2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team

The 2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Taylor Stadium.

2019 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2019 record	34–22–1 (13–16–1 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Bieser (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Lance Rhodes Fred Corral
Home stadium	Taylor Stadium

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			58	–	12	–	0		.829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			46	–	17	–	0		.730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Missouri  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			34	–	22	–	1		.605
Florida  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17	–	0		.433			34	–	26	–	0		.567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			52	–	15	–	0		.776
No. 6 Arkansas  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			46	–	20	–	0		.697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	26	–	0		.606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13	–	1		.550			39	–	23	–	1		.627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	27	–	0		.603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			38	–	28	–	0		.576
Alabama  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			30	–	26	–	0		.536
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 25, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

NCAA Investigation

On January 31, 2019, the NCAA gave the Tigers a postseason ban for the 2019 season. The Tigers' football and softball teams were also suspended from postseason play. However, due to an ongoing NCAA investigation, the baseball and softball teams will be eligible for postseason in 2019. The NCAA found that a former University of Missouri tutor violated NCAA tules by completing coursework for 12 student athletes in football, baseball, and softball.[2] The tutor or any of the athletes involved in the investigation were not named in the NCAA's report. The tutor received a 10-year show-cause for her involvement in the penalties. The NCAA issued the following penalties:[3]

• 3 years of probation.
• a 10-year show-cause order for the former tutor. During that period, any NCAA member school employing the tutor must restrict her from any athletically related duties.
• a 2018–19 postseason ban for the baseball and softball programs.
• a 2019–20 postseason ban for the football program.
• a vacation of records in which football, baseball and, softball student-athletes competed while ineligible. The university must provide a written report containing the matches impacted to the NCAA media coordination and statistics staff within 45 days of the public decision release.
• a 5 percent reduction in the amount of scholarships in each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year.
• Recruiting restrictions for each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year, including: A 7-week ban on unofficial visits, A 12.5 percent reduction in official visits, A 7-week ban on recruiting communications, A 7-week ban on all off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations, A 12.5 percent reduction in recruiting-person or evaluation days.
• a disassociation of the tutor.
• a fine of $5,000 plus 1 percent of each of the football, baseball, and softball budgets.

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

2nd Team

• Kameron Misner – Outfielder (Perfect Game)[4]
• Kameron Misner – Outfielder (Baseball America) [5]

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to finish last in the Eastern Division.[6]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Vanderbilt	87 (9)
2	Florida	81 (4)
3	Georgia	68 (1)
4	South Carolina	53
5	Tennessee	40
6	Kentucky	30
7	Missouri	26

Roster

2019 Missouri Tigers roster
	Pitchers 4 Tommy Springer – Freshman 6 Seth Halvorsen – Freshman 11 Konnor Ash – Sophomore 12 Tyler LaPlante – Senior 16 Luke Mann – Freshman 17 TJ Sikkema – Junior 18 Art Joven – Junior 19 Luke Anderson – Sophomore 24 Nick Swanson – Freshman 31 Ian Bedell – Sophomore 32 Jacob Cantleberry – Junior 35 Cameron Dulle – Senior 39 Lukas Veinbergs – Junior 41 Nick Lommen – Freshman 42 Cameron Pferrer – Sophomore 43 Spencer Juergens – Senior 47 Trey Dillard – Sophomore 48 Trae Robertson – Freshman 49 Jordan Gubelman – Senior		Catchers 5 Tre Morris – Freshman 20 Chad McDaniel – Sophomore 21 Jake Matheny – Junior 26 Trevor Mallett – Senior Infielders 3 Paul Gomez – Senior 7 Chris Cornelius – Junior 9 Mark Vierling – Sophomore 13 Cameron Swanger – Freshman 23 Austin James – Junior 28 Tony Ortiz – Senior 40 Peter Zimmerman – Junior		Outfielders 1 Josh Holt Jr. – Freshman 2 Thomas Broyles – Sophomore 8 Connor Brumfield – Senior 10 Clayton Peterson – Sophomore 14 Alex Peterson – Sophomore 22 Cade Bormet – Sophomore 25 Ty Olejnik – Freshman 30 Kameron Misner – Junior 44 Zach Hanna – Senior		Coaching staff Steve Bieser – Head Coach – 3rd year Lance Rhodes – Assistant Coach – 3rd year Fred Corral – Assistant Coach – 2nd year Jae Fadde – Director of Baseball Operations – 2nd year Ryan Johnson – Strength and Conditioning Coach – 1st year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Missouri win
	Missouri loss
	Postponement
Bold	Missouri team member

2019 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (18–10–1)
February (5–4–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record Feb. 15 at North Florida Harmon Stadium Jacksonville, Florida L 4–5 Nick Marchese (1–0) Ian Bedell (0–1) Trace Norkus (1) 521 0–1 Feb. 16 at North Florida Harmon Stadium W 5–4 Konnor Ash (1–0) Ethan Michaelis (0–1) TJ Sikkema (1) 621 1–1 Feb. 17 at North Florida Harmon Stadium L 2–4 Max McKinley (1–0) Lukas Veinbergs (0–1) Eddie Miller (1) 449 1–2 Feb. 19 at Florida A&M Moore–Kittles Field Tallahassee, Florida W 5–3 Cameron Dulle (1–0) Josh Barr (0–1) Trey Dillard (1) 186 2–2 Feb. 21 vs. Northeastern City of Palms Park Fort Myers, Florida L 3–4 Josh Winkler (1–0) Cameron Dulle (1–1) Andrew Misiaszek (2) 103 2–3 – Feb. 22 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park L 6–8 Tyler Brosius (1–0) Trey Dillard (0–1) Cam LaFleur (2) 101 2–4 – Feb. 23 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park W 12–4 Art Joven (1–0) Vitaly Jangols (0–1) 111 3–4 – Feb. 24 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park W 7–0 Jacob Cantleberry (1–0) Nick Robinson (0–2) 151 4–4 – Feb. 26 Alabama A&M Taylor Stadium Columbia, Missouri W 13–5 Tommy Springer (1–0) Logan Smith (0–1) SECN+ 806 5–4 –
March (13–6–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record Mar. 1 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium Conway, Arkansas W 4–0 T.J. Sikkema (1–0) M. Moyer (1–1) Cameron Dulle (1) 425 6–4 – Mar. 2 vs. South Dakota State Bear Stadium L 3–6 Froom (1–1) Tyler LaPlante (0–1) Carlson (1) 175 6–5 – Mar. 8 Northwestern Taylor Stadium W 3–2 T.J. Sikkema (2–0) Lavelle Quinn (1–1) Cameron Dulle (2) SECN+ 717 7–5 – Mar. 9 Northwestern Taylor Stadium W 16–11 Jacob Cantleberry (2–0) Christie Hank (0–2) none SECN+ 753 8–5 – Mar. 10 Northwestern Taylor Stadium W 9–4 Tyler LaPlante (1–1) Sam Lawerence (1–2) Ian Bedell (1) SECN+ 676 9–5 – Mar. 12 Arkansas State Taylor Stadium W 16–1 Jordan Gubelman (1–0) Zach Jarrard (1–2) none SECN+ 605 10–5 – Mar. 13 Arkansas State Taylor Stadium W 14–4^7 Konnor Ash (2–0) Zachary Patterson (2–1) none SECN+ 521 11–5 – Mar. 15 at No. 14 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas L 0–2 Isaiah Campbell (4–0) Jacob Cantleberry (2–1) Matt Cronin (5) SECN+ 8,150 11–6 0–1 Mar. 16 at No. 14 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium L 3–4 Kole Ramage (4–0) T.J. Sikkema (2–1) Matt Cronin (6) SECN+ 9,521 11–7 0–2 Mar. 17 at No. 14 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium L 2–3 Jacob Kostyshock (1–1) Cameron Dulle (1–2) none SECN+ 9,281 11–8 0–3 Mar. 19 Murray State Taylor Stadium W 2–1 Jordan Gubelman (2–0) Braydon Cook (0–1) none SECN+ 710 12–8 – Mar. 20 Murray State Taylor Stadium W 13–1 Trae Robertson (1–0) Jordan Cozart (0–3) none SECN+ 690 13–8 – Mar. 22 No. 18 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium W 2–1 Jacob Cantleberry (3–1) Will Ethridge (4–1) Cameron Dulle (3) SECN 1,086 14–8 1–3 Mar. 23 No. 18 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium L 0–3 Doug Nikhazy (2–2) T.J. Sikkema (2–2) Parker Caracci (4) SECN 809 14–9 1–4 Mar. 24 No. 18 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium W 8–5 Ian Bedell (1–1) Connor Green (3–2) Jordan Gubelman (1) SECN 880 15–9 2–4 Mar. 26 at UTSA Roadrunner Field San Antonio, Texas W 12–11^12 Trey Dillard (1–1) Cameron Carver (0–2) Art Joven (1) 391 16–9 – Mar. 27 at Incarnate Word Sullivan Field San Antonio, Texas W 11–7 Art Jovan (2–0) Tyler Perez (0–1) Ian Bedell (2) 270 17–9 – Mar. 29 at No. 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park College Station, Texas L 3–7 Bryce Miller (4–0) Cameron Dulle (1–3) none SECN+ 6,587 17–10 2–5 Mar. 30 at No. 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park W 3–2^15 Ian Bedell (2–1) Chandler Jozwiak (3–2) T.J. Sikkema (2) SECN+ 5,533 18–10 3–5 Mar. 31 at No. 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park T 2–2^10 none none none SECN+ 5,115 18–10–1 3–5–1
April (13–5–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 2 Saint Louis Taylor Stadium W 4–3 Cameron Dulle (2–3) Ryan Lefner (2–3) SECN+ 723 19–10–1 – April 3 Kansas State Taylor Stadium W 17–2 Tommy Springer (2–0) Kasey Ford (0–2) SECN+ 664 20–10–1 – April 5 Kentucky Taylor Stadium L 2–4 Cole Daniels (3–0) Jacob Cantleberry (3–2) Carson Coleman (2) SECN+ 905 20–11–1 3–6–1 April 6 Kentucky Taylor Stadium W 5–4 Cameron Dulle (3–3) Cole Ayers (0–1) SECN+ 1,627 21–11–1 4–6–1 April 7 Kentucky Taylor Stadium W 9–2 TJ Sikkema (3–2) Braxton Cottongame (0–1) SECN+ 1,020 22–11–1 5–6–1 April 9 at SIU Edwardsville Roy E. Lee Field Edwardsville, Illinois W 10–3 Tommy Springer (3–0) M. Shereyk (1–1) 523 23–11–1 – April 12 No. 8 LSU Taylor Stadium L 11–12^10 Todd Peterson (3–2) Jordan Gubelman (2–1) Devin Fontenot (3) SECN+ 1,408 23–12–1 5–7–1 April 13 No. 8 LSU Taylor Stadium W 4–1 TJ Sikkema (4–2) Cole Henry (3–2) Ian Bedell (3) SECN+ 1,725 24–12–1 6–7–1 April 14 No. 8 LSU Taylor Stadium W 11–5 Art Joven (3–0) Eric Walker (2–3) SECN 1,002 25–12–1 7–7–1 April 16 at Missouri State No. 21 Hammons Field Springfield, Missouri W 14–6 Trae Robertson (2–0) N. Schmidt (0–2) 2,903 26–12–1 – April 18 at No. 5 Georgia No. 21 Foley Field Athens, Georgia L 0–3 Hancock (7–2) Jacob Cantleberry (3–3) Kristofak (4) ESPNU 2,553 26–13–1 7–8–1 April 19 at No. 5 Georgia No. 21 Foley Field L 2–5 Wilcox (1–0) Art Joven (3–1) Schunk (11) SECN+ 26–14–1 7–9–1 April 20 at No. 5 Georgia No. 21 Foley Field L 2–4 Locey (7–0) TJ Sikkema (4–3) Kristofak (5) SECN+ 2,860 26–15–1 7–10–1 April 23 Missouri State Taylor Stadium W 6–2 Tommy Springer (4–0) Hayden Juenger (2–3) SECN 950 27–15–1 – April 26 South Carolina Taylor Stadium W 5–2 Jacob Cantleberry (4–3) Reid Morgan (3–4) Ian Bedell (4) SECN+ 1,216 28–15–1 8–10–1 April 27 South Carolina Taylor Stadium W 11–0 TJ Sikkema (5–3) Cam Tringali (2–2) SECN+ 1,345 29–15–1 9–10–1 April 28 South Carolina Taylor Stadium W 9–7^7 Cameron Dulle (4–3) Swayer Bridges (2–1) SECN+ 920 30–15–1 10–10–1 April 30 Southeast Missouri State No. 24 Taylor Stadium W 21–6 Luke Anderson (1–0) Daniel Bergtholdt (4–5) SECN 814 31–15–1 –
May (3–6–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 3 at No. 23 Tennessee No. 24 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee L 5–11 S. Hunley (4–0) Konnor Ash (2–1) Walsh (8) SECN+ 2,385 31–16–1 10–11–1 May 4 at No. 23 Tennessee No. 24 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 6–2 Ian Bedell (3–1) G. Crochet (3–3) Cameron Dulle (4) SECN 1,844 32–16–1 11–11–1 May 5 at No. 23 Tennessee No. 24 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10–8 TJ Sikkema (6–3) Sewell (4–1) SECN+ 2,243 33–16–1 12–11–1 May 10 at No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 21 Hawkins Field Nashville, Tennessee L 2–5 Drake Fellows (10–0) Jacob Cantleberry (4–4) Tyler Brown (12) SECN+ 3,626 33–17–1 12–12–1 May 11 at No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 21 Hawkins Field W 5–2 TJ Sikkema (7–3) Kumar Rocker (6–5) Ian Bedell (5) SECN+ 3,262 34–17–1 13–12–1 May 12 at No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 21 Hawkins Field L 2–7 Raby (9–1) Trey Dillard (1–2) Fisher (4) SECN+ 3,154 34–18–1 13–13–1 May 16 Florida No. 24 Taylor Stadium L 4–5 Tommy Mace (8–4) Konnor Ash (2–2) Jordan Buler (1) SECN+ 2,310 34–19–1 13–14–1 May 17 Florida No. 24 Taylor Stadium L 0–2 Jack Leftwich (5–5) TJ Sikkema (7–4) SECN+ 3,182 34–20–1 13–15–1 May 18 Florida No. 24 Taylor Stadium L 3–4 Christian Scott (6–3) Cameron Dulle (4–4) SECN+ 1,675 34–21–1 13–16–1
Postseason (0–1)
SEC Tournament (0–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record May 21 vs. (7) Ole Miss (10) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama L 1–2 Ethridge (6–6) Jacob Cantleberry (4–5) Ryan Olenek (2) SEC Network 4,135 34–22–1 0–1

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
Coaches'[7]		*	*									25	22	23
Baseball America[8]												24	20	21
Collegiate Baseball^[9]
NCBWA†[10]										27		29	23	24
D1Baseball										21		24	21	24

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
2. Gray, Nicklaus (January 31, 2019). "NCAA bans Missouri football from postseason play in 2019–20". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
3. @GabeDeArmond (31 January 2019). "The NCAA report is out on #Mizzou. Softball and baseball banned from 2018–19 postseason. Football banned from 2019–20 postseason. Each of those programs will have a 5% reduction in scholarships for the 2019–20 year. Full penalties in the pic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Rooney, Mike; Ebert, Patrick (January 8, 2019). "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
5. Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
6. http://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship
7. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
8. "Baseball America Poll". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
9. "2018 Collegiate Baseball Polls – Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
10. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2018-12-22.