COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri baseball (4-1) visits Louisiana-Monroe (1-2) for a three-game set which marks the end of an eight-game road trip through Louisiana. The Tigers and Warhawks are slated to begin the weekend series with a 6 p.m. first pitch on Friday, Feb. 25.
Fans can catch Mizzou baseball on the airwaves all season long on KTGR and the Tiger Radio Network. Tex Little and Matt Michaels will have the call.
PITCHING PROBABLES
Friday – RHP Spencer Miles (1-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. LHP Cam Barlow (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Saturday – RHP Austin Troesser (1-0, 4.45 ERA) vs. RHP Reid Goleman (DNP)
Sunday – RHP Carter Rustad (0-0, 13.50 ERA) vs. LHP Tyler Lien (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
SERIES BUSINESS
- The Tigers are 5-0 all-time against the Warhawks, with the last meeting coming in 2007.
- Mizzou is 3-0 in Monroe, sweeping a doubleheader in 2006 and earning a win in 2003.
- 3-of-5 all-time meetings have been decided by three runs or less.
SCOUTING THE WARHAWKS
- ULM went 1-2 against Southern Illinois on opening weekend, winning the opener before dropping the final two games in the series.
- The Warhawks used a masterful performance from ace Cam Barlow to win on Friday night. The left-hander went seven innings while scattering four hits and striking out 11 as part of a combined shutout.
- Sunday starter Tyler Lein also did not allow an earned run in his first start of the season, working four innings with two unearned on his ledger.
- ULM hit just .221 as a team on opening weekend. Infielder Carson Jones provided five of the Warhawks 13 RBI in the series, hitting .222 with a homer.
PEÑA MAKING PLAYS
- Freshman Carlos Peña burst onto the scene in his collegiate debut by hitting .333 with a double, triple and team leading six RBI on opening weekend.
- Peña leads the Tigers with nine RBI through five games this season.
- He hit a game-tying triple in the seventh inning of Monday’s finale at Nicholls and produced four of his six RBI with two outs.
- Peña added an outfield assist, showing off his arm with a strong throw from the RF corner to cut down a potential triple on a relay.
- On Wednesday at Southern, the freshman showed his power tool, launching a no-doubt blast to RF to help Mizzou break away in the 19-8 win. The homer was his first at the collegiate level.
MONTGOMERY MASHING
- Junior first baseman Torin Montgomery kickstarted his 2022 campaign with a seven-hit weekend against Nicholls and added another two knocks at Southern.
- The nine hits lead all Mizzou players and rank second in the SEC entering the weekend.
- Montgomery has scored six runs through the first five games.
- The veteran has locked down a spot in the middle of the order for the black & gold, and produced three RBI in the first weekend while adding a fourth at Southern.
RECORD-TYING DAY
- When Mizzou faced Southern on Wednesday night, the Tigers matched a 59-year-old record with 20 strikeouts as a pitching staff.
- The record harkens back to the infancy of the Big Eight, when the Tigers won a 21-7 game against Colorado on April 18, 1963.
- Nathan Landry was stellar in earning the win at Southern, fanning 10 Jaguars in 4.1 innings of relief.
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