Baseball preview: Missouri hosts Northern Kentucky

Cal Tobias/Rock M NationAfter a 2-2 weekend at the Tony Gwynn Legacy and dropping its midweek game to Southeast Missouri, Mizzou needs a series victory this weekend against Northern Kentucky.

The Tigers (4-4) already have more non-conference losses than they had last year (3), and their offense is showing a tendency to disappear against competition far inferior to SEC teams. That can’t happen this weekend.

Northern Kentucky (2-6) has a dynamic offense. As a team, they slash .294/.399/.498. For perspective, Missouri has just two players, 1B Jackson Lovich and 2B Trevor Austin, who can say their OPS is higher than Northern Kentucky’s team average. They also run like crazy, stealing 20 bags on…