COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball pitching coach Brian DeLunas passed away on Sunday night. MU confirmed the news on Monday. DeLunas had been battling kidney disease. He was 46 years old. “Words cannot describe how heartbroken we are in the loss of our friend, Brian DeLunas,” head coach Steve Bieser said in a release. “In
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KMIZ) Mizzou alum Max Scherzer was a part of a blockbuster deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday afternoon. L.A. acquired both Scherzer and All-Star shortstop Trea Turner in the deal. In return, Los Angeles will send Washington right-handed pitcher Josiah Gray, catcher Keibert Ruiz, right-handed pitcher Gerrado Carrillo, and outfielder
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou baseball star Max Scherzer was added to the All-Star game on Saturday afternoon. He’ll replace the injured Jacob deGrom on the National League roster. The All-Star game will be played on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. from Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. You can watch the game on Fox 22, KQFX.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Mizzou’s new pitching coach Brian DeLunas in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team announced the hiring of Brian DeLunas as MU’s new pitching coach on Thursday afternoon. It will be DuLunas’ second stint at Mizzou. He served as an assistant coach for the Tigers in the 2007-2009 seasons. In that time, the team appeared in three-straight NCAA regionals and notched over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple Mizzou baseball players have entered the transfer portal. An MU spokesperson confirmed Seth Halvorsen, Cameron Swanger and Jared Simpson all plan on leaving the team. Seniors Chad McDaniel, Mark Vierling, Jackson Lancaster, Cameron Pferrer, Clayton Peterson and Alex Peterson are all entering the portal as well. They will look to use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team ended an up and down season on a high note on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers took down Auburn 7-6 on senior day. Head coach Steve Bieser rotated seniors in on the bump, including Konnor Ash, Jackson Lancaster, and Lukas Veinbergs. All together, Mizzou has eight seniors, including Mark
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team stunned No. 3 Mississippi State in a 16-8 victory on Saturday afternoon, which clinched the Tiger’s first series win since the beginning of April. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Steve Bieser in the video player below. https://youtu.be/ldmQBBqIGeg MU’s bats caught fire in
Continue Reading STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team upset No. 3 Mississippi State to send the series to a rubber match and snap a ten-game losing skid. The Tigers kept it close with the Bulldogs throughout, tying it up multiple times, but the Mississippi-native Joshua Day sealed the deal. The junior knocked one left to bring
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that, beginning on May 18, it will be increasing venue capacities to 50 percent for the remainder of the spring season. MU stadiums have been operating at about 20 percent capacity since the school year began. “Our fans have been tremendous in supporting all of our teams this year,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team fell to No. 5 Tennessee in a 10-2 loss on Sunday, which extended their losing streak to nine games. The three-straight losses mark just the fourth time Steve Bieser’s group has been swept this season. The Tigers got on the board first, due to solid base running from
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team dropped game two of the weekend series with No. 5 Tennessee, 11-4. The Volunteers got off to a quick start, with a four-run top of the first inning. Although the Tigers responded at the bottom of that inning and even tied the game in the third, they could
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Tennessee Volunteers took down Mizzou in a come-from-behind win in the series opener on Friday night. Although the Tigers led the majority of the matchup, the Volunteers kept that lead within just one run. In the 8th inning, Tennessee grabbed two runs to take the lead. Steve Bieser’s group could not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball standout Andrew Keefer is on his fourth collegiate stop in five years. There’s been a lot of change in his life, but one thing has stayed consistent. His walk-up song. “I just never had a second doubt that was going to be my walk up song,” Keefer said. Keefer’s walk-up
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball teamed fell in the rubber match with Florida on Sunday, 9-4. The Tigers had to go deep until their bullpen, as Georgia put up two four-run innings to cement the series win. The starter, Zach Hise with three strikeouts over five innings pitched. The freshman did give up eight
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team is still vying for the series win over Georgia, after the Bulldogs tied the series in a 7-5 extra innings win on Saturday. The Tigers got off to a quick start, with a 2-0 lead. However, scoring began in the fourth inning for the Bulldogs and it didn’t
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team took down Georgia, 6-4, in the series opener on Friday evening. The win snapped a six-game losing skid for Steve Bieser’s group. Pitching had been the struggle for the Tigers throughout the season, however, it came together against the Bulldogs. Seth Halvorsen had six strikeouts over seven innings
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team will not make the trip to Springfield to meet Missouri State, on Tuesday, due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Bears’ program. The game will not be rescheduled. Instead, the Tigers will turn their attention to the three-game series with Georgia at home on April 23-25.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball and baseball teams’ both lost their rivalry matchups on Tuesday night. The No. 18 MU softball team lost 4-3 to Kansas in the first Border War matchup on the softball diamond since 2012. It’s the Jayhawks first win over the Tigers since 2009. Before Tuesday, MU had won 13
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Mizzou Athletics beat writer Eric Blum in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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