2025 Missouri Tigers baseball team

2025 Missouri Tigers baseball
2025 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	16–39 (3–27 SEC)
Head coach	Kerrick Jackson (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Jabari Brown (2nd season)
Hitting coach	Bryson LeBlanc (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Tim Jamieson (23rd season)
Home stadium	Ralph and Debbie Taylor Stadium

2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	22	–	8	.733	44	–	14	.759
No. 3 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	.667	50	–	15	.769
No. 1 LSU ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	.633	53	–	15	.779
No. 18 Vanderbilt ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	11	.633	43	–	18	.705
No. 19 Georgia ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	43	–	17	.717
No. 11 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	41	–	20	.672
No. 21 Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	43	–	21	.672
No. 12 Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	46	–	19	.708
Alabama ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	41	–	18	.695
Florida ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	39	–	22	.639
Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	36	–	23	.610
Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	.467	38	–	22	.633
Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17	.433	31	–	26	.544
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	30	–	26	.536
South Carolina ‍‍‍	6	–	24	.200	28	–	29	.491
‍‍‍	3	–	27	.100	16	–	39	.291

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 22, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers were coached by second-year head coach, Kerrick Jackson, and played their home games at Ralph and Debbie Taylor Stadium.

Previous season

In 2024, Missouri finished with a record of 23–32 overall and a 9–21 SEC record, being one of only two SEC programs to post a losing record. The Tigers finished last in the SEC regular season and failed to qualify for the 2024 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

No Missouri players were selected as preseason all-SEC players.

SEC coaches poll

The SEC Coaches poll was released on February 2, 2025. Missouri was predicted to finish last in the SEC.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
SEC coaches poll
1	Texas A&M	228 (10)
2	Tennessee	215 (1)
3	Arkansas	214 (3)
4	LSU	204 (1)
5	Florida	183 (1)
6	Georgia	165
7	Vanderbilt	156
8	Texas	146
9	Mississippi State	112
10	Kentucky	102
11	Oklahoma	101
12	Auburn	100
13	Alabama	98
14	South Carolina	61
15	Ole Miss	60
16	Missouri	31

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C	4	Jedier Hernandez	Senior
1B	88	Mateo Serna	Sophomore
2B	38	Blake Simpson	Junior
3B	18	Jackson Lovich	Junior
SS	3	Peyton Basler	Junior
LF	6	Jeric Curtis	Junior
CF	7	Kaden Peer	Sophomore
RF	48	Cayden Nicoletto	Senior
DH	10	Gehrig Goldbeck	Junior

Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday	22	Kadden Drew	Junior
Saturday	23	Ian Lohse	Graduate
Sunday	30	Wil Libbert	RS Freshman
Midweek	25	Brock Lucas	Junior

Coaching and support staff

2025 Missouri Tigers baseball coaching and support staff
Name	Position	Seasons at Mizzou	Alma Mater
Kerrick Jackson	Head coach	2	University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1997)
Jabari Brown	Assistant coach	2	Claflin University (2016)
Bryson LeBlanc	Hitting coach	2	University of Missouri (2006)
Tim Jamieson	Pitching coach	23	University of New Orleans (1981)
Jose Carballo	Director of Recruiting and Operations	2	Bethune–Cookman University (2018)
Joseph Dattoli	Director of Player Development	2	Southern University (2020)
Anthony Hansen	Director of Player Personnel	2	William Jewell College (2022)
Isaiah Paige	Director of Pitching Development	2	University of Michigan (2021)
Hampton Hudson	Graduate Assistant	1	Southern University (2020)

Game log

2025 Missouri Tigers baseball game log (16–39)

Regular season (16–38)

February (4–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
Puerto Rico Challenge
February 14	vs. Penn State*		Estadio Yldefonso Solá Morales Caguas, PR	L 0–10	Horwat (1–0)	Lohse (0–1)	None		550	0–1	—
February 15	vs. UConn*		Estadio Yldefonso Solá Morales	W 11–7	Jacobi (1–0)	Cooke (0–1)	None		431	1–1	—
February 16	vs. Stetson*		Estadio Yldefonso Solá Morales	L 7–9	Pedersen (1–0)	Kehlenbrink (0–1)	Miller (1)		558	1–2	—

