Baseball Set to Open SEC Play at Home vs. No. 6 Auburn

Friday, March 13

Columbia, Mo.

6 P.M.

Missouri

Auburn

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Baseball Set to Open SEC Play at Home vs. No. 6 Auburn

3/12/2026 5:05:00 PM | Baseball

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball is set to welcome No. 6 Auburn to Taylor Stadium for its first Southeastern Conference series of the season. The Tigers (15-2, 0-0 SEC) are off to their best start since 2017, riding a 13-game winning streak and picking up wins in each series to begin the season, including four sweeps.

The entire series will be streamed live on SEC Network+. All Mizzou Baseball games are available via audio stream on The Varsity Network app by Learfield with longtime Mizzou play-by-play voice Tex Little alongside Matt Michaels providing color. Tickets can be purchased at THIS LINK.

Expected Pitching Matchups vs. No. 6 Auburn

Friday, March 13 (6 p.m. CT)
- Mizzou – LHP Javyn Pimental (2-0, 4.76 ERA, 17.0 IP)
- Auburn – LHP Jake Marciano (2-0, 1.23 ERA, 22.0 IP)
Saturday, March 14 (4 p.m. CT)
- Mizzou – RHP Josh McDevitt (3-0, 2.37 ERA, 19.0 IP)
- Auburn – LHP Jackson Sanders (2-0, 3.22 ERA, 22.1 IP)
Sunday, March 15 (11 a.m. CT)
- Mizzou – LHP Brady Kehlenbrink (3-0, 4.29 ERA, 21.0 IP)
- Auburn – RHP Alex Petrovic (3-0, 2.37 ERA, 19.0 IP)

Schedule

Mizzou vs. No. 6 Auburn, Friday, March 13 @ 6 P.M. CT | Taylor Stadium | LIVE STATS | TV
Mizzou vs. No. 6 Auburn, Saturday, March 14 @ 4 P.M. CT | Taylor Stadium | LIVE STATS | TV
Mizzou vs. No. 6 Auburn, Sunday, March 15 @ 11 A.M. CT | Taylor Stadium | LIVE STATS | TV

SCOUTING AUBURN

Sixth-ranked Auburn comes to town riding a seven-game winning streak and holding an overall record of 14-2 on the season after advancing to the Super Regional round in 2025.
Over their current seven-game win streak, the Tigers have outscored opponents 74-12.
Auburn hasn't allowed more than two runs in five straight games, including one total run allowed in three games against Winthrop last weekend, marking the fewest in a series since 2018.
Auburn has won 17 of 20 regular season series dating back to the final two series of the 2024 season, good for the second most in the league (Texas, 18) during the span.
The pitching staff has struck out 186 batters and issued 32 walks through 16 games.
The 186 strikeouts are the third most through 16 games in the stat crew era (1993-pres) and the 32 walks allowed are the fewest through 16 games during that time period.
Starting pitchers have turned in 5.0 or more innings in 13 of 16 games this season and are 9-1 with a 2.06 ERA and 118 strikeouts compared to 13 walks in 83.0 innings pitched this season.

SERIES HISTORY

This will the 28th, 29th, 30th all-time meetings between the two programs, with Mizzou leading the series, 14-13.
The two teams last met in 2024, with Auburn taking the series two games to one in Columbia.

ON THE BUMP

Gr. LHP Javyn Pimental is expected to be the starter in game one of the series on Friday night, after starting the season 3-0 which he went five-plus innings in three of four starts. Back from Tommy John surgery a season ago, Pimental currently carries a 4.76 ERA with 17 K through 17.0 innings of work.
Jr. RHP Josh McDevitt is scheduled to take the mound in game two of the series on Saturday afternoon, where he looks for his fourth win of the campaign. To start the season, McDevitt has gone 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA and 26 K through 19.0.0 innings of work. With his seven punchouts against UIC last Saturday, he has now recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his four starts this season.
So. LHP Brady Kehlenbrink will be the starter for the Tigers in the series finale on Sunday morning. Kehlenbrink holds a 3-0 record and has thrown at least five innings in each of his four starts this season. The lefty is coming off an outing versus UIC last Sunday where he went six scoreless innings and punched out a career-high 11 batters.

