Missouri Baseball traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas Thursday to begin a weekend set at Whataburger Park. On Thursday, they battled Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders. The Tigers entered the matchup hot, having won three straight, while TAMUCC entered having lost two out of three in their season-opening series last weekend. The Tigers then took on No. 25 Houston. Who came in with a 3-1 record.
Thursday
The Tigers outdueled Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday by a score of 7-6. Consensus MLB prospect Tanner Houck took the mound for the Tigers against the TAMUCC Islanders, and things started well for the righty as he struck out five Islander batters in the first four innings.