Missouri lost its fifth straight SEC series on Sunday with a 3-2 loss in the finale of home series with Alabama. The Tigers are 5-13 in SEC play after starting 3-0 with that sweep of Tennessee and are now firmly in danger of not making the SEC Tournament. Let’s recap what was, frankly, a miserable weekend for the Tigers.
Things looked promising initially on Friday night. Chandler Murphy was dealing, the Tigers were capitalizing on some Alabama mistakes, and Mizzou entered the sixth inning with a 3-1 lead. But that’s when things started to go poorly.