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2017

The Tigers recorded consecutive shutouts for the first time since May 18-19, 2017, after defeating UIC 7-0 and 10-0, respectively, last weekend.
Those shutouts accounted for 16 innings within a 22-inning stretch of consecutive scoreless frames by Tiger pitchers.

OFFENSE CONTINUES TO ROAR

The Tigers are No. 4 nationally in triples (9), No. 5 in runs (187), No. 8 in OBP (.467), No. 10 in HBP (43), No. 21 in hits (185) and No. 29 in slugging percentage (.531).
With the Tigers 15-1 victory over UAPB on Feb. 24, they became the fastest team in program history to reach 100 runs (8 Games).
The Tigers' run-rule victory over UAPB on Feb. 24 marked the first time Mizzou has recorded four-straight run-rule wins in the 56-game regular season era (1997).
MU earned its fifth run-rule victory of the season on Sunday (March 8) in a 10-0 win over UIC.

MACON US GO!

• Lead-off hitter Tyler Macon has been a spark plug for the Mizzou offense to start the season.
• Through the first 17 games of the campaign, Macon is seventh nationally in hits (30) with a .476 batting average (No. 13 NCAA, SEC Leader), 25 runs (No. 15 NCAA) and 25 RBI (No. 29 NCAA).
• Macon has slugged a team-best seven doubles and a pair of triples and is getting on base at a .571 clip (No. 25 NCAA) thanks to walking more times (14) than he's struck out (10).
• The redshirt-sophomore is riding an 18-game on-base streak dating back to last season.
• In the game three record-breaking win over Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 15, Macon became the first Tiger in program history to go 8-for-8 on base – going 6-for-6 at the plate with a pair of doubles, eight RBI and four runs scored, also reaching twice via walk.
• In addition, Macon became just the third Tiger ever to record six hits in a game and the first since Jeff Terrell in 1995 (6-for-6, cycle, vs. Iowa State). The other was Jay Hawkins in 1956 in a 27-4 win over Nebraska (6-for-7, school-record six runs scored, three stolen bases, four RBI).

LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD

• The Tigers have scored 187 runs through 17 games (11 per game) to rank fifth nationally and second within the Southeastern Conference

PASS THE TORCH

The Tigers have already hit consecutive home runs on three occasions this season:
- Sam Parker / Chris Patterson (Feb. 15 vs. Mount St. Mary's, 8^th inning)
- Eric Maisonet / Isaiah Frost (March 5 vs. UIC, 7^th inning)
- Kaden Peer / Cameron Benson / Pierre Seals (March 8 vs. UIC, 3^rdinning)
In the series finale vs. UIC on March 8, the entire starting outfield (Peer, Benson, Seals) went back-to-back-to-back in a matter of five pitches – all solo shots.
It marked the second time of Benson's career being a part of back-to-back-to-back home runs, the first coming April 11, 2023, as a member of the Kerrick Jackson-coached Memphis Tigers in an 11-9 win at Ole Miss.

GOING STREAKING!

Mizzou is riding a 13-game winning streak entering SEC play – its longest since rattling off 20-straight victories in 2017.
South Carolina grad transfer Jase Woita has been hot at the plate to start the season. The lefty slugger is riding a 12-game hit streak into Friday's matchup.
Redshirt-sophomore Tyler Macon, saw his 14-game hit streak come to an end on Sunday, but he's still riding an 18-game on-base streak dating back to last season.
Outfielder Cameron Benson has been on base in 12-consecutive games and has a hit in seven-straight contests.

ON LIKE DONKEY KONG

Mizzou ranks eighth nationally with a .467 on-base percentage, major thanks to ranking 21st nationally in hits (185).
The Tigers have drawn 102 free passes to rank 27th nationally in that category.
In addition, MU ranks 10th in the country with 43 HBP.

WEAR IT!

The Tigers are averaging 2.5 HBP per game to rank 10th nationally, being plunked 43 times so far this season.
Winthrop leads the nation with 55 HBP.
Mizzou has been hit five-plus times on five occasions and has been hit at least twice on eight occasions.
Freshman Blazie Ward was hit three different times in the series finale versus New Haven and has been hit six times (tied for the team lead) in just 31 at-bats.

