Oregon State 12, Missouri 8

■ Next up: MU vs. Northern Illinois, 2:00 PM Saturday

■ The Columbia Missourian says Tiger baseball drops sixth straight game:

Starting pitcher Ian Burger lasted only two innings after giving up four runs before being pulled for relief. Burger walked three batters and hit two other batters.

"Hard to win against good competition when you only get two innings out of your starter," Jamison said.

■ The Oregonian says Beavers thump No. 15 Missouri:

"We relied heavily on our offense this game and it came through today," Beavers
coach Pat Casey said. "Stefen had some good at-bats today and we got a solid effort from the lineup overall."

■ A Beavers blog, BuildingtheDam.com, had a few words about the game:

I got to "watch" this game off and on today at work. Again offense looked very good and I was especially impressed by the Beavers' five runs in the sixth inning after the Tigers just went up by a run with a big sixth inning of their own. It was a very nice response. Romero is still hitting very well and had two doubles and four RBIs including a two RBI double in that all important sixth inning. But he wasn't the only one.

■ And some instant analysis from Tigerboard.com:

BBFanatic: 35 times Mizzou batters struck out in the last three games. I am trying to see the positive side here, but this is not very good. Some good things today. Double steal early in the game got Mizzou going. Trevor Coleman homerun. Rex Myer did great leading off as the DH. Ben Turner hit the ball hard, as did Kyle Mack. I never seen such a long umpires meeting before the game. It must of lasted 10 minutes. Weather was unbelievable. Sunny warm and clear skies. "35 strike outs for Mizzou batters in the last 3 games." Ouch.