Baseball Drops Opener to No. 6 Texas

Thursday, May 14

Austin, Texas

6:30 P.M.

Missouri

23-28, 0

Texas

38-12, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Missouri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	1
Texas	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	X	6	7	0

Jase Woita slugged his 12th HR of the season to lead off the game at No. 6 Texas on May 14, 2026

5/14/2026 10:37:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

AUSTIN, Texas – Mizzou baseball dropped the opener of a three-game Southeastern Conference series at No. 6 Texas, 6-3, Thursday night at Disch-Falk Field.

Jase Woita led off the ballgame with his team-leading 12^th home run of the season to give the Tigers (23-28, 6-22 SEC) an early advantage, but the first-inning offensive spark was not enough to catapult Mizzou to victory.

Junior right-hander Josh McDevitt made his 14^th start of the season and went three innings, allowing one run on three hits and a pair of walks, striking out three Longhorns (38-12, 17-10 SEC) before being relieved by lefty Dane Bjorn due to pitch count

Mizzou enjoyed its one-run lead until the bottom of the third inning when Texas evened the score with a sacrifice fly. The game remained tied until the Longhorns took their first lead of the game on second sac-fly in the bottom of the fifth.

In the sixth, a two-run home run by Texas' Casey Borba followed by a two-out RBI single put the Longhorns in front, 5-1.

After a scoreless seventh inning by both sides, Mizzou rallied for two runs in the top of the eighth, sparked by a double by nine-hole hitter Jamal George. Woita came to the plate and smacked another double to drive in his second run of the day before catcher Mateo Serna singled through the left side to plate Woita and make it a 5-3 game.

The Longhorns answered in the bottom half with a solo home run off the bat of Carson Tinney to extend Texas' lead back to three. Texas turned to freshman-phenom closer Sam Cozart for the ninth and he retired the Tigers in order to give the Longhorns the series-opening victory, 6-3.

NOTEBOOK

Woita slugged his 12^th home run of the season to lead off the game – his second leadoff homer of the season (vs. Arkansas, April 23) and third for the Tigers overall. He ended the night 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
George went 1-for-3 from the nine spot in the order with a double and a run scored.
Serna ended the night 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Redshirt-freshman and Texas transfer Donovan Jordan went 1-for-3 in his return to Austin.
Shortstop Kam Durnin went 1-for-3 with a walk.
Bjorn suffered the loss to fall to 0-1 on the season, going 2.2 innings and allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits and four walks. He struck out three Longhorns.
Freshman Eli Skidmore worked a scoreless 1.1 IP, striking out one and walking one.

The Tigers are back at Disch-Falk Field on Friday night for game two of the series versus the sixth-ranked Longhorns with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT. All Mizzou baseball games can be streamed on the Varsity Network by Learfield, with longtime play-by-play announcer Tex Little on the call and Matt Michaels providing color.

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