Meeting head-to-head for the first time since 2012, when Jayhawks athletics vowed not to schedule their archrivals after the Tigers left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference, MU roughed up KU 6-1 on Saturday and, in the process, earned a spot in Sunday’s NCAA Regional final.
Before a near-capacity crowd, and a feisty one at that, the Tigers, 43-16, blasted a pair of two-run home runs and never trailed in the Border War revival.
Freshman Kirsten Mack’s two-run home run to left got the Tigers on the board in the second inning.
One pitch earlier, she rocked a deep drive down the left-field line, which was ruled foul, but she straightened up the 12th pitch of the at-bat for a 2-0 lead.
Junior Angela Randazzo added an RBI single an inning later then crushed a two-run homer in the fifth that hugged the left-field line, pumping MU’s lead to 5-0.
Kansas got on the board in the bottom of the inning on sophomore Chaley Brickey’s RBI fielder’s choice.
However, Missouri answered with an insurance run on Corrin Genovese’s grounder to shortstop in the seventh inning, which helped ensure Brickey’s two-run home run in the bottom of the inning was merely cosmetic.
Missouri has now won eight straight against Kansas and 13 of the last 14 meetings, including a three-game sweep in the last series as Big 12 foes during which the Tigers outscored the Jayhawks 24-0.
Freshman lefthander Casey Stangel rebounded from a five-run seventh inning Friday against Bradley, twirling a complete-game gem despite failing to record a strikeout. She scattered seven hits and two walks with one strikeout.
Stangel wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the first and induced an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the sixth. She also stranded two runners in the third inning.
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