February 20	at UCF*		John Euliano Park Orlando, FL	L 1–7	Sauser (1–0)	Libbert (0–1)	None	B12N+	1,622	1–3	—
Andre Dawson Classic
February 21	vs. Florida A&M*		Holman Stadium Vero Beach, FL	W 6–5	Jacobi (2–0)	Williams (0–1)	Lovett (1)		240	2–3	—
February 22	vs. Alabama State*		Holman Stadium	L 2–10	Martinez (2–0)	Lohse (0–2)	Smith (1)		268	2–4	—
February 23	vs. Southern*		Holman Stadium	W 15–3⁸	Drew (1–0)	Luckett (1–1)	None		246	3–4	—

February 25	Lindenwood*		Taylor Stadium Columbia, MO	W 14–10	Vaughn (1–0)	Paschke (0–2)	None	SECN+	1,116	4–4	—
February 28	Evansville*		Taylor Stadium	L 6–7	Deverman (1–1)	Vaughn (1–1)	Roberts (1)	SECN+	1,273	4–5	—

March (5–12)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
March 1	Evansville*		Taylor Stadium	W 6–2	Libbert (1–1)	Byberg (0–1)	Green (1)	SECN+	1,254	5–5	—
March 1	Evansville*		Taylor Stadium	W 17–7	Drew (2–0)	James (0–2)	None	SECN+	1,254	6–5	—
March 2	Evansville*		Taylor Stadium	L 5–9	Reed (2–1)	Lucas (0–1)	Roberts (2)	SECN+	1,123	6–6	—
March 4	Southeast Missouri*		Taylor Stadium	Postponed
March 7	Binghamton*		Taylor Stadium	L 7–8¹³	Griffith (1–0)	Lovett (0–1)	None	SECN+	1,348	6–7	—
March 8	Binghamton*		Taylor Stadium	W 16–6⁷	Kirchhoff (1–0)	Bouchard (1–2)	None		1,157	7–7	—
March 8	Binghamton*		Taylor Stadium	W 4–2	Lucas (1–1)	Rothbaum (0–1)	None		1,157	8–7	—
March 9	Binghamton*		Taylor Stadium	L 2–5⁷	Rhein (1–3)	Jacobi (2–1)	Dally (1)		1,179	8–8	—
March 14	at No. 1 LSU		Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 5–12	Anderson (4–0)	Lohse (0–3)	None	SECN+	11,741	8–9	0–1
March 15	at No. 1 LSU		Alex Box Stadium	L 6–7	Ware (2–0)	Libbert (1–2)	Evans (4)	SECN+	11,675	8–10	0–2
March 16	at No. 1 LSU		Alex Box Stadium	L 5–10	Ware (3–0)	Drew (2–1)	None	SECN+	10,803	8–11	0–3
March 21	No. 18 Ole Miss		Taylor Stadium	L 6–9	Morris (3–0)	Jacobi (2–2)	None	SECN+	1,178	8–12	0–4
March 22	No. 18 Ole Miss		Taylor Stadium	L 10–17	Canney (1–0)	Lucas (1–2)	None	SECN+	1,532	8–13	0–5
March 23	No. 18 Ole Miss		Taylor Stadium	L 6–14	Nichols (2–0)	Green (0–1)	McCausland (1)	SECN+	1,237	8–14	0–6
Arch Series
March 25	vs. Illinois*		Grizzlies Ballpark Sauget, IL	W 11–9	Libbert (2–2)	Daly (1–2)	Lovett (2)		1,471	9–14	—

March 28	No. 7 Texas		Taylor Stadium	L 4–15⁷	Spencer (3–1)	Lohse (0–4)	None	SECN+	1,453	9–15	0–7
March 29 (DH 1)	No. 7 Texas		Taylor Stadium	L 4–7	Grubbs (3–0)	Jacobi (2–3)	Volantis (6)	SECN+		9–16	0–8
March 29 (DH 2)	No. 7 Texas		Taylor Stadium	L 1–7	Riojas (6–1)	Kehlenbrink (0–2)	None	SECN	2,092	9–17	0–9

