2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team

The 2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Taylor Stadium.

NCAA Investigation On January 31, 2019, the NCAA gave the Tigers a postseason ban for the 2019 season. The Tigers' football and softball teams were also suspended from postseason play. However, due to an ongoing NCAA investigation, the baseball and softball teams will be eligible for postseason in 2019. The NCAA found that a former University of Missouri tutor violated NCAA tules by completing coursework for 12 student athletes in football, baseball, and softball. The tutor or any of the athletes involved in the investigation were not named in the NCAA's report. The tutor received a 10-year show-cause for her involvement in the penalties. The NCAA issued the following penalties: 3 years of probation. a 10-year show-cause order for the former tutor. During that period, any NCAA member school employing the tutor must restrict her from any athletically related duties. a 2018–19 postseason ban for the baseball and softball programs. a 2019–20 postseason ban for the football program. a vacation of records in which football, baseball and, softball student-athletes competed while ineligible. The university must provide a written report containing the matches impacted to the NCAA media coordination and statistics staff within 45 days of the public decision release. a 5 percent reduction in the amount of scholarships in each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year. Recruiting restrictions for each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year, including: A 7-week ban on unofficial visits, A 12.5 percent reduction in official visits, A 7-week ban on recruiting communications, A 7-week ban on all off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations, A 12.5 percent reduction in recruiting-person or evaluation days. a disassociation of the tutor. a fine of $5,000 plus 1 percent of each of the football, baseball, and softball budgets.

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

2nd Team Kameron Misner – Outfielder (Perfect Game) Kameron Misner – Outfielder (Baseball America)

SEC media poll The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to finish last in the Eastern Division.

Media poll (East) 1 Vanderbilt 87 (9) 2 Florida 81 (4) 3 Georgia 68 (1) 4 South Carolina 53 5 Tennessee 40 6 Kentucky 30 7 Missouri 26

Roster

2019 Missouri Tigers roster Pitchers 4 Tommy Springer – Freshman 6 Seth Halvorsen – Freshman 11 Konnor Ash – Sophomore 12 Tyler LaPlante – Senior 16 Luke Mann – Freshman 17 T. J. Sikkema – Junior 18 Art Joven – Junior 19 Luke Anderson – Sophomore 24 Nick Swanson – Freshman 31 Ian Bedell – Sophomore 32 Jacob Cantleberry – Junior 35 Cameron Dulle – Senior 39 Lukas Veinbergs – Junior 41 Nick Lommen – Freshman 42 Cameron Pferrer – Sophomore 43 Spencer Juergens – Senior 47 Trey Dillard – Sophomore 48 Trae Robertson – Freshman 49 Jordan Gubelman – Senior Catchers 5 Tre Morris – Freshman 20 Chad McDaniel – Sophomore 21 Jake Matheny – Junior 26 Trevor Mallett – Senior

Infielders 3 Paul Gomez – Senior 7 Chris Cornelius – Junior 9 Mark Vierling – Sophomore 13 Cameron Swanger – Freshman 23 Austin James – Junior 28 Tony Ortiz – Senior 40 Peter Zimmerman – Junior Outfielders 1 Josh Holt Jr. – Freshman 2 Thomas Broyles – Sophomore 8 Connor Brumfield – Senior 10 Clayton Peterson – Sophomore 14 Alex Peterson – Sophomore 22 Cade Bormet – Sophomore 25 Ty Olejnik – Freshman 30 Kameron Misner – Junior 44 Zach Hanna – Senior Coaching staff Steve Bieser – Head coach – 3rd year Lance Rhodes – Assistant coach – 3rd year Fred Corral – Assistant coach – 2nd year Jae Fadde – Director of baseball operations – 2nd year Ryan Johnson – Strength and conditioning coach – 1st year

Schedule and results Legend Missouri win Missouri loss PostponementBoldMissouri team member

2019 Missouri Tigers baseball game log Regular season (18–10–1) February (5–4–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordFeb. 15 at Harmon StadiumJacksonville, Florida L 4–5 Nick Marchese (1–0) Ian Bedell (0–1) Trace Norkus (1) 521 0–1 Feb. 16 at North Florida Harmon Stadium W 5–4 Konnor Ash (1–0) Ethan Michaelis (0–1) T. J. Sikkema (1) 621 1–1 Feb. 17 at North Florida Harmon Stadium L 2–4 Max McKinley (1–0) Lukas Veinbergs (0–1) Eddie Miller (1) 449 1–2 Feb. 19 at Moore–Kittles FieldTallahassee, Florida W 5–3 Cameron Dulle (1–0) Josh Barr (0–1) Trey Dillard (1) 186 2–2 Feb. 21 vs. City of Palms ParkFort Myers, Florida L 3–4 Josh Winkler (1–0) Cameron Dulle (1–1) Andrew Misiaszek (2) 103 2–3 –Feb. 22 vs. City of Palms Park L 6–8 Tyler Brosius (1–0) Trey Dillard (0–1) Cam LaFleur (2) 101 2–4 –Feb. 23 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park W 12–4 Art Joven (1–0) Vitaly Jangols (0–1) 111 3–4 –Feb. 24 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park W 7–0 Jacob Cantleberry (1–0) Nick Robinson (0–2) 151 4–4 –Feb. 26 Taylor StadiumColumbia, Missouri W 13–5 Tommy Springer (1–0) Logan Smith (0–1) SECN+ 806 5–4 – March (13–6–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMar. 1 at Bear StadiumConway, Arkansas W 4–0 T. J. Sikkema (1–0) M. Moyer (1–1) Cameron Dulle (1) 425 6–4 –Mar. 2 vs. Bear Stadium L 3–6 Froom (1–1) Tyler LaPlante (0–1) Carlson (1) 175 6–5 –Mar. 8 Taylor Stadium W 3–2T. J. Sikkema (2–0)Lavelle Quinn (1–1)Cameron Dulle (2) SECN+ 717 7–5 –Mar. 9 Northwestern Taylor Stadium W 16–11Jacob Cantleberry (2–0)Christie Hank (0–2)none SECN+ 753 8–5 –Mar. 10 Northwestern Taylor Stadium W 9–4Tyler LaPlante (1–1)Sam Lawerence (1–2)Ian Bedell (1) SECN+ 676 9–5 –Mar. 12 Taylor Stadium W 16–1Jordan Gubelman (1–0)Zach Jarrard (1–2)none SECN+ 605 10–5 –Mar. 13 Arkansas State Taylor Stadium W 14–47Konnor Ash (2–0)Zachary Patterson (2–1)none SECN+ 521 11–5 –Mar. 15 at No. 14 Arkansas Baum–Walker StadiumFayetteville, Arkansas L 0–2Isaiah Campbell (4–0)Jacob Cantleberry (2–1)Matt Cronin (5) SECN+ 8,150 11–6 0–1Mar. 16 at No. 14 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium L 3–4Kole Ramage (4–0)T. J. Sikkema (2–1)Matt Cronin (6) SECN+ 9,521 11–7 0–2Mar. 17 at No. 14 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium L 2–3Jacob Kostyshock (1–1)Cameron Dulle (1–2)none SECN+ 9,281 11–8 0–3Mar. 19 Taylor Stadium W 2–1Jordan Gubelman (2–0)Braydon Cook (0–1)none SECN+ 710 12–8 –Mar. 20 Murray State Taylor Stadium W 13–1Trae Robertson (1–0)Jordan Cozart (0–3)none SECN+ 690 13–8 –Mar. 22 No. 18 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium W 2–1Jacob Cantleberry (3–1)Will Ethridge (4–1)Cameron Dulle (3) SECN 1,086 14–8 1–3Mar. 23 No. 18 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium L 0–3Doug Nikhazy (2–2)T. J. Sikkema (2–2)Parker Caracci (4) SECN 809 14–9 1–4Mar. 24 No. 18 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium W 8–5Ian Bedell (1–1)Connor Green (3–2)Jordan Gubelman (1) SECN 880 15–9 2–4Mar. 26 at Roadrunner FieldSan Antonio, Texas W 12–1112Trey Dillard (1–1)Cameron Carver (0–2)Art Joven (1) 391 16–9 –Mar. 27 at Sullivan FieldSan Antonio, Texas W 11–7Art Jovan (2–0)Tyler Perez (0–1)Ian Bedell (2) 270 17–9 –Mar. 29 at No. 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell ParkCollege Station, Texas L 3–7Bryce Miller (4–0)Cameron Dulle (1–3)none SECN+ 6,587 17–10 2–5Mar. 30 at No. 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park W 3–215Ian Bedell (2–1)Chandler Jozwiak (3–2)T. J. Sikkema (2) SECN+ 5,533 18–10 3–5Mar. 31 at No. 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park T 2–210nonenonenone SECN+ 5,115 18–10–1 3–5–1 April (13–5–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordApril 2 Taylor Stadium W 4–3 Cameron Dulle (2–3) Ryan Lefner (2–3) SECN+ 723 19–10–1 –April 3 Taylor Stadium W 17–2 Tommy Springer (2–0) Kasey Ford (0–2) SECN+ 664 20–10–1 –April 5 Kentucky Taylor Stadium L 2–4 Cole Daniels (3–0) Jacob Cantleberry (3–2) Carson Coleman (2) SECN+ 905 20–11–1 3–6–1April 6 Kentucky Taylor Stadium W 5–4 Cameron Dulle (3–3) Cole Ayers (0–1) SECN+ 1,627 21–11–1 4–6–1April 7 Kentucky Taylor Stadium W 9–2 T. J. Sikkema (3–2) Braxton Cottongame (0–1) SECN+ 1,020 22–11–1 5–6–1April 9 at Roy E. Lee FieldEdwardsville, Illinois W 10–3 Tommy Springer (3–0) M. Shereyk (1–1) 523 23–11–1 –April 12 No. 8 LSU Taylor Stadium L 11–1210 Todd Peterson (3–2) Jordan Gubelman (2–1) Devin Fontenot (3) SECN+ 1,408 23–12–1 5–7–1April 13 No. 8 LSU Taylor Stadium W 4–1 T. J. Sikkema (4–2) Cole Henry (3–2) Ian Bedell (3) SECN+ 1,725 24–12–1 6–7–1April 14 No. 8 LSU Taylor Stadium W 11–5 Art Joven (3–0) Eric Walker (2–3) SECN 1,002 25–12–1 7–7–1April 16 at No. 21 Hammons FieldSpringfield, Missouri W 14–6 Trae Robertson (2–0) N. Schmidt (0–2) 2,903 26–12–1 –April 18 at No. 5 Georgia No. 21 Foley FieldAthens, Georgia L 0–3 Hancock (7–2) Jacob Cantleberry (3–3) Kristofak (4) ESPNU 2,553 26–13–1 7–8–1April 19 at No. 5 Georgia No. 21 Foley Field L 2–5 Wilcox (1–0) Art Joven (3–1) Schunk (11) SECN+ 26–14–1 7–9–1April 20 at No. 5 Georgia No. 21 Foley Field L 2–4 Locey (7–0) T. J. Sikkema (4–3) Kristofak (5) SECN+ 2,860 26–15–1 7–10–1April 23 Missouri State Taylor Stadium W 6–2 Tommy Springer (4–0) Hayden Juenger (2–3) SECN 950 27–15–1 –April 26 South Carolina Taylor Stadium W 5–2 Jacob Cantleberry (4–3) Reid Morgan (3–4) Ian Bedell (4) SECN+ 1,216 28–15–1 8–10–1April 27 South Carolina Taylor Stadium W 11–0 T. J. Sikkema (5–3) Cam Tringali (2–2) SECN+ 1,345 29–15–1 9–10–1April 28 South Carolina Taylor Stadium W 9–77 Cameron Dulle (4–3) Swayer Bridges (2–1) SECN+ 920 30–15–1 10–10–1April 30 No. 24 Taylor Stadium W 21–6 Luke Anderson (1–0) Daniel Bergtholdt (4–5) SECN 814 31–15–1 – May (3–6–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMay 3 at No. 23 Tennessee No. 24 Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee L 5–11 S. Hunley (4–0) Konnor Ash (2–1) Walsh (8) SECN+ 2,385 31–16–1 10–11–1May 4 at No. 23 Tennessee No. 24 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 6–2 Ian Bedell (3–1) G. Crochet (3–3) Cameron Dulle (4) SECN 1,844 32–16–1 11–11–1May 5 at No. 23 Tennessee No. 24 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10–8 T. J. Sikkema (6–3) Sewell (4–1) SECN+ 2,243 33–16–1 12–11–1May 10 at No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 21 Hawkins FieldNashville, Tennessee L 2–5 Drake Fellows (10–0) Jacob Cantleberry (4–4) Tyler Brown (12) SECN+ 3,626 33–17–1 12–12–1May 11 at No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 21 Hawkins Field W 5–2 T. J. Sikkema (7–3) Kumar Rocker (6–5) Ian Bedell (5) SECN+ 3,262 34–17–1 13–12–1May 12 at No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 21 Hawkins Field L 2–7 Raby (9–1) Trey Dillard (1–2) Fisher (4) SECN+ 3,154 34–18–1 13–13–1May 16 Florida No. 24 Taylor Stadium L 4–5 Tommy Mace (8–4) Konnor Ash (2–2) Jordan Buler (1) SECN+ 2,310 34–19–1 13–14–1May 17 Florida No. 24 Taylor Stadium L 0–2 Jack Leftwich (5–5) T. J. Sikkema (7–4) SECN+ 3,182 34–20–1 13–15–1May 18 Florida No. 24 Taylor Stadium L 3–4 Christian Scott (6–3) Cameron Dulle (4–4) SECN+ 1,675 34–21–1 13–16–1 Postseason (0–1) (0–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT RecordMay 21 vs. (7) Ole Miss (10) Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, Alabama L 1–2 Ethridge (6–6) Jacob Cantleberry (4–5) Ryan Olenek (2) SEC Network 4,135 34–22–1 0–1

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings. *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

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