Missouri
17-10, 1-6
Texas A&M
20-5, 3-4
Baseball’s Comeback Bid Falls Short as No. 25 Aggies Take Game One, 11-9
3/27/2026 10:50:00 PM | Baseball
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou baseball's comeback effort fell short in the series opener against No. 25 Texas A&M, as the Tigers rallied back from a nine-run deficit, eventually falling 11-9 on Friday night at Taylor Stadium.
Right-hander Josh McDevitt worked through some trouble early in the first inning, but limited Texas A&M (20-5, 3-4 SEC) to just one run. The Tigers (17-10, 1-6 SEC) answered in the second, tying the game at one run apiece. Cameron Benson led off the frame with a double to deep right field before being driven in later in the inning on a Donovan Jordan sacrifice fly.
The Aggies had a big fourth inning, pushing across seven runs on five hits against a trio of Tiger arms to take an 8-1 lead. Texas A&M added two more runs in the fifth inning to grow its lead to 10-1.
Mizzou responded with a massive inning of its own, striking for a six-run fifth. With one out, Keegan Knutson began the Tigers' rally with a single, followed by consecutive hits from the next four batters, including RBI singles from Pierre Seals and Jase Woita, cutting the deficit to six. With Woita's RBI single, he extended his on-base streak to 22 games. Benson added to the offensive outburst, cashing in with a frozen rope three-run shot to make it 10-7.
Redshirt-sophomore LHP Jackson Sobel worked 2.2 scoreless innings for the Tigers, allowing just one hit and striking out three to keep it a three-run game.
A home run by Woita and an RBI single from Mateo Serna continued the comeback effort in the seventh, adding two more runs to the Mizzou column and making it a one-run game.
In the eighth, the Tigers were unable to capitalize on a lead-off double from Kam Durnin after he knocked his third hit of the game.
Freshman Eli Skidmore relieved Sobel to start the eighth and posted a pair of hitless innings, surrendering one run on a fielder's choice in the ninth. The Tigers were unable to string together anything in the bottom half of the ninth as the comeback effort ultimately fell short.
NOTEBOOK
- Benson notched his eighth multi-hit game of the season after going 2-for-3 at the plate with a three-run homer, a double and a pair of walks. He also scored three runs of his own.
- Durnin extended his on-base streak to 14-consecutive games with a single to lead off the first. He finished the day 3-for-4 with a double and a pair of singles. It marked Durnin's fourth multi-hit game of the campaign in just 15 games played.
- Seals extended his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games after going 2-for-5 at the dish with a pair of singles en route to driving in two runs.
- With a single from Peer tonight, he has now reached base safely in 15-consecutive games – every game he's played in this season.
- With an RBI single in the fifth inning, Woita extended his on-base streak to 22 games – the longest by any Tiger this season. He added his fifth homerun of the season with a solo shot in the seventh, finishing 2-for-4 at the plate.
- Sobel was strong out of the bullpen, tossing 2.2 hitless innings, giving up a walk and punching out three to keep the Tigers comeback hopes alive.
- Skidmore pitched the final two innings and allowed just one run with two walks and no hits allowed, giving up just a run on a fielder's choice. He also fanned three batters.
The Tigers return to Taylor Stadium tomorrow for game two of the three-game set with the 25th-ranked Aggies. Saturday's first pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT where the Tigers will aim to even the series. Lefty Brady Kehlenbrink will make his seventh start of the season for the Tigers as he aims to improve to 4-2.
The entire series can be streamed live on SEC Network+. All games can also 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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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Vargas, Juan (2-0)
L: McDevitt, Josh (3-2)
S: Freshcorn, Clayton (6)
Batting:
2B: Harrison, Bear 1 ; Hacopian, Chris 1 ; Kellner, Boston 1 ; Wilson, Jorian 1
HR: Sorrell, Caden 1 ; Wilson, Jorian 1
RBI: Sorrell, Caden 3 ; Kiel II, Terrence 2 ; Hacopian, Chris 1 ; Partida, Nico 1 ; Wilson, Jorian 3
SH: Binderup, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sorrell, Caden 2 ; Kiel II, Terrence 1 ; Harrison, Bear 1 ; Grahovac, Gavin 2 ; Hacopian, Chris 2 ; Kellner, Boston 1 ; Partida, Nico 1 ; Wilson, Jorian 1
SB: Sorrell, Caden 1 ; Kiel II, Terrence 1 ; Grahovac, Gavin 1 ; Hacopian, Chris 1 ; Partida, Nico 1 ; Wilson, Jorian 1
HBP: Sorrell, Caden 1 ; Harrison, Bear 1 ; Grahovac, Gavin 1 ; Kellner, Boston 1
Batting:
2B: Benson, Cameron 1 ; Durnin, Kam 1
HR: Benson, Cameron 1 ; Woita, Jase 1
RBI: Benson, Cameron 3 ; Seals, Pierre 2 ; Woita, Jase 2 ; Jordan, Donovan 1 ; Serna, Mateo 1
SF: Jordan, Donovan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Benson, Cameron 3 ; Seals, Pierre 1 ; Peer, Kaden 1 ; Knutson, Keegan 1 ; Woita, Jase 2 ; Durnin, Kam 1
CS: Durnin, Kam 1
HBP: Woita, Jase 1 ; Durnin, Kam 1
