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Former LSU outfielder announces transfer to Big 10 school

After spending the last two years at LSU, Josh Stevenson is headed to Ohio State.

After spending the last two years at LSU, [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] is headed to Ohio State.

Stevenson played in 40 games as a freshman in 2022, finishing the season with a .200 batting average, four doubles, a homer and 9 RBI. Last season, Stevenson only appeared in 24 games and had 10 at-bats. He was mainly used as a late-inning defensive replacement.

The Buckeyes finished last season 31-25 and failed to make the Big Ten conference tournament. Hopefully, Stevenson will go to Columbus and be successful.

As for LSU, the Tigers are gearing up for Sunday’s MLB draft where they will see multiple names called in the first round. [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag], [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and possibly [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] may all hear their names called early tomorrow night. The 2023 MLB draft starts at 6 p.m. CT.

After the draft, we should know more about who LSU is pursuing in the transfer portal as well.

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LSU outfielder enters transfer portal

Josh Stevenson has only seen 10 at-bats so far this season.

[autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag], a sophomore outfielder from Youngsville, is entering the transfer portal, according to D1Baseball’s transfer tracker.

Stevenson has 75 at-bats in the last two years for the Tigers, but only 10 so far this year. In 65 ABs last season, he hit .200 with one home run and nine RBI.

Tiger fans might remember Stevenson for scoring the winning run in the comeback against Southern Miss in the regional last June.

Stevenson made 15 starts in left field for LSU in 2022 but saw his playing time diminish in 2023 as fellow sophomore [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] took over much of the left-field duties.

Perfect Game ranked Stevenson as the 17th-best recruit in Louisiana’s 2021 class and ranked him 500th nationally.

Steven’s older brother, Andrew, played at LSU from 2013-15.

At 6-foot-1 with talent and SEC experience, Stevenson should have no trouble finding a home in the portal. It’s unclear if Stevenson remains with the team through LSU’s postseason.

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LSU baseball delivers offensive onslaught in run rule win over Central Connecticut

LSU had a nice Saturday cruise in Baton Rouge as it run-ruled Central Connecticut 26-4 in seven innings.

LSU had a nice Saturday cruise in Baton Rouge as it run-ruled Central Connecticut 26-4 in seven innings.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound for LSU and other than giving up a solo homer in the first inning, he had a pretty good day. His final line was 5.2 innings pitched, three hits, one run, and six strikeouts.

In the bottom of the first, LSU made sure that the Central Connecticut lead didn’t last long. [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit an RBI double to left field to score [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] to tie the game. That was followed by [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag]’s first homer as a member of LSU as he hit a two-run shot to right field to make it 3-1 after the first inning.

In the bottom of the second, [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a three-run shot to left field and Morgan scored on a sacrifice bunt by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to extend the lead to 7-1. The onslaught continued in the third inning as Dugas hit an RBI single and then scored on a wild pitch. Tommy Tanks then hit his second homer of the game as he hit a three-run bomb to right to make it 12-1 after three innings.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] hit an RBI triple down the left field line to score [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] and Morgan hit an RBI single to right to score Kling and make it 14-1. In the bottom of the fifth, [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to right field, Neal scored on a wild pitch, and [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] and [autotag]Jack Merrifield[/autotag] scored on a two-RBI double by [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] to make it 19-1 LSU.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag], [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] got an RBI on a sacrifice fly, Stevenson hit an RBI single, Merrifield got an RBI on a sacrifice fly, Frey hit an RBI single to left and then scored on a wild pitch, and Beloso hit an RBI single to right field to make it 26-1 as we headed to the seventh inning.

[autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] stayed on the mound to try to get the final three outs, but the inning didn’t go as planned as the Blue Devils scored three more runs on him. Eventually, the Tigers won big over Central Connecticut. The Tigers will play Central Connecticut State tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT in the third game of the weekend.

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LSU baseball bounces back with a win against Sam Houston State

It was bombs away against Sam Houston State as LSU used the long ball to close out the weekend in Texas with a win.

After LSU lost its first game of the season on Saturday against Iowa, many wondered how the No. 1 Tigers would react to the stunning loss as they finished the Round Rock Classic on Sunday.

