Baseball Wins Sixth-Straight with 11-5 Victory Over NDSU

Friday, February 27

Columbia, Mo.

6 P.M.

Missouri

8-2

North Dakota State

1-8

North Dakota State

Missouri

Blaize Ward, 3-for-4 day vs. NDSU, Feb. 27, 2026

Baseball Wins Sixth-Straight with 11-5 Victory Over NDSU

2/27/2026 11:05:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball earned its sixth-straight win on Friday night, defeating North Dakota State, 11-5, at Taylor Stadium in game one of a three-game series. Lefty Javyn Pimental (2-0, 1.72 ERA) gave the Tigers another strong start on the mound, throwing 5.2 innings and allowing just one earned run (two total) on two hits while punching out five to earn his second win of the campaign.

The win for Mizzou (8-2, 0-0 SEC) marks the longest win-streak for the Tigers since winning nine-straight games early in the 2023 season (Feb. 24-March 10).

The Mizzou offense struck first, plating a pair of runs in the first inning on a double to the right-center field gap by freshman Blaize Ward that brought Jase Woita and Mateo Serna in to score. The Tigers extended their lead in the third on an errant throw by the shortstop that allowed Woita to score from second base, giving the Tigers a 3-0 lead.

In the fourth, Mizzou poured on four more runs, highlighted by a two-run single to center field off the bat of Woita that scored Cameron Benson and Isaiah Frost, followed by a two-out triple down the right field line from Macon that brought Woita around to score from first, putting the Tigers up 7-0 through four.

Pimental rolled into the sixth inning at just 58 pitches, working efficiently through his first five frames. In the sixth, the Bison (1-8, 0-0 Summit) were able to put some pressure on the southpaw. After three walks to load the bases, NDSU's Colton Becker singled to shallow left field to plate the Bison's first run of the game. The Tigers turned to freshman Eli Skidmore out of the bullpen, and an error in the infield by Mizzou allowed a second run to score in the inning, charged to Pimental, unearned. Skidmore responded with a fielder's choice ground out to get MU out of the sixth with a 7-2 lead.

After the Bison plated one more run in the seventh to trim the lead to four, the Tigers responded in the bottom of the inning with four runs of their own. With two outs, third baseman Chris Patterson reached on a throwing error by the shortstop that pulled the first baseman off the bag, allowing Ward to score. Back-to-back singles from Frost and Woita brought Benson, Maisonet and Patterson home, growing the Mizzou lead back to eight runs.

RHP Juan Villarreal entered in the eighth and closed the game out, throwing the final two innings while giving up two unearned runs on one hit, striking out three batters.

NOTEBOOK

Ward had a great day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
Woita also had a strong performance offensively, going 3-for-4 with three singles, three RBI and three runs scored, also stealing his second bag of the season.
Frost drove in a pair of runs while going 1-for-4 at the plate with a stolen base.
Benson provided two hits of his own, going 2-for-3 with a walk and coming around to score twice, also stealing two bases to help the Tigers to total a season-high five on the night to mark their most in a game since stealing five versus UConn last season (Feb. 15).
Macon went 1-for-5 on the night with an RBI triple to extend his hitting streak to nine games and his on-base streak to 11 games dating back to last season. He entered the series as the national leader in hits with 20, growing his total to 21 (.512 AVG.).
Pimental improved to 2-0 on the season through his first three starts, pitching 5.2 innings and allowing just one earned run (two total) on two hits, punching out five Bison. The left hander did allow three walks, all coming in his final inning of work.
Villarreal threw the game's final two innings, allowing two unearned runs on one hit with three punchouts.
Tigers' starting pitchers have now gone at least five innings in all ten games this season.
Over that stretch, starting pitchers Pimental, Josh McDevitt, Brady Kehlenbrink, JD Dohrmann and Luke Sullivan have combined to throw 52.0 innings, posting a 2.08 ERA with 58 strikeouts.
Starting pitchers are a perfect 7-0 on the season in the win-loss department.
With 11 runs scored tonight, Mizzou has now scored 10+ runs in five of its last six contests.
After two more four-run innings in tonight's win, the Tigers have now posted 13 innings scoring four-plus runs this season.

The Tigers return to Taylor Stadium on Saturday afternoon for a double header to conclude the series with the Bison. Game one scheduled for 1 p.m. CT with game two scheduled to begin 45 minutes following the completion of the first game. Mizzou will aim to extend their winning streak to seven games and earn its third-consecutive weekend series win to open the season.

Both games of the doubleheader versus North Dakota State on Saturday will be streamed live on SEC Network+. All games can be streamed on the Varsity Network by Learfield, with longtime Mizzou play-by-play announcer Tex Little on the call and Matt Michaels providing color.

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