KEEP STACKING BRICKS

The Tigers and head coach Kerrick Jackson have developed a new winning ritual: stacking bricks.
After each win, the Tigers add a brick to the wall, each of them resting on three black cinder blocks at the base of the wall that each display one of the team's three core values: accountability, respect and connection.
The bricks themselves have a color-code black are non-conference victories, gold are SEC victories and tiger-striped brick signifies a series-clinching victory.

DEFEND THE TURF

Mizzou is in its first season of a brand-new turf surface at Taylor Stadium, and the Tigers are off to a 10-0 start on the new digs.
With their 10-0 shutout of UIC on Sunday (March 8), the Tigers officially have more home wins this season than they had all of last season, going 8-20 at Taylor Stadium last season.

NON-CON DOMINANCE

After concluding the 2025 season with a 13-11 record against non-conference opponents, the Tigers are off to a 15-2 start in 2026.
Last year's Tigers clinched a winning non-con season slate for the 11^th time in the last 12 seasons; only MU's 2021 squad (7-14) failed to reach the .500 mark vs. non-SEC foes over that span.
Over the last 13 seasons, the Tigers' dominance has been equally impressive, with MU winning 119 more non-conference games than it has lost (207-90).

C-LOHSE-ING TIME

Lefty Ian Lohse has served as a key back-end bullpen piece so far for the Tigers, locking down four saves through the first three weeks of the season - tied for the SEC lead and fourth nationally.
He recorded three saves in a matter of four days from Feb. 25-28, including two in the same day in the double-header sweep of NDSU on Feb. 28.
On the season, the sixth-year southpaw has pitched to the tune of a 3.86 ERA over 7.0 innings, racking up 11 strikeouts.

HISTORIC OFFENSIVE OUTPUT

Mizzou baseball used a record-setting performance from its offense in Sunday's series finale to earn a dominant 34-3 victory over Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 15.
Missouri's 34 runs were its second most in a single game in program history and the most since a 35-run outing in 1902.
As a team, the Tigers had a program-best 32 RBI, passing the previous record of 28 against Texas on April 19, 2008.
In addition, the Tigers' 26 hits matched a program record that had been done just twice (2005 vs. Navy; 2008 vs. Texas).
Lead-off hitter Tyler Macon went 6-for-6 (eight RBI) to become the third Tiger in program history with a six-hit performance while Jase Woita, batting second, went 4-for-7 with a home run and eight RBI. The top two spots in the Tigers' lineup combined to go 10-for-13 with 16 RBI and seven runs scored, while both Macon and Woita came up one RBI short of tying the school record (nine).
Left fielder Isaiah Frost was overshadowed while still having a huge day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double and five RBI.
Four Tigers scored four runs apiece: Macon, Chris Patterson, Jamal George and Gehrig Goldbeck.
Overall, 11 Tigers recorded hits while 13 players scored a run.

STAYING IN THE SHOW ME STATE

The 2026 Mizzou roster features 13 players from the state of Missouri: Dane Bjorn (St. Louis / Lindbergh HS), JD Dohrmann (St. Louis / St. John Vianney HS), Kam Durnin (Linn Creek / Camdenton HS), Isaiah Frost (Lee's Summit / Blue Springs South HS), Leo Humbert (St. Charles / Francis Howell HS), Brady Kehlenbrink (Ballwin / Parkway South HS), Ian Lohse (St. Louis / Marquette HS), Tyler Macon (Kirkwood / Kirkwood HS), Kaden Peer (Chesterfield / CBC HS), Eli Skidmore (O'Fallon / Francis Howell HS), Ben Smith (Springfield / Springfield Catholic HS), Luke Sullivan (St. Louis / Parkway South HS), Richie Swain (Wentzville / Timberland HS).

INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE

The 2026 Mizzou roster includes five players from outside of the United States: Juliomar Campos (San Juan, P.R.), Jamal George (Trujillo Alto, P.R.), Eric Maisonet (Florida, P.R.), Keyler Gonzalez (Santa Clara, Cuba), Juan Villarreal (Panama City, Panama).

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