Missouri 10, at Mississippi 8

HOOVER (Interstat) — The Missouri Tigers opened the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament with a 10-8 victory over the Mississippi Rebels on Tuesday night at Hoover, Alabama. Missouri, the seed with a 23-30 overall record, outhit Mississippi 14-9 and erased an early deficit with a five-run fifth inning to seize control. The Tigers never trailed after the third inning. Mississippi, the seed, dropped to 36-21. Mississippi struck first in the bottom of the first inning when Dom Decker homered down the left-field line for a 1-0 lead. The Rebels added a run in the second on a homer by A. Fawley… Read more...