COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball (3-5) is set to travel to the Frisco College Baseball Classic for four games at Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas. The Tigers are slated to face Dallas Baptist (5-2) on Thursday and Friday before taking on Oklahoma (4-3) and Arizona (6-2) in single games on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Mizzou opens the tournament with an 8 p.m. CT first pitch against Dallas Baptist on Thursday and will meet the Patriots again at 6 p.m. CT, Friday. The Tigers will take on Oklahoma Saturday night in a 7 p.m. CT first pitch before wrapping up the weekend against Arizona at noon on Sunday.
Fans can tune-in to KTGR (105.1 FM, 100.5 FM, 1580 AM) Friday-Sunday and throughout the entire 2021 season, as Tex Little and Matt Michaels will be on the radio airwaves.
SERIES HISTORY
• Mizzou and Dallas Baptist are meeting for just the second and third time in series history. Mizzou captured the only previous meeting, 11-7, in 2007.
• The Tigers and Sooners meet for the 262nd time on the diamond but just the second since Mizzou’s move to the SEC. The Tigers won in walk-off fashion over the Sooners a year ago when Peter Zimmerman roped a ground-rule double in the bottom of the 10th.
• Mizzou and Arizona will meet for the fifth time on Sunday with the Wildcats capturing all four previous meetings. The most recent meeting came in the 2012 Tucson Regional, a 15-3 win for Arizona.
STREAKING STARTS
• Three Mizzou starters have hit in every game to open the young season.
• Senior Mark Vierling has hit in all eight games and leads Mizzou with 11 hits on the season. The middle infielder is hitting .367 with six RBIs to start the campaign.
• Junior middle infielder Joshua Day also has hit in all seven contests he has appeared in. Day leads the Tigers with a .400 batting average and his .556 on-base percentage.
• Senior Chad McDaniel carries a seven-game hitting streak of his own into the weekend. The designated hitter leads the Tigers with 16 total bases.
MILES MAKING MARK
• In his second start of 2021, sophomore Spencer Miles tossed his best game as a Tiger by going six scoreless innings while scattering three hits against Omaha last Friday.
• Miles fanned a career-high seven batters in the outing to earn his second quality start in his first four trips to the bump for Mizzou.
• Mizzou is now 3-1 when Miles takes the ball for the Tigers.
HALVORSEN HEATING UP
• Redshirt sophomore Seth Halvorsen produced a career day on the hill in Mizzou’s 10-1 win over Omaha on Feb. 27.
• The right-hander tossed five scoreless innings while punching out seven Mavericks. He surrendered just two hits, both singles, in earning his first collegiate win.
#ShowMe Mizzou Game Notes
- at Frisco College Baseball Classic (March 4-7)
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