Mount Saint Mary`s 8, at Missouri 5

FORT MYERS, Fla. (Interstat) — In a season-opening upset defying preseason projections, the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers capitalized on a seventh-inning grand slam to defeat the Missouri Tigers 8-5 on Friday at Alico Arena. Interstat’s ELO system had given Missouri a 79.9% probability to win, but the Mountaineers’ late offensive explosion secured the victory in the first game of a three-game series played at Florida Gulf Coast University. The game remained a tight, one-run affair until the decisive top of the seventh. Mount St. Mary’s, leading 4-5, loaded the bases against Missouri relievers Jackson Sobel and PJ Green. With two… Read more...