It was bombs away against Sam Houston State as LSU used the long ball to bounce back for a win to finish the Classic’s finale. The Tigers answered any questions about the validity of their No. 1 overall ranking with a drubbing of the Bearkats, 16-4.

[autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] got it started early as he hit a two-run homer in the first inning to get LSU started off right. In the second inning, LSU scored five runs thanks to a [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] RBI single, a 2-RBI double for [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag], and another two-run blast by Jobert to make it 7-0 after two innings.

In the top of the third inning, LSU scored three more runs as [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a solo shot down the left field line and Crews hit a 2-RBI single to make the score 10-0 after three innings. In the top of the fourth inning, Thompson hit an RBI single that scored two runs thanks to an error to make it 12-0 Tigers. In the bottom of the inning, the Bearkats finally got on the board as they scored three runs on [autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] to put the 10-run lead in jeopardy.

In the top of the fifth, Jobert hit an RBI single to score Crews and give the Tigers a chance at ending the weekend with a double-digit victory. [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] scored on a [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] single in the top of the sixth to increase the lead to 14-3.

In the top of the seventh inning, [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit an RBI single up the middle to score Crews and increase the Tiger lead to 15-3. In the bottom of the inning, the Bearkats hit a solo homer off of [autotag]Garrett Edwards[/autotag] to trim the lead to 15-4, but that is all they could manage.

In the top of the ninth inning, LSU scored another run thanks to a groundout by Morgan that scored [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag].

With the win, LSU moves to 6-1 on the year. Its next game is Tuesday evening when it travels to Austin, Texas, to take on the Texas Longhorns.

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Another late-inning rally lifts Tigers past Southern Miss, into regional finals

The Tigers came back to beat Kennesaw State late on Friday night, and they pulled the same magic on Saturday against top-seeded Southern Miss.

After the dramatic win against Kennesaw State on Friday night, LSU moved on in the winner’s bracket to face the host and No. 11 national seed in the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.

Just like the prior night, LSU pulled off some late-inning magic as it rallied from being down 6-2 in the ninth inning to win the game 7-6 in extra innings.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound, and he pitched six innings, allowing four runs on six hits and four strikeouts. The Tigers scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning as [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and make it 1-0.

In the top of the second, Southern Miss struck back with a two-run homer to take a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the inning, [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit a solo shot to tie it at two runs each.

Southern Miss tacked on four more runs before the Tigers got to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning trailing 6-2. [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] hit a fly ball for out No. 1, but Crews then launched a Crews Missile to cut the lead to 6-3.

[autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] flew out for out No. 2, but [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] kept the game alive with a single to bring up [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag], who hit a two-run blast to cut the lead to 6-5.

Still with two outs, Morgan stepped up and was hit by a pitch. So, the tying run was on first base as [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] stepped into the box. [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag] came in to pinch run for Morgan as Southern Miss made a call to the bullpen for a new pitcher.

Bianco stole second, and Thompson hit an RBI single to tie the game at six. The Tigers clawed their way back after being down 6-2 at the start of the inning to tie it up, and we headed to extra innings in Hattiesburg.

[autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag] came in to pitch the top of the 10th inning as the Tigers looked to try to get three quick outs and get back to swinging the bats. Gervase retired the Golden Eagles 1-2-3, and we went to the bottom of the 10th with a chance for LSU to walk it off. McManus, Stevenson, and Crews were the three Tigers due up.

T-Mac started it off with a single to right field and just like that, the winning run was at first base for Stevenson. [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] brought in [autotag]Collier Cranford[/autotag] to run for McManus as he pushed all of his chips in on trying to win in that frame.

Stevenson was hit by a pitch as he tried to bunt, and now there were two runners on base for Crews, who took a four-pitch walk to load the bases with no one out. The winning run was now only 90 feet away for Berry.

He reached on a fielder’s choice, but Cranford was out at home. Now with one out, bases were still loaded for Pearson. He hit into a fielder’s choice, but the Golden Eagles were unable to make the play at home as the Tigers earned an improbable walk-off.

With the win, LSU moves on to the regional final on Sunday. That game will be on Sunday at 6 p.m. CT, and it will play the winner of the elimination game between Southern Miss and Kennesaw State, who survived elimination against Army on Saturday. That game will be played earlier in the day.

If the Tigers win Sunday night, they will be heading to the super regional round. With a loss, they would play a winner-take-all rematch on Monday.

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Tigers stun Kennesaw State with 10-run rally in eighth inning to open NCAA Tournament

LSU pulled off one of the wildest comebacks you’ll see all season to begin the Hattiesburg Regional.

Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.

For the first seven innings of Friday night’s NCAA Tournament opener, LSU was definitely the bug as it was manhandled by the Kennesaw State Owls 11-4 — that is until an incredible comeback happened.

The Tigers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come back and win 14-11 in Game 1 of the Hattiesburg Regional.

[autotag]Ma’Khail Hilliard[/autotag] got the start on the mound, and he had his shortest start of the year, going only 2.2 innings allowing five runs on five hits, two walks and two strikeouts. The Owls drew first blood as they scored on an RBI single in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the inning, [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] tied the game with an RBI double that scored [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag]. In the bottom of the second, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit an RBI single to give the Tigers their only lead of the ball game as they led 2-1 heading into the third inning.

In the top of the third, the Owls would rally for four runs of their own and take a 5-2 lead over LSU. In the bottom of the third, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] got two of those runs back with a two-run homer to right field to cut the lead to 5-4.

Kennesaw State added two runs in the fourth and four runs in the fifth to build a lead of 11-4 and that score held until the bottom of the eighth inning. In the bottom of the eighth, [autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] hit an RBI single up the middle to score [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] and give the Tigers some hope as they had runners on the corners with zero outs.

Pearson followed that with an RBI single of his own to make it 11-6 Owls. There were still no outs and runners on first and second as Thompson stepped into the box and he proceeded to hit an RBI double to score Berry and put two runners in scoring position with no one out. The Owls opted to bring in a new pitcher before facing [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag].

It was a golden opportunity for the Tigers to possibly make a miraculous comeback: two runners in scoring position, no outs, Morgan at the plate, and an 11-7 ball game. What would the talented sophomore do?

Morgan hit a two-RBI single to center field and brought both Pearson and Thompson home, and just like that, it was a two-run game.

At this point, it was a battle at the bat rack as everyone wanted a turn. [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] stepped in and hit a single before [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] stepped up to the plate. McManus drew a walk and loaded the bases with no one out.

Jobert grounded into a fielder’s choice, but a run scored in the process to make it 11-10 Owls. Stevenson stepped into the box with runners on the corners and one out. The tying run was only 90 feet away at third base.

Stevenson walked, and the bases were loaded once again. This time, Crews was the man stepping into the batter’s box with a chance to tie the game or take the lead. Crews hit a two-RBI double to left-center field, and the Tigers have the lead.

Pearson stepped in and hit a two-RBI single of his own to extend LSU’s lead to 14-11. Thompson grounded into a double play to end the inning, but not before the Tigers plated 10 runs and took a three-run lead heading into the ninth.

[autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag] came in to close the game out in the top of the ninth inning. He got the first batter to line out and the second one to strike out before the Owls got a runner on base with a single. Gervase got the next batter to fly out, and the Tigers secured the win. LSU moves on in the winner’s bracket to face regional host Southern Miss on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT.

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LSU secures No. 4 seed at SEC Tournament with a monster day in Nashville

An incredible finish saw LSU complete the sweep of Vanderbilt with a 21-10 win, earning a bye in Hoover next week.

LSU came into Saturday’s Game 3 looking to sweep the Vanderbilt Commodores and possibly earn the No. 4 seed for the SEC tournament.

For that to happen, LSU would have to win, and Auburn would have to lose.

First thing’s first: Control what you can control. The Tigers did just that as they won 21-10 over the Commodores. Vandy tried to make things spiral out of control early as it went up 6-0 headed into the top of the third inning.

In that frame, the Tigers finally got on the board as [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag]hit an RBI double to score [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag], and then [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double to cut the lead to 6-3.

In the top of the sixth inning, [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit a solo homer to cut the lead to 6-4. Vandy answered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run homer to extend its lead to 8-4.

In the top of the seventh inning, Jobert hit a three-run Jo-bomb to cut it to a one-run game. After being down 6-0, the Tigers had finally climbed their way back into the game.

In the bottom of the inning, Vandy loaded the bases and scored a run on a walk to get some breathing room headed to the eighth. In the top of the eighth, Pearson hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Collier Cranford[/autotag] and cut the lead to 9-8.

The Tigers then loaded the bases with only one out, and [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] came through with an RBI single to tie the game. [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] then stepped into the box and hit an RBI single as the Tigers took their first lead of the game at 10-9.

Jobert was up next, and it was his three-run homer that put the Tigers back within one run in the seventh inning. This time, the bases were loaded. Jobert hit a deep fly ball to center, and you can pucker up and kiss that baby goodbye.

After the grand slam, Jobert had a total of nine RBI. He is the first LSU player with nine RBI since March 5, 1999 (Eric Hendrickson vs Ohio). He scored the same amount of runs as Vandy by himself. LSU wasn’t done in the top of the eighth yet as Cranford hit an RBI double off of the green monster in left field to make it 15-9 Tigers.

[autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] then laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored two runs to make it 17-9, and Morgan followed that with an RBI double. All of that totaled up to an 11-run inning for the Tigers and an 18-9 lead headed to the bottom of the eighth inning. In the top of the ninth, Jobert stepped into the box once again and this time he hit a triple.

Jobert finished the day a single short of the cycle. [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag] came into run for Jobert on third and he scored on a McManus sacrifice flyball to make it 19-9. Cranford doubled off the wall in left field which brought up [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag], who didn’t have a hit yet but changed that with a two-run Crews missile to left to make it 21-9 Tigers.

Vandy scored in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn their 10th run of the game. Doughty was injured on the play and walked off the field under his own power. We’ll keep an eye on that as we enter the SEC tournament.

Collins struck out the final batter and LSU won 21-10 to sweep the Commodores.

Control what you can control? Check.  After that, it all came down to the Auburn Tigers. If Auburn lost to Kentucky, LSU earned the No. 4 seed and wouldn’t have to play until Wednesday. If the Tigers from the plains win, LSU would be the No. 5 seed and play on Tuesday in a single-elimination game.

Heading into the ninth inning, the Wildcats led the game 6-2 over Auburn. Sonny DiChiara hit a solo shot to lead off the inning and cut it to 6-3. Kentucky sat down the next three hitters and won the game 6-3. That means LSU secured a top-four seed and goes straight into Day 2 of the SEC Tournament.

What a day for LSU baseball.

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LSU baseball takes a bite out of the Colonels on Tuesday night

It was a nice tuneup game for the Tigers as they prepare for a road series against Alabama this weekend.

Let’s turn up on a Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, shall we?

Last week, LSU had a disappointing mid-week loss at New Orleans and they entered this game with the hope of turning things around. The Tigers did just that against the Nicholls State Colonels in a 10-6 win that was an even bigger blowout until a ninth-inning rally.

[autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] got the start on the mound for LSU as coach Johnson threw a few different pitchers tonight. Also, it turns out [autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] (the number one ranked college prospect, per the MLB network) and freshman [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] are pretty good at the whole baseball thing.

Pearson finished the game 3-for-6 with five RBI and two homers, and Berry finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBI and one homer. In the bottom of the second inning, LSU got on the board with a RBI single by Pearson followed by a Berry RBI single to make it 2-0 Tigers.

In the bottom of the third inning, LSU scored five runs starting with a [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] RBI single followed by a Pearson three-run homer and a Berry solo homer to make the score 7-0 after only three innings.

The Tigers would start to sub a bunch of regulars out of the lineup for some young guns to get them some playing time, but that would not keep them from scoring even more runs as they scored one run in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to take a 10-0 lead.

Pearson hit his second homer of the game as he blasted one to dead center in the bottom of the fifth. [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth and [autotag]Whit Merrifield[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning.

In the top of the eighth inning, Nicholls started attempting to mount a comeback as they scored a run due to a solo homer to left-center field to get the Colonels on the board. In the top of the ninth, the Colonels scored on an RBI single and a wild pitch to make it 10-3 Tigers with no one out and runners on the corners.

[autotag]Will Hellmers[/autotag] was then called into the game to try and close out the win. The first batter he faced laced an RBI double to right field which led to another pitching change as [autotag]Trent Vietmeier[/autotag] would come out of the bullpen with runners on second and third with no one out and a 10-4 lead.

The first batter he faced hit a sacrifice fly to make it 10-5 Tigers, but it got the first out of the inning. His second batter grounded out for out number two, but his third batter hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 10-6 with two down and a runner on second.

So, in came [autotag]Eric Reyzelman[/autotag], who struck out the only hitter he faced as the Tigers won 10-6. With the win, LSU improves to 30-14 (12-9 SEC). The Tigers will take a trip to Tuscaloosa for a weekend series with the Alabama Crimson Tide starting Friday night at 6 p.m. CT.

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Cade Doughty walks it off for LSU in series-clinching Game 2 win over Missouri

Doughty’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth was LSU’s second walk-off of the season.

Blake Money and the LSU Tigers were looking to get back over .500 in conference play tonight against Missouri and they did just that in Friday night’s 4-3 win.

With the game knotted up at three runs apiece after nine, it went to extra innings. However, [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] called game in the bottom of the 10th with a walk-off base hit to secure the win.

The Tigers took Game 2 with their second walk-off of the season and secured a win in the series. They’ll look for a sweep in Sunday’s finale.

LSU got the scoring started with a Crews Missile from [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] in the bottom of the first inning to take an early lead.

In the top of the third inning, Missouri scored two runs against [autotag]Blake Money[/autotag] to take a 2-1 lead and send Money to the showers after his shortest outing of the season.

Money pitched 2.2 innings and gave up four hits and two runs with three strikeouts. [autotag]Jacob Hasty[/autotag] came in to relieve him and he kept Missouri from scoring any more runs in that inning.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] got back to his hitting ways as he hit a solo home run to tie the ballgame at 2-2.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit a ball to New Orleans and gave LSU a 3-2 lead. When I say that he got all of that ball, believe me, he did.

In the top of the eighth inning, Missouri hit a solo home run on [autotag]Grant Taylor[/autotag] to tie the game as we headed to the ninth inning. Missouri got a couple of base runners in the top of the ninth, but [autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] was able to get LSU out of the inning unscathed.

LSU couldn’t score any runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, so to extras we went. In the bottom of the 10th inning, [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] led off with a double and advanced to third on a ground ball by Crews.

[autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] was intentionally walked to put runners on the corner with only one out. Doughty then came through with a walk-off RBI single to secure the series win. Game 3 at Alex Box Stadium will be on Saturday at 12 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball bounces back in midweek win over Louisiana

The Tigers got back into form with a big win on Tuesday night.

After a rough weekend against Arkansas, where LSU was swept in three games by the Razorbacks, it got back in the win column on Tuesday night with a commanding 8-4 win over ULL.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound and pitched five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and eight strikeouts. LSU drew first blood in the bottom of the second inning when [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit a solo home run to make it 1-0 Tigers after two innings.

However, the Ragin’ Cajuns took the lead after two solo home runs, one in the third inning and one in the fourth inning as they took a 2-1 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, LSU broke the score open with five runs in the inning. It started with a two-run home run by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to make it 3-2 Tigers.

[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] followed that with a two-RBI single with bases loaded to increase their lead to 5-2.

[autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] was hit by a pitch with bases loaded to score the final run of the fourth inning and make it 6-2 LSU. In the bottom of the fifth inning, LSU tagged on two more runs as [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly to make it 7-2 Tigers and then [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] hit an RBI double to score the Tigers’ second run of the fifth inning and make it 8-2 LSU.

After an LSU error in the top of the seventh inning, the Ragin Cajuns scored two runs to cut the lead to 8-4. That was the closest UL would come to making a comeback.

With the win, LSU moves to 24-12 on the year. It will start a three-game series against Missouri this Thursday night at Alex Box Stadium. The first pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT.

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