HOOVER, Ala. (Interstat) — Missouri defeated Mississippi 10-8 on Tuesday evening in the 2026 SEC Baseball Championship. The Tigers improved to 23-30 while the Rebels fell to 36-21.

Mississippi struck first as Dom Decker homered in the first inning and A. Fawley followed with a solo shot in the second. Missouri answered in the third on Kam Durnin’s two-run homer. The Tigers broke open the game in the fifth, scoring six runs on Mateo Serna’s RBI single and Kaden Peer’s grand slam.

The Rebels chipped away, scoring four in the bottom of the fifth on hits from T. Bissetta, H. Eric and O. Paino. Jase Woita’s solo homer in the sixth made it 9-6. Mississippi closed to 9-8 in the seventh on H. Eric’s two-run homer, but Missouri added an insurance run in the eighth when Durnin scored on an error and Serna drove in another run.

Eli Skidmore earned top-star honors for Missouri, pitching 2 2/3 shutout innings with five strikeouts. Hayden Federico led Mississippi with a home run and four RBIs.