2025 Missouri Tigers baseball team

2025 Missouri Tigers baseball
2025 Missouri Tigers baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	8–11 (0–3 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
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Alabama ‍‍‍	3	–	0	1.000	21	–	1	.955
No. 2 LSU ‍‍‍	3	–	0	1.000	21	–	1	.955
No. 1 Tennessee ‍‍‍	3	–	0	1.000	20	–	1	.952
No. 8 Texas ‍‍‍	3	–	0	1.000	17	–	2	.895
No. 4 Georgia ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	21	–	2	.913
No. 3 Arkansas ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	20	–	2	.909
No. 10 Oklahoma ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	18	–	2	.900
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	17	–	4	.810
South Carolina ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	17	–	5	.773
No. 22 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	16	–	5	.762
No. 18 Ole Miss ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	15	–	5	.750
Kentucky ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	14	–	5	.737
No. 13 Florida ‍‍‍	0	–	3	.000	18	–	5	.783
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	0	–	3	.000	14	–	7	.667
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	0	–	3	.000	11	–	9	.550
Missouri ‍‍‍	0	–	3	.000	8	–	11	.421

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 19, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Missouri Tigers baseball team represents the University of Missouri during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers are coached by second-year head coach, Kerrick Jackson, and play 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 (8–11)

Regular season (8–11)

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 (4–6)
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					SECN+
March 22	No. 18 Ole Miss		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
March 23	No. 18 Ole Miss		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
Arch Series
March 25	vs. Illinois*		Grizzlies Ballpark Sauget, IL								—

March 28	Texas		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
March 29	Texas		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
March 30	Texas		Taylor Stadium					SECN

April
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
April 1	UAPB*		Taylor Stadium								—
April 2	UAPB*		Taylor Stadium								—
Battle Line Series
April 4	at Arkansas		Baum Stadium Fayetteville, AR
April 5	at Arkansas		Baum Stadium
April 6	at Arkansas		Baum Stadium

April 8	at SIUE*		Roy E. Lee Field Edwardsville, IL								—
April 10	at Florida		Condron Family Ballpark Gainesville, FL
April 11	at Florida		Condron Family Ballpark
April 12	at Florida		Condron Family Ballpark
April 15	Missouri State*		Taylor Stadium								—
April 17	Oklahoma		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
April 18	Oklahoma		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
April 19	Oklahoma		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
April 22	at Missouri State*		Hammons Field Springfield, MO					ESPN+			—
April 24	at Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL					SECN
April 25	at Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium					SECN+
April 26	at Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium					SECN+
April 29	at Kansas*		Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS					ESPN+			—

May
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
May 2	Georgia		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
May 3	Georgia		Taylor Stadium					SECN
May 4	Georgia		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
May 6	Kansas*		Taylor Stadium					SECN+			—
May 9	Texas A&M		Olsen Field College Station, TX					SECN+
May 10	Texas A&M		Olsen Field					SECN+
May 11	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field					SECN+
May 15	Mississippi State		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
May 16	Mississippi State		Taylor Stadium					SECN+
May 17	Mississippi State		Taylor Stadium					SECN+

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

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC baseball records v t e 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	3–0		.	4/6	5/17	5/11	.	4/19	4/13	4/27	3/30	.	.	3/23	.	3–0	5/4	ALA	1–0	1–0
ARK	2–1	.		.	4/27	4/13	.	5/11	.	4/6	.	2–1	3/23	5/17	5/4	4/19	3/30	ARK	1–0	0–0
AUB	2–1	4/6	.		.	3/30	3/23	4/13	4/27	.	.	5/17	5/11	5/4	4/19	.	2–1	AUB	1–0	0–0
FLA	0–3	5/17	4/27	.		3/23	.	.	4/20	4/13	.	3/30	5/4	0–3	5/11	.	4/6	FLA	0–1	0–1
UGA	2–1	5/11	4/13	3/30	3/23		2–1	.	.	5/4	4/27	.	.	.	4/6	5/17	4/19	UGA	1–0	0–0
KEN	1–2	.	.	3/23	.	1–2		.	5/4	.	5/11	4/6	4/27	4/20	4/13	3/30	5/17	KEN	0–1	0–0
LSU	3–0	4/19	5/11	4/13	.	.	.		3/30	3–0	4/6	.	5/17	4/27	3/23	5/4	.	LSU	1–0	1–0
MSU	0–3	4/13	.	4/27	4/20	.	5/4	3/30		5/17	3/23	5/11	4/6	.	0–3	.	.	MSU	0–1	0–1
MIZ	0–3	4/27	4/6	.	4/13	5/4	.	0–3	5/17		4/19	3/23	.	.	3/30	5/11	.	MIZ	0–1	0–1
OKL	2–1	3/30	.	.	.	4/27	5/11	4/6	3/23	4/19		5/4	2–1	.	5/17	.	4/13	OKL	1–0	0–0
OMS	1–2	.	1–2	5/17	3/30	.	4/6	.	5/11	3/23	5/4		4/19	4/13	.	.	4/27	OMS	0–1	0–0
SCA	1–2	.	3/23	5/11	5/4	.	4/27	5/17	4/6	.	1–2	4/19		3/30	.	4/13	.	SCA	0–1	0–0
TEN	3–0	3/23	5/17	5/4	3–0	.	4/20	4/27	.	.	.	4/13	3/30		.	4/6	5/11	TEN	1–0	1–0
TEX	3–0	.	5/4	4/19	5/11	4/6	4/13	3/23	3–0	3/30	5/17	.	.	.		4/27	.	TEX	1–0	1–0
TAM	0–3	0–3	4/19	.	.	5/17	3/30	5/4	.	5/11	.	.	4/13	4/6	4/27		3/23	TAM	0–1	0–1
VAN	1–2	5/4	3/30	1–2	4/6	4/19	5/17	.	.	.	4/13	4/27	.	5/11	.	3/23		VAN	0–1	0–0
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Team	SR	SW

Updated for all games through March 16, 2025.

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 March 19, 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 March 19, 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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v t e 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
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics