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Missouri baseball snaps 24-game SEC losing streak, defeats Texas A&M

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Missouri baseball coach Kerrick Jackson
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Heading into Friday night’s matchup against Texas A&M, Missouri had yet to win a game in SEC play. At long last, the Tigers changed that.

Mizzou defeated Texas A&M 9-6 on the road Friday night, snapping its 24-game losing streak in the process. The Tigers were 0-24 in league play as they began their penultimate series of the regular season, but finally got on the winning side with a huge road victory. They scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning to complete a wild comeback in College Station.

Former Texas A&M pitcher Xavier Lovett came on for the bottom of the ninth in his second inning of work. He mowed the Aggies down in order, capping things off with a Bear Harrison flyout to right field.

Texas A&M struck first with a Jace LaViolette home run in the first inning, but Missouri responded on an RBI single from Jedier Hernandez. However, the Aggies broke things open from there with five runs in the third inning as LaViolette, Wyatt Henseler and Blake Binderup each homered in the frame. That gave Texas A&M a 6-1 lead.

But Missouri chipped away. Jackson Lovich launched a two-run home run in the fifth inning to make it a 6-3 Texas A&M lead, and the Tigers got hot in the top of the ninth.

Lovich got the scoring started with an RBI single, and Kaden Peer followed with a two-run double to tie things up at 6-6. Chris Patterson then reached on a fielder’s choice, but Texas A&M shortstop Kaeden Kent’s throw bounced past Harrison, allowing both Peer and Lovich to score. That gave Missouri its first lead of the game, 8-6.

Tyler Macon then scored on a wild pitch from Kaiden Wilson, extending the Tigers’ lead to 9-6. That held as the final as Lovett shut the door in the ninth. At long last, Missouri got on the winning side in SEC play.

Lovett got the win after throwing two perfect innings. In fact, the Mizzou bullpen held strong as Kaden Jacobi, Brock Lucas and Lovett combined to throw 6.2 shutout innings while allowing just two hits. On the Texas A&M side, Wilson took the loss after allowing the three runs – only one of which was earned due to the error – in the top of the ninth.

Missouri now improves to 14-35 overall. As for Texas A&M, the Aggies are now 27-21 overall and 10-15 in conference play.