April (4–13)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
April 1	UAPB*		Taylor Stadium	W 25–10⁷	Kirchhoff (2–0)	Bedgood (0–2)	None	SECN+	947	10–17	—
April 2	UAPB*		Taylor Stadium	W 8–7	Lovett (1–1)	Fabian (1–5)	None	SECN	989	11–17	—
Battle Line Series
April 5	at No. 2 Arkansas		Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 3–21⁷	Root (3–1)	Jacobi (2–4)	None	SECN	9,927	11–18	0–10
April 6 (DH 1)	at No. 2 Arkansas		Baum–Walker Stadium	L 4–14⁷	Jimenez (4–0)	Lucas (1–3)	None	SECN+	9,614	11–19	0–11
April 6 (DH 2)	at No. 2 Arkansas		Baum–Walker Stadium	L 2–16⁷	Foutch (2–0)	Neubeck (0–1)	None	SECN+	9,614	11–20	0–12

April 8	at SIUE*		Roy E. Lee Field Edwardsville, IL	W 11–8	Drew (3–1)	Rossy (0–1)	None		136	12–20	—
April 10	at Florida		Condron Family Ballpark Gainesville, FL	L 2–11	Peterson (5–2)	Kehlenbrink (0–3)	None	SECN	4,962	12–21	0–13
April 12 (DH 1)	at Florida		Condron Family Ballpark	L 0–5⁷	King (4–1)	Jacobi (2–5)	Clemente (2)	SECN+	6,067	12–22	0–14
April 12 (DH 2)	at Florida		Condron Family Ballpark	L 2–3⁷	Philpott (1–3)	Lovett (0–4)	None	SECN	6,067	12–23	0–15
April 15	Missouri State*		Taylor Stadium	W 10–9	Green (1–1)	Holmes (4–4)	None	SECN+	1,250	13–23	—
April 17	No. 18 Oklahoma		Taylor Stadium	L 4–17⁸	Crossland (3–2)	Brock (1–4)	None	SECN+	1,431	13–24	0–16
April 18 (DH 1)	No. 18 Oklahoma		Taylor Stadium	L 7–17⁸	K. Witherspoon (7–2)	Jacobi (2–6)	None	SECN+		13–25	0–17
April 18 (DH 2)	No. 18 Oklahoma		Taylor Stadium	L 1–12⁷	M. Witherspoon (3–4)	Neubeck (0–2)	None	SECN+	1,331	13–26	0–18
April 22	at Missouri State*		Hammons Field Springfield, MO	L 0–11⁷	Knight (3–2)	McDevitt (0–1)	None	ESPN+	3,581	13–27	—
April 24	at No. 18 Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 5–7	Ozmer (4–0)	Green (1–2)	None	SECN	3,534	13–28	0–19
April 25	at No. 18 Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium	L 3–7	Quick (6–2)	Libbert (2–3)	Myers (2)	SECN+	3,731	13–29	0–20
April 26	at No. 18 Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium	L 1–12⁷	Adams (6–2)	Horn (0–1)	None	SECN+	4,062	13–30	0–21
Border War
April 29	at No. 25 Kansas*		Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS	L 3–9	Vetock (3–0)	Kirchhoff (2–1)	None	ESPN+	2,545	13–31	—

May (3–7)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
May 2	No. 9 Georgia		Taylor Stadium	L 2–9	Curley (3–2)	Kehlenbrink (0–4)	None	SECN+	1,647	13–32	0–22
May 3	No. 9 Georgia		Taylor Stadium	L 2–5	Smith (4–2)	Neubeck (0–3)	Harris (1)	SECN	1,794	13–33	0–23
May 4	No. 9 Georgia		Taylor Stadium	L 2–4	Davis II (5–0)	Green (1–3)	Harris (2)	SECN+	1,631	13–34	0–24
Border War
May 6	Kansas*		Taylor Stadium	L 5-6	Lin (3-2)	Neubeck (0-4)	Breckheimer (6)	SECN+	1,948	13–35	—

May 9	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field College Station, TX	W 9-6	Lovett (2-2)	Wilson (0-2)	None	SECN+	6,521	14-35	1-24
May 10	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field	W 4-1	Neubeck (1-4)	Lamkin (3-7)	Lucas (1)	SECN+	6,753	15-35	2-24
May 11	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field	W 10-1	Libbert (3-3)	Patton (3-4)	McDevitt (1)	SECN+	5,623	16-35	3-24
May 15	Mississippi State		Taylor Stadium	L 7-25	Simmons (4-2)	Kehlenbrink (0-5)	Williams (1)	SECN+	1,455	16-36	3-25
May 16	Mississippi State		Taylor Stadium	L 3-13	Davis (3-2)	Neubeck (1-5)	None	SECN+	1,436	16-37	3-26
May 17	Mississippi State		Taylor Stadium	L 1-12	Ligon (6-5)	McDevitt (0-2)	None	SECN+	1,668	16-38	3-27

Postseason (0–1)

SEC Tournament (0–1)
Date	Opponent(Seed)	Rank(Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SECT record
May 20	No. 23 Alabama (9)	(16)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL	L 1-4	Fay (1-2)	Libbert (3-4)	Ozmer (17)	SECN	6,525	16-39	0–1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = Missouri team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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Record vs. conference opponents

Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC baseball records Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Tm	SR	SW
ALA	16–14		.	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	.	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	ALA	4–6	2–0
ARK	20–10	.		.	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	.	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	ARK	6–4	4–0
AUB	17–13	2–1	.		.	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–3	.	2–1	AUB	7–3	2–2
FLA	15–15	2–1	2–1	.		0–3	.	.	2–1	3–0	.	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	.	0–3	FLA	6–4	2–3
UGA	18–12	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–0		2–1	.	.	3–0	2–1	.	.	.	0–3	2–1	0–3	UGA	7–3	3–2
KEN	13–17	.	.	1–2	.	1–2		.	0–3	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	KEN	4–6	1–2
LSU	19–11	2–1	2–1	0–3	.	.	.		3–0	3–0	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	.	LSU	7–3	3–1
MSU	15–15	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	.	3–0	0–3		3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	.	.	MSU	5–5	2–2
	3–27	0–3	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	.	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–3	.	.	0–3	3–0	.	MIZ	1–9	1–9
OKL	14–16	1–2	.	.	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	2–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	2–1	OKL	5–5	1–2
OMS	16–14	.	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	2–1	.	1–2	3–0	1–2		1–2	1–2	.	.	2–1	OMS	5–5	1–0
SCA	6–24	.	0–3	0–3	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	2–1		0–3	.	0–3	.	SCA	1–9	0–5
TEN	16–14	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	.	.	.	2–1	3–0		.	1–2	1–2	TEN	4–6	2–0
TEX	22–8	.	0–3	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	.	.	.		3–0	.	TEX	8–2	5–1
TAM	11–19	0–3	2–1	.	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	0–3	.	.	3–0	2–1	0–3		0–3	TAM	4–6	1–4
VAN	19–11	2–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	.	.	.	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	.	3–0		VAN	6–4	4–1
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Team	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season.
Tie brkrs: LSU>VAN ARK common, OMS>TEN & OMS>ALA VAN common, TEN>ALA hd to hd, FLA>MSU hd to hd.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[4]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Perfect Game^[8]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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

^ "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
^ "2025 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, Preseason All-SEC Team Announced". secsports.com. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
^ "2025 Baseball Schedule". University of Missouri Department of Athletics. March 4, 2025.
^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[1] "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 22, 2025.

[SEC_preseason-2] "2025 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, Preseason All-SEC Team Announced". secsports.com. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.

[3] "2025 Baseball Schedule". University of Missouri Department of Athletics. March 4, 2025.

[4] "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[5] "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[6] "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[7] "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[perfect_game-8] "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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Missouri Tigers baseball
Stadium	Rollins Field (1907–1959) Simmons Field (1960–2000) Taylor Stadium (2001–present)
Rivalries	Border War (Kansas)
People	Award Winners List of MLB Players
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National championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics