on the board early with an RBI groundout from Cameron Benson in the first inning that brought Jase Woita in to score, giving the Tigers an early 1-0 lead.

In the fourth, the Tigers (3-2, 0-0 SEC) plated five runs, all with two outs in the inning. The first run came in when Benson scored on a sacrifice fly to deep center field off the bat of Eric Maisonet. Keegan Knutson then reached on an error, allowing the inning to continue before Isaiah Frost delivered a clutch two-out, two-run triple to deep right-center field. Tyler Macon followed that up with an RBI double that scored Frost before the final blow of the inning, an RBI single through the right side by Jase Woita to bring Macon home and give the Tigers a 6-1 lead through four innings.

Maisonet added another run for the Tigers in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out RBI single that drove in Chris Patterson. A Pierre Seals RBI double in the sixth inning followed by an RBI single by Benson extended the lead to 9-2.

With a run-rule victory in sight, Mizzou added three runs in the seventh to end the game after seven innings. Maisonet led the inning off with a walk before Macon drove him in a few at-bats later. Seals then delivered a two-run single through the left side of the infield to end the game by run rule, 12-2.

NOTEBOOK

Macon led the team, going 3-for-4 at the plate with four runs and two RBI, including a double and a pair of stolen bases.
Within the friendly confines of Terry Park, Macon has now reached base safely in 13-consecutive at-bats at the facility. Overall, he's reached base safely 14 of his last 17 at-bats.
Seals was also a key contributor in the win, going 2-for-5 with run and three RBI, including a double and stolen base of his own.
Pimental was dominant on the bump, throwing 5.0 innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out a career high 10 batters.
Mizzou starting pitching has now gone 5.0 innings in all five games of the season.
In five combined starts and 25.0 innings, Pimental, Josh McDevitt, Brady Kehlenbrink and JD Dohrmann have combined for a 2.16 ERA.
Frost had a solid 1-for-3 night at the dish, hitting a triple that brought two in to score – his second three-bagger of the young season.
Maisonet was also a key piece to the offense tonight, going 2-for-2 with two RBI, a run and a walk.
Freshman Luke Sullivan had a promising performance in his second collegiate outing, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen, including three strikeouts. He stranded the bases loaded after entering in the sixth to get the Tigers out of a jam.
Junior pitcher Luke Fricker made his Tiger debut, getting an out and allowing one run on two hits.

The Tigers are back at Terry Park tomorrow at 3 p.m. CT for game two and a chance to clinch the series over the Chargers. All games can be streamed on the Varsity Network by Learfield, with longtime Mizzou play-by-play announcer Tex Little on the call and Matt Michaels providing color.

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