Baseball Falls to South Carolina in 1-0 Pitchers’ Duel

Friday, April 10

Columbia, Mo.

6 P.M.

Missouri

20-16, 3-11

South Carolina

17-19, 4-10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
South Carolina	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Missouri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Brady Kehlenbrink vs. South Carolina, April 10, 2026

Baseball Falls to South Carolina in 1-0 Pitchers’ Duel

4/10/2026 10:14:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou baseball dropped game two of its three game Southeastern Conference set with South Carolina by a final score of 1-0.

Lefty Brady Kehlenbrink was strong on the mound for the Tigers (20-16, 3-11 SEC) in his ninth start of the season, tossing a career-high 7.1 innings while giving up just one run (unearned) on two South Carolina (17-19, 4-10 SEC) hits while punching out 10 Gamecocks.

South Carolina was able to plate a run in the fourth with a triple and a two-out error by the Missouri defense, giving the Gamecocks a 1-0 lead, which proved to be costly.

Mizzou presented its best threat in the home half of the fifth thanks to a pair of base hits by Kaden Peer and Mateo Serna, but a failed bunt attempt with runners at the corners and one out sent the scoring bid wayward.

Kehlenbrink had a great outing and gave the Tigers a chance, throwing 7.1 innings and giving up one run (unearned), two hits and sat down 10 South Carolina batters via the punchout. Kehlenbrink had his career long outing and has now recorded 10 or more strikeouts without giving up a walk in a game twice this season.

Righty Trey Lawrence came out of the bullpen for the Tigers with one out in the eighth and Missouri trailing 1-0. He managed to throw 1.2 scoreless innings where he gave up just one hit and punched out three Gamecocks, twice stranding a runner in scoring position.

With Mizzou down 1-0 in the ninth, Blaize Ward led off the inning with a single to left center and Kam Durnin followed up with a bunt down the left field line for a single to give the Tigers runners on first and second with nobody out, but they were unable to find the equalizer.

NOTEBOOK

Kehlenbrink was dominant on the mound, throwing 7.1 innings where he gave up just one run (unearned), two hits and punched out 10 Gamecocks. The lefty set a new career high with 7.1 innings pitched and has now recorded seven or more strikeouts in five of his nine outings this season.
With 102 pitches this evening, this marks the second time in his career that Kehlenbrink has thrown 100-plus pitches, with the first occurrence coming earlier this season against Auburn where he threw 103 pitches.
This was also the second outing this season where Kehlenbrink has recorded 10 or more strikeouts and zero walks.
Durnin led the Mizzou offense, going 2-for-4 with a pair of singles.
Lawrence was solid out of the bullpen, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings where he gave up just one hit and struck out three batters.

Missouri returns to Taylor Stadium tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. CT for the series finale against South Carolina. 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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