Mizzou Baseball splits Evansville series with loss

Missouri baseball faces Evansville on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at Taylor Stadium. (Cal Tobias/Rock M)Mizzou Baseball missed multiple opportunities late in the game Sunday, stranding eight runners and scoring just five runs on 15 hits in its 9-5 loss to Evansville. The Tigers trailed by one run entering the ninth but allowed five runs to put the game out of reach.

Brock Lucas cruised through the first two innings for Mizzou and was nearing another quick inning when Kaden Peer came just short of making a highlight-level catch on Ty Rumsey’s line drive to center field.

The Purple Aces capitalized on the opportunity one at bat later when Harrison Taubert hit a two run home run to left